How to print a picture on a printer from a computer: instructions

It just so happened that when we bought a computer, we would certainly think about what we needed to get a printer. This is not surprising, because the need to print something arises every day. This term papers, an interesting screenshot from your favorite game, various photographs. In a word, work for the printer is more than enough. Another thing is that not every person, especially aged, knows how to properly use all this equipment, and even more so various software. Let's try to deal with all these issues in more detail.

How to print a picture from a computer?

In order to print a picture on a computer, you must do the following procedure:

1. Connect the printer to the mains.
2. Check if the printing device is connected to the computer. If the device is connected, then make sure drivers are installed for it. Without them, printing will not be possible. Drivers can be installed from the disk that comes with the device. If the disk is lost or damaged, you need to visit the site of the printer manufacturer and select your hardware model to download the necessary software.
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After all the preparatory work is completed, you can begin to print out what is needed. In principle, the Windows system provides quite a lot of possibilities in order to save a digital picture on a solid medium.

The simplest thing is to open the picture you want to view in the Windows Photo Viewer.

In this program, you can not only view the image, but also accomplish some of the simplest actions with it.

In order to print a picture from this program, you must open the menu "Print"And already in this menu, select"Print«. Or press Ctrl + P.

You may not have to open this program to print the image. It is enough to select the desired file in any folder and right-click on it to call the context menu.

In this menu, you will need to find the item “Print«. It makes no difference what you will do in the first way or the second. The result of your actions will cause a print dialog.

First of all, you need to choose a printer on which images will be printed. Even if you have only one printing device, go to the drop-down list and make sure that the selection is correct.

REFERENCE! The fact is that many programs create their own virtual printers in the system. The next step is to select the paper size on which the printout will be performed.

Considering the fact that there are a lot of formats, and on Windows they are presented both in the GOST system and in the North American standard, to make it easier to navigate, use the table of formats.

Once the format is sorted out, you must select the layout for printing.

At the same time, you can specify the number of copies of the image to be printed. And the end of all operations will be pressing the button "Print«.

How to increase or decrease size

Very often the question arises of reducing or increasing the size of the image before printing. There are several options and it all depends on how, and in which program the pictures are printed. The most elementary option if printing is done from Word.

In order to resize in this program, select the desired image with the mouse.

Please note that special markers appeared around the perimeter. They serve for resizing, as well as for rotation.

It is enough to capture one of the markers with the mouse and drag it in the direction of decreasing or increasing.

But often printing does not come from this program. What to do in such cases? Photochop is considered the best software for working with graphic images. But not everyone has this software on the computer, and not everyone knows how to use it.

REFERENCE! To resize images, you can use online services.

This is very convenient if preparation for work is carried out for example from a smartphone or tablet. In fact, even while in nature, you can not only take pictures, but having access to the network, bring all the images to one format.

To do this, first of all, you need to go to the site. In the working field you need to select the desired picture.

Please note that the service has several tabs. Working with the “Proportional” tab, using the slider all the image sizes are changed at once. On the "Disproportionate" tab, you can change the width and height separately.

The remaining tabs are clear in their name. The service makes it possible to upload several images at once and the sizes can be changed in batches.

How to change the orientation before printing on the printer

Sometimes situations arise that it is necessary to change the orientation of the image before printing. The easiest way to do this is in the same image viewer, which is included in the standard package of Windows.

After the image is open, you need to use the arrow keys. They allow you to sequentially flip the image. Depending on which button you press, the rotation will occur clockwise or counterclockwise. To save the result of work - just close the program. All changes will be automatically saved.

Concluding our conversation, I would like to recommend the following. For high-quality printing of images, whether it’s pictures downloaded from the Internet or photos taken at a picnic, it is best to use the software that comes with the printer. As a rule, this software is designed specifically for printing photos, so it has a very clear and friendly interface, as well as many settings. Thanks to such advanced functionality, even a little knowledgeable person can print a photo at a professional level without any special difficulties.