insert page break into screen capture?

September 29, 2008 10:57 AM

Printer filter: a Snagit screen capture of a web page yields an 8.5 x 22" (96dpi) document in Photoshop 7. What can I easily do (short of using Photoshop to break the one document into two 8.5 x 11" documents) in order to print it out as a two page document, thus keeping the same width? Photoshop, Snagit, and Windows Picture Viewer all want to print it all out on a single 8.5 x 11" page by shrinking the width and length, which makes the content nearly unreadable. Converting it to a PDF document yields the same result. So, what's a quick and easy way of inserting a page break where I want it into a screen capture (JPG or PNG format)? OS: Windows XP
posted by bbranden1 to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Use the Rectangle Marquee tool to select the part of an image you want to print.
Choose File > Print, select Print Selected Area, and click Print. Do this for each side choosing half the image each time.

I don't think Photoshop will do page breaks.
posted by spakto at 11:24 AM on September 29, 2008

Your print driver may be able to do this -- look for an option to "tile" your print across multiple pages -- it will print it at 100% scale and on as many pages as needed to get the whole thing.
posted by misterbrandt at 12:36 PM on September 29, 2008

Response by poster: Thanks!
posted by bbranden1 at 1:02 PM on September 29, 2008

Best answer: In SnagIt's editor you can go to Page Setup and select "Fill to Width" in the Image Scale Options. This will print the image to the width of one page and for as many pages as necessary in height.

SnagIt 9: Click the "S" icon/button in the upper left corner of the Editor window, click on Print > Page Setup.

SnagIt 8: Click on File > Page Setup.
posted by ktpupp at 2:24 PM on September 29, 2008

Response by poster: That actually works! Thanks very much.
posted by bbranden1 at 4:57 PM on September 29, 2008