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Picframe printing two 4x6 on one4/10/2023 ![]() Last week I ordered the Epson PictureMate Show, based on the recommendation of Ali Edwards. I also noticed, when comparing a Selphy print to a Persnickety print, that the images were decidedly not crisp. I used the Selphy mostly for layouts there the true size wasn’t important, printing 4×6-ish and 3×3-ish images most often. At first it was fine, but over time I grew frustrated.Īs I started working even more with pocket pages, I didn’t want my prints swimming around or appearing so much smaller than 4×6 journal cards. I was willing to deal with the odd print size (or so I thought). When I saw the quality of the prints and that I could print from my iPhone, I had to order one for myself. I was always calibrating, testing, and cleaning the print heads.Ī year ago I purchased the Canon Selphy CP-900 for my parents as a gift. There’s an HP all-in-one in my closet that can technically print photos but I found it be more trouble that it was worth. The quality is always spot-on and can’t be matched by 1-hour photo centers. Maybe in the next release.It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of Persnickety Prints and have ordered hundreds of prints over the past few years. Aperture is great for many things and maybe this simple printing feature isn't supposed to be one of them. The end result was the "software that I purchased for our photo library" can't easily do it. I explained back that Apple's free iPhoto software can easily do it as well. This started the Microsoft vs Apple conversation. ![]() Meanwhile listening to my "Windows using" wife tell me how easy it is with Microsoft's free photo editor. Real quick turned into a long process of trying to figure out how to get two 4圆 pictures per page. I said "sure, I'll print them out real quick". To explain, this whole thing started because my wife wanted me to print some pictures for her to take to a reunion. I guess the end result is that I can get it done, so I shouldn't complain. Like the other suggestion, this is a process that takes much more effort than iPhoto or other photo software packages where you simply select pictures, select size and print. Basically building a book picture by picture. Now I select my pictures and drag them into each cell. I created a new book and set up the pages to display the way I want. I tried it and can get two pictures per page. I upgraded but didn't use this part of the program before, so I can't tell if this is due to SL or just the way it always was. I heard some people complaining Aperture slowed down when they upgraded to Snow Leopard. Is this normal when you have multiple pictures selected? I had about 6 pictures highlighted. With every tweak of the preset settings, I get the spinning color wheel for about 10 seconds. This setup is very slow on my MacBook Pro 2.6GHz. Is the Contact Sheets as good a quality as a Single Image print? Normally Contact sheets aren't meant for quality, final prints. I noticed that Single Image presets have more resolution and quality options. I can only get this method to work as a Contact Sheet Preset. I discovered this same solution playing around with the application but it seemed like this was a lot of work and there should be a simple way. I was hoping for an easier "out of the box" selection.
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