1-to-N, a single photo file to many pages

May 11, 2009 1:55 PM

How can I print a high-res photograph as multiple pages?

I saw a website on here recently that I can no longer find. The website allowed you to upload a photograph. It then returned a multi-page PDF that you could print. You could hang all of these photos on the wall and create a HUGE poster. What is this website?

The website I recall had an online and an offline version of the program that you could use.

"multiple images"
"poster"
"collage"
all turned up nothing.

Thanks a ton, metafilter freaks.

posted by Brettus to computers & internet (9 comments total)

the rasterbator?
posted by ddaavviidd at 1:59 PM on May 11 [2 favorites]

I am not sure about a website, but you can do it in illustrator.
posted by avex at 2:25 PM on May 11

Many printers have this feature built in- copy machines especially. Select your printer and choose "properties" or "preferences" and look for the option in there. It's usually with the page layout options.
posted by JuiceBoxHero at 2:28 PM on May 11

Are you looking for block posters?
posted by abdulf at 2:59 PM on May 11

The rasterbator made many fine dorm room decorations when I was in college. If I could think of a way to make its output look less "lots of pieces of paper stuck together" I would still use it.
posted by ocherdraco at 3:00 PM on May 11

ocherdraco, I know what you mean. I haven't done it myself, but it just occurred to me that you could take the file generated by rasterbator and turn each page into jpg files which you could then have printed by a photo printer. Then frame and mount and you'd have something a bit more presentable than pieces of paper on a wall.
posted by msbrauer at 4:29 PM on May 11

http://www.blockposters.com/
posted by neolith22 at 4:33 PM on May 11

It was the rasterbator. Thanks a ton for the help. Marked as resolved.
posted by Brettus at 6:18 PM on May 11

Sorry to double post - it looks like block posters does it as well, so I am also marking that as a best answer in case anyone comes across this question.
posted by Brettus at 6:19 PM on May 11