10-17-2017, 03:57 PM
1.
Gimp is an image editor. It does not have pages like a word processor has.
2.
When you import a pdf into Gimp it becomes an image and loses much of the pdf characteristics. eg text can no longer be edited as text as it has been converted to an image.
3.
When you use things like (Image > Print Size) the image is not altered.
There is a relation between pixels; print size; resolution (dpi)
That window just shows this relation.
For example:
a 300x300 pixel image @ 300dpi will print 1"x1"
a 300x300 pixel image @ 100dpi will print 3"x3"
4.
"I expanded the canvas and distributed the layers (pages) of the PDF, so now I have an image 8.5 inches across the top and (number of pages times 11.5 inches) down"
This does not create word processor style pages. It is still just a single image, and will print as such.
5.
You are limited by the paper size of your printer. If it is letter size you cannot print larger than that. The printer driver won't let you set a size larger than that.
6.
If you want to print multiple pages you have several options:
6a
In Gimp, keep the layers as imported. Do not resize the canvas. In the layers dialogue use the eye to make all but one layer invisible. Print. Do the same for the next layer. Print. .... and so on.
6b
Use Page Layout software (eg Scribus). Create multiple pages in that. Get the layers created in Gimp and put them into Scribus, one image per page. You now have one multipage document.
6c
Use wordprocessor type software (eg Libre Office) to open the pdf. Results vary, depending on the software used to create the pdf and the software used to open the pdf. Again, you now have one multipage document.
Gimp is an image editor. It does not have pages like a word processor has.
2.
When you import a pdf into Gimp it becomes an image and loses much of the pdf characteristics. eg text can no longer be edited as text as it has been converted to an image.
3.
When you use things like (Image > Print Size) the image is not altered.
There is a relation between pixels; print size; resolution (dpi)
That window just shows this relation.
For example:
a 300x300 pixel image @ 300dpi will print 1"x1"
a 300x300 pixel image @ 100dpi will print 3"x3"
4.
"I expanded the canvas and distributed the layers (pages) of the PDF, so now I have an image 8.5 inches across the top and (number of pages times 11.5 inches) down"
This does not create word processor style pages. It is still just a single image, and will print as such.
5.
You are limited by the paper size of your printer. If it is letter size you cannot print larger than that. The printer driver won't let you set a size larger than that.
6.
If you want to print multiple pages you have several options:
6a
In Gimp, keep the layers as imported. Do not resize the canvas. In the layers dialogue use the eye to make all but one layer invisible. Print. Do the same for the next layer. Print. .... and so on.
6b
Use Page Layout software (eg Scribus). Create multiple pages in that. Get the layers created in Gimp and put them into Scribus, one image per page. You now have one multipage document.
6c
Use wordprocessor type software (eg Libre Office) to open the pdf. Results vary, depending on the software used to create the pdf and the software used to open the pdf. Again, you now have one multipage document.