Plan a print layout

Choose a paper size

Choose a catalog paper or enter supported custom dimensions. A4 is 210 × 297 mm; Letter is 8.5 × 11 inches. The paper size describes the PDF page, while the photo size describes the rectangle placed on it.

The B4 and B5 catalog entries use ISO dimensions. They are not the JIS sizes used by some printer settings. Check the displayed millimetres when a paper name is ambiguous.

Orientation and margins

Choose portrait or landscape for the sheet, then set margins that your printer and paper can support. The application cannot discover the device’s usable area. A geometric fit on the sheet is not proof of printable fit.

For example, a landscape 10 × 8 inch photo on landscape Letter leaves 0.5 inch at the sides and 0.25 inch above and below when centred. A print dialog that shrinks the page to its usable area will also shrink that photo.

Multiple photos

The repeated layout places copies of the same prepared photo. Set the row and column arrangement, gap, and copy count, then inspect every placement. A grid must fit within the available width and height; additional copies continue onto the reported extra pages when the grid itself fits.

Four landscape 5 × 3.5 inch frames in a two-by-two grid with 4 mm gaps occupy 258 × 181.8 mm. Centred on landscape A4, that leaves 19.5 mm side margins and 14.1 mm top and bottom margins.

If the grid does not fit, reduce the arrangement, change the gap or margins within your real constraints, select a larger supported sheet, or deliberately change the photo size. Review the resulting measurements before exporting.

Borders and background

A frame border created by Keep the whole photo is inside each repeated frame. A gap is between frames, and a page margin is outside the grid. Changing one does not automatically change the others.

Check the selected background for transparent source areas and fit borders. For a physical print, the paper and output process determine what unprinted or transparent areas look like; the screen’s transparency pattern is not ink.

Export and check the page

Download the paper-layout PDF and inspect its page size. Use the calibration page or mark when physical dimensions matter. In the print dialog, match the loaded sheet and select actual size or the equivalent 100% option.

A numerical summary PDF is a report, not this physical photo layout. Choose the layout export when the placement on paper is what you need to reproduce.