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Poster Printer

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"Poster Printer” works with your existing printer to allow you to print documents at a much larger size than would fit on a single printed page	Latest Version	1.0 BETA
	Operating Systems Supported	Has Been Tested On	Windows 2000, XP
		Should Work On (check back as additional testing data becomes available)	Windows NT 4.0, Server 2003
		Planned, not yet supported	Windows 95, 98, ME
	Additional limitations	Requires minimum 800 x 600 resolution Cannot be connected to across a network (however it can be used to print to OTHER printers connected across a network) Works best on high color (16 bit or above) displays.
	License	GPL (free software)
	Where To Download	Temporary -- this is a free file hosting service, you will have to go through some ads to get it, sorry.
		https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=172256 A better download system (recently uploaded, may not yet be available here)..
	Documentation	This page gives an overview of its features and uses. A detailed example of creating a poster: Dolphins In Space
	Development	Author	Michael H. Overlin
		Contact	poster_printer@yahoo.com
		Report Bug	At the development site: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=172256
			Option B: poster_printer@yahoo.com
		Web Site	https://sourceforge.net/projects/posterprinter
		Source Code	https://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=172256
	Directory Web Site	http://www.geocities.com/poster_printer -- Other web site locations for the software may be changed, but this one should stay fixed and available.

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The Poster Printer software package works with your existing printers to allow you to print documents at a much larger size than would fit on a single sheet of paper. This is accomplished by enlarging the document to print to multiple pages in such a way that the enlarged image appears to continue seamlessly across the separate pages of output.

The software installs what appears to be a new virtual printer, by default named "Poster Printer", to your system. The new printer operates similarly to a "fax" printer, capturing the images of documents that are printed to it.

After a document is printed, the "Poster Utility" is automatically launched. From this utility you have the option of printing the document as you normally would, or enlarging any particular page to make a "poster" out of it. The enlargement factor can be substantial -- if you want, you can make a poster spanning 5 feet, or more, from a single 8 1/2 by 11 inch document page.

screen shot showing cutting guide for a page

screen shot showing cutting guide for a page

When pages are enlaged to create a poster, the enlarged pages are printed with "cutting guides" that show you which edges to cut off using a pair of scissors. Using transparent tape you then assemble the enlarged pages together to create a single poster.

At the edges there is 1/4 inch of overlap in the images. This allows you to align the images to produce a result of nearly professional quality.

Suggested Uses

1. Signs for sale signs announce a meeting annoucne an event	Step 1: I use my word processor to make a normal one page document. (see #5 below)
	Step 2 I print the document to my "Poster Printer", use the selection tool to select just the text and graphics for my "for sale" sign from the printed document image (further explained in the "Dolphins In Space" example), and then enlage as shown
2. Presentations Student Business
3. Decorative Posters Child's Room Classroom	See "Dolphins In Space" example.
4. Political Posters Placards Lawn Signs
5. Utility for capturing images from any document you can print	The selection tool allows you to frame any rectangular region from the image of a printed document page and then save it as a bitmap. I used this capability in making my mock "motorcycle for sale" sign shown in #1 above.

EXAMPLE:

Printing a poster for a child's room: Dolphins In Space