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I've found out from experience and Apple Care that I can no longer print documents or .jpgs that are taller than my 23" portrait/vertical oriented monitor or any other for that matter. Preview has been crippled in Snow Leopard so that it will not recognize that the image/document is taller/longer and then spread that out into 2 to 10 or more pages. Apple senior advisor told me to try iPhoto, so I did while he was on the phone. No luck. Tried Photoshop CS4 to no avail. I finally just used a 3rd party application called SnapNDrag to take selected shots of the document (.png and .jpg), saved them and printed out each one. Very time consuming and not what I expect from Apple. But as the advisor said, Apple is moving to small product and away from desktop.
Canon says it's not the driver for the printer and Apple agreed.
So how are we to print legal documents that are larger than Apple allows? This dampens my desire for a medium format printer for my photos, since I have no idea how I would print them.
If need be, I'll just revert back to Leopard or switch to Windows. I have no loyalty to Apple when they take away so many things that made work easy and replace them with things I have no use for.
By the way, there is a secret to resizing in Preview's print options. You can't just type digits and expect Preview to abide by them. There is no Save button.
Anyone know of a program that would allow me to print one document on as many sheets of paper it needs to complete the document?
Thanks in advance.

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Preview on macOS does not include a built‑in “poster / tile” print mode that will automatically slice a very tall JPG across many sheets — its print dialog exposes scaling but not a dedicated poster/tiling feature. For reliable multi‑page output, the usual, robust workflow is: make a PDF at the final physical size, then use a poster/tiling tool or a PDF viewer that supports "Poster" tiling. See Apple’s Preview print documentation for the available scaling/PDF options. (Apple Preview guide: https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/prvw15175/mac)

Quick, repeatable workflow

  1. Create a PDF at the intended print size: open the JPG in Preview and use File → Print → (Show Details) → choose an appropriate Scale or Size and select Save as PDF from the PDF menu. (macOS Print/Saving docs: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/prtct002/mac)
  2. Open that PDF in Adobe Acrobat (Reader/Pro) and use File → Print → Page Sizing & Handling → Poster. Adjust Tile Scale and Overlap, preview, then print. Adobe documents the Poster/tiling controls and labels. (Adobe Poster printing: )

If Acrobat’s Poster option is unavailable on your Mac

  • Acrobat Reader/Reader UI changes or newer macOS builds can sometimes hide or disable the Poster option; a common fix is checking Advanced → uncheck “Print as Image,” or try Acrobat Pro if Reader’s option is limited. (Adobe support/community threads.)
  • Free alternatives: a lightweight GUI tool that generates a multipage PDF from an image (PosteRazor) or the command‑line pdfposter utility to scale and tile PDFs. (PosteRazor: https://posterazor.sourceforge.io/ · pdfposter docs: https://pdfposter.readthedocs.io/)

Example pdfposter usage:

pdfposter -p 3x4a4 input.pdf output.pdf

Notes for photo/medium‑format printing
Prepare files at the target physical size and adequate PPI (high‑quality prints commonly use 150–300 ppi depending on viewing distance) and use the large‑format printer’s driver or a RIP for best color/size control. (Guides on resolution and print preparation: https://prepressure.com/design/basics/resolution · print preflight checklist: https://premiumgraphicsprint.com/how-to-prepare-photos-for-large-format-printing/)

Good catch by and thanks to for testing — converting to a PDF and using a poster/tiling tool is the least error‑prone route.

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Hi Danarchy,

See whether does this software helps?

commented: Fast and found what I needed from jingda's lead. +5
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Good evening jingda,

Great link. Good price on that one, but found a free one almost right next to it that worked perfectly!
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/20738/posterazor Printed
all pages out better than Preview ever has.
Big thanks to you.
Congratulations on the member honor and interview.

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You are welcome

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