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Question about GIMP.


Thechipcarver

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As far as I know, you should be able to "scale" your image to any size. The usual restriction comes from your printer.

To scale your image, use the tool bar in GIMP. Click “Image” from the GIMP toolbar. Click “Scale Image”. In the pop-up window, put in the number 300 in “X resolution”, then click the little chain next to it on the right so the chain is connected. Next to the upper “Pixels” box, click the down arrow and choose “Inches”. Put in the width you want your pattern to be, then click the little chain next to it so the chain is not connected. In the lower "Pixels" box put in the height you want it to be. Then click “Scale” at the bottom of this window. If the image is now too large for your screen, click on “View” on the toolbar and choose “Zoom”, then choose “fit image to window".

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The trick is to create 'registration marks'. Circles, X's Circle with a cross in it. Place these on sections of the the the edge areas that fit the printer paper. Then print sections of the design with the registration marks always over lapping from on area to another. After printing our the sections, over lap the paper and line up the registration marks. The same technique is used for multicolor overlays of t shirt screen printing, circuit board printing and other areas that the printing is larger then the machine or layers are added and everything needs to match. RJF

There are software programs out there that will take a design and break it into printer paper sections to paste together. I have one that I think has a limitation of 100 ft x 100 ft. I haven't bought that much paper to try it. RJF

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