06-10-2026, 02:30 AM
I'm new to Gimp, and I was prompted to try it due to Paint no longer working.
Some backstory: I create 1/6 scale dioramas and, as a graphic artist, I create them all digitally, as the size they need to be, and then print them out and glue them to cardboard. For years (10+), I have created the files and then used Paint to print them out. I simply instructed Paint to print the files at 100% and they printed out at the exact size I made them as.
This past March, Microsoft released an update that has rendered this impossible, as a file that usually spans 6 pages now spans almost 40. It makes the file way too large. Adobe programs, despite my printer settings being set to 100% and scale to fit being deactivated, print the entire image on one piece of A4 paper. Acrobat, with its splicing tool, also prints too large and not to the size the images are made in.
I've looked up how to print true to size on Gimp, and while the size and resolution are just what I need them to be in the program, I still cannot get them to print properly. There is no longer an Image Settings tab in the print dialogue box, so I'm unable to adjust anything further in Gimp. All the other settings come directly from my printer settings, which are already set to print at 100%, but the same issue persists - what prints out is not the size I made the file as.
What can I do? I'm desperate... I need to be able to print my hard work in 1:1 scale, true to the size I made them in. I can't believe how difficult such a request is being. (I'd upload photos to show all my settings/issues but the forum isn't letting me... I click Insert Image and it prompts me to put in an optional size, then I click Insert and it does nothing...)
Some backstory: I create 1/6 scale dioramas and, as a graphic artist, I create them all digitally, as the size they need to be, and then print them out and glue them to cardboard. For years (10+), I have created the files and then used Paint to print them out. I simply instructed Paint to print the files at 100% and they printed out at the exact size I made them as.
This past March, Microsoft released an update that has rendered this impossible, as a file that usually spans 6 pages now spans almost 40. It makes the file way too large. Adobe programs, despite my printer settings being set to 100% and scale to fit being deactivated, print the entire image on one piece of A4 paper. Acrobat, with its splicing tool, also prints too large and not to the size the images are made in.
I've looked up how to print true to size on Gimp, and while the size and resolution are just what I need them to be in the program, I still cannot get them to print properly. There is no longer an Image Settings tab in the print dialogue box, so I'm unable to adjust anything further in Gimp. All the other settings come directly from my printer settings, which are already set to print at 100%, but the same issue persists - what prints out is not the size I made the file as.
What can I do? I'm desperate... I need to be able to print my hard work in 1:1 scale, true to the size I made them in. I can't believe how difficult such a request is being. (I'd upload photos to show all my settings/issues but the forum isn't letting me... I click Insert Image and it prompts me to put in an optional size, then I click Insert and it does nothing...)
