Newbie needs help !

[Clueless]

I know this should be simple however I am new to gimp and struggling a bit.

Quiet simply I want to print 2 images of 106mm square on one piece of a4 .instead of printing one image per page and wasting loads of paper.

I can print one easily but when I try to move 1 image to the left to make space for the other one along side it  it splits from it's canvas.and part of it disappears

Do I need to make the canvas a4 size ?  

Thanks in advance John aka Clueless

[Tas_mania]

It's a good question but I think it's more a compositing question. Make your images in Gimp and export in whatever format you want. I use mostly JPG. Then open your favorite office app (I use Libre Office Writer) Select page size and insert the images where they look good. Writer exports as PDF which is a format printers love

[rich2005]

(09-23-2024, 10:05 PM)Clueless Wrote: Quiet simply I want to print 2 images of 106mm square on one piece of a4 .instead of printing one image per page and wasting loads of paper.

The first thing to note is Gimp is a bitmap editor and works in pixels. For printing the print resolution comes into play and that is defined as pixels-per-inch (ppi)

Quote:I can print one easily but when I try to move 1 image to the left to make space for the other one along side it  it splits from it's canvas.and part of it disappears

There are several ways. If the two images are the same size and ppi then
File -> Open as layers and select the images
Check the print size Image -> Print Size If it looks good then
Top of theView menu is View -> Show All toggle Click on that
Use the move tool and move a layer into position.
Resize the canvas to fit the new layer positions Image -> Fit Canvas to Layers
Turn the View -> Show All off if you want.
Save or export the new image to be on the safe side.

A 50 second animation of that https://imgur.com/a/kKLlf89.mp4

Quote: Do I need to make the canvas a4 size ?  

No, in fact it is better if the image to print is smaller than the paper size. A printer can enforce margins and scale the image to a slightly smaller size.

[Clueless]

Many thanks for your quick replies. I will have a go and let you know how it turns out. Many thanks John