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Hi all.

Many thanks in advance for anybody who can crack this little puzzle for me. I'll preface the query by stating that, yes, I've spent a good while searching for a solution on this message board, but perhaps my terminology wasn't specific enough.    Anyway:

I am an independent perfumer and I use GIMP (v2.8) to print my pre-designed JPEG labels for a regular 50ml bottle to specific dimensions, usually 12.5cm by 6.5cm. It works brilliantly.

I have recently undertaken a request to manufacture 250 x 2ml sample-size atomisers for a wedding. The required dimensions for these labels are 3cm x 0.75cm. That's fine - BUT:

How can I tile an A4 page with the labels at those dimensions? I can print one per page - like I do with the regular, larger labels - but at such tiny dimensions as 3cm x 0.75cm, one per page would be a terible waste of paper.

Any clues? Help would be much appreciated, guys! If it helps, I use stickyback photo paper for all my labels - I simply use a paper guillotine to cut them out.

There is this script: IGLO the site is here: http://iglo.svoboda.biz/ but I have attached a very slightly modified version - just allows more images (original is < 100) since these are very small.

Start off with a single label 30 x 7.5 mm @ 300 ppi

These are the IGLO settings. It is the most frustrating script, does anything but what it should do. So make note of these settings. https://i.imgur.com/Vs2yWOD.jpg very much trial and error to get those.

That produces a new image, A4 300 ppi ready for printing.  https://i.imgur.com/AZOd2pU.jpg

Truthfully, a better application for this is Inkscape.

Unzip the script, pop it into your Gimp 2.8 profile C:\Users\"yourname"\.gimp-2.8\scripts

If you are on Windows, the image viewer has a print function that will make a grid with different images or with several copies of the same image.