Poster Printing Made Easy

Poster printing may be enjoyable but it can also be tedious for some people. For instance, a user may have to resize and fix the settings of an image or picture before printing it to poster-size. The layout also has to be planned and fixed prior to printing. These are just some of the things that you have to consider to ensure that the poster is printed correctly.

One possible solution to make poster printing easy and hassle-free is to use some software that can help you manage the image. Easy Poster Printer is one example of such software. It is an open-source, free software application designed for Windows. It allows you to create a poster out of an image or images from your files. The image or photo is loaded to the program. The steps to consider in incorporating the image to the poster is basically the same as those used in similar software such as Rasterbator and Block Posters. It involves three steps:

1. Load the photo or image to the software. The image is automatically shown in the large area on the right side of your screen. This area is divided into A4 units. Each unit will be printed on one sheet of paper.

2. Edit the settings of the image, if needed or required. This is done if you want to optimize the image. With Easy Poster Printer, you can stretch the image, change the dimensions and measuring units, change the color of the background, and rotate and flip the image. You can also apply paper scaling so that the image will fit perfectly on the sheets. You can also change the paper orientation as well as the print quality and cut lines.

3. Zoom Preview and Print – Step 3 lets you preview the poster before doing the actual print. This will show you the quality of the print as well as the cut lines. If the layout and settings are already acceptable, then you can hit on the Print button to print your poster.


Sample Screen Shot of Easy Poster Printer (From Ghacks.net)

Easy Poster Printer supports several standard formats ranging from A0 to B3. The user can add his preferred settings in the options for easy access in the future. Easy Poster Printer can yield maximum poster sizes of 20 meters x 20 meters. Users guarantee that this software is user-friendly and can print posters in a few minutes. It is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The only system requirement is Microsoft.Net Framework.