If the image is online, type or paste its direct URL into the “Load from URL” blank, then click Load. If the image is on your computer, click Browse… to open your computer’s file browser, select the image, click Open, and then click Upload. Another way to upload an image from your computer is to drag it from a folder to the the “Drag image file here” box.
Choose the size and format of the paper you’re printing on, such as A5 (5. 8” x 8. 3) or US Letter (8. 5” x 11”), from the first drop-down menu. Select either the Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide) format. The default margin size is 10 mm, which should work for most home printers. Margins are necessary because most printers don’t print all the way to the edge of the paper. If the margins are too small, some of the image will be cut off—if it’s too big, you can always just trim off the edges. Overlap makes it easy to join the images together when you cut off the margins because the image will slightly overlap onto the adjoining sheets. Check the box “Overlap pages by 5 mm” box for best results.
Enter the number of sheets into the first box. In the drop-down menu, select wide or high. For example, if you type 6 into the “sheets” box and select wide, the image will be the size of 6 sheets of paper across (wide). Rasterbator will figure out how many sheets tall the poster must be to fit the image. If you select tall, the example image would be 6 sheets tall, and Rasterbator would determine the width based on the image size. The grid lines on the preview show how many sheets of paper you’ll be using.
For example, if you type 6 into the “sheets” box and select wide, the image will be the size of 6 sheets of paper across (wide). Rasterbator will figure out how many sheets tall the poster must be to fit the image. If you select tall, the example image would be 6 sheets tall, and Rasterbator would determine the width based on the image size.
For example, if you type 6 into the “sheets” box and select wide, the image will be the size of 6 sheets of paper across (wide). Rasterbator will figure out how many sheets tall the poster must be to fit the image. If you select tall, the example image would be 6 sheets tall, and Rasterbator would determine the width based on the image size.
Rasterbation and Black and white rasterbation are popular choices that print in a halftone style, comprised of many dots.
Rasterbation and Black and white rasterbation are popular choices that print in a halftone style, comprised of many dots.
If you chose No effects, none of these menu options will affect your poster.
If you did not select a style, you can still browse through the drop-down menu at the top of the screen to add some effects to your final product. If you decide not to use any, select Enlarge from the menu. To make it easy to trim off the margins, check the box next to “Crop marks. ” This is optional, and is not necessary if you added the 5mm overlap.
Rasterbator recommends using Adobe X Reader, but any reader is fine. [2] X Research source
In macOS, select Scale to Fit. If you’re using Adobe Reader for Windows, check “Fit” under “Paper size & handling. ”
In macOS, select Scale to Fit. If you’re using Adobe Reader for Windows, check “Fit” under “Paper size & handling. ”
If you’re using Windows, make sure “Print on both sides of the paper” is NOT checked. If you’re using macOS, select Layout from the drop-down menu at the center of the printer screen, then make sure “Two-sided” is set to None.
It may be helpful to use a small piece of tape on the edge of each adjoining sheet when the poster is face-up on the ground so you can easily move it.
