Best (fastest, simplest) MAC-capable software for adding a logo to a photo and printing borderless.

July 11, 2008 6:18 PM

I need the best (fastest, simplest) MAC-capable software for adding a logo to a photo and printing borderless. I'm having problems with Photoshop and Lightroom (not printing borderless) and I can't add a logo with iPhoto.

I'm using a MacBook Pro, OS X 10.5, printing to a Canon Pixma iP1800 printer. For some reason (I've searched and asked on several Adobe forums but no help so far) I can't get either Photoshop or Lightroom to print BORDERLESS 4x6s with this printer. iPhoto prints borderless, but I can't overlay a logo using iPhoto. The "easy print" software that comes on the Canon CD also prints borderless, but it's stupid, cumbersome, and slow to use, and again I can't overlay a logo. Switching applications (e.g. add the logo in Photoshop, print from iPhoto) isn't going to work - I need a MUCH FASTER workflow for this project. I can't make it go faster by batch processing - these will be individual shots, individually printed, one after the other, for 4 hours tomorrow afternoon from 4-8 pm. Thanks!

posted by jcdill to computers & internet (2 comments total)

In Photoshop's Page Setup, if I choose 'format for "Canon MP150" ', I get the option under Paper Size to select borderless printing. If I don't alter any settings, I don't get these snazzy choices.

See pic.
posted by dance at 1:11 AM on July 12, 2008

Whe you say Photoshop won't print borderless, are you saying the option doesn't appear in the Page Setup dialog? Or that it doesn't print borderless even thought you selected the option? And you have the correct driver selected in the setup and print dialogs? I'm not trying to be condescending, mind you. It's just that I've never had a problem with Photoshop not printing borderless if the printer supports it.

Graphic Converter will do what you want. Though GC doesn't utilize layers (ala Photoshop), which would make your project go much faster.
posted by Thorzdad at 6:16 AM on July 12, 2008