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How to make/print real-size (whatever the correct term is)

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First post, by Kerr Avon

Posted on 2025-01-25, 00:13

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Say I want to make and print out a 5" x 6" label, for example, then how do I get the onscreen image I design to print out at exactly five inches by six inches, please? Is there a free Windows art package that allows this to be easily done?

I've been away from PC art packages for ages, so I can't remember if I ever did this before, and I don't know what the best programs are nowadays - for all I know maybe Microsoft Paint can do it now. I'm not looking for anything flash, just text and some line drawing.

Thanks for any answers.

Reply 1 of 4, by Jo22

Posted on 2025-01-25, 14:43

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Hi. Irfanview, maybe. And "borderless print" (or similar) in the printer driver dialog.

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Reply 2 of 4, by DaveDDS

Posted on 2025-01-25, 15:04

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I usually do such things with my own MICROCAD (a simple DOS cad/drawing program)
It works in 640x480 (VGA) and does tell me where in that grid my selection pointer (mouse cursor) is.

So I did some measurements and experimentation to figure exactly how many points 1" was
(vertically and horizontally as they can be different) on my printer.

Then I just multiply that by the sizes I want and create a box on-screen, put everything inside that
box them remove the box if it's not part of the label.

I'm sure there are much better, ways but this works for me!

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Reply 3 of 4, by konc

Posted on 2025-01-25, 15:22

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Most software has this type of information somewhere, even the simpler applications. For example this is the resize window of paint.NET, a free editing application.
It tells you the actual print size according to the resolution and vice versa.

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Reply 4 of 4, by Kerr Avon

Posted on 2025-02-11, 12:18

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Somehow, I'd forgotten that I asked this question. My memory really is getting worse.

konc wrote on 2025-01-25, 15:22:

Most software has this type of information somewhere, even the simpler applications. For example this is the resize window of paint.NET, a free editing application.
It tells you the actual print size according to the resolution and vice versa.

That's brilliant, thanks. I've also never tried paint.NET, though I have heard of it, but I'll have a look at it.

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