Printing Patterns

There was a question in another thread about printing patterns. It occurred to me that there are lots of different ways to print the patterns provided here on SSV. For a new scroller, it's not very obvious how to use these great patterns. I'd like to get a bunch of different ways others use the patterns on SSV. So, h'bout it? How do you prepare/print your patterns? I personally use Inkscape to scale and print patterns.

So far I have had good luck just using Gimp to resize and print.

I just use the printer options.

First I "Save Image As' then go to where I saved it, double click the image/pattern, that takes me to Windows Photo Gallery, I then click CTRL-P to access the printer options, from there it's a matter of choosing what size etc, etc, etc.

Hope that is of help.

Merlin

After downloading to a scroll file on my computer I open Picasa, a free photo program from Google. When I print from here they give me multiple size options for printing purposes, I don't ever resize as long as the size works for my project.

I have a hp printer that lets me chose print quality and have found that useing {fast draft} and[ black ink only] is good enough for a pattern in most cases.The printer prints really fast and saves ink.

Patterns that fit on regular paper I just print (I usually change the color from black to red which seems easier to see). Patterns where the cutting will be larger than the standard 8 1/2" X 11" paper stock I take to Office Depot. I print the pattern on regular paper, decide what the size of the cutting will be by measuring the largest dimension (length or width). If the longest dimension is 7 1/2" and I want that to be 12" (11" X 14" frame, 1" border), the pattern needs to be enlarged by 160% (use a proportional scale from an art supply store). The cost for B&W is less than $1 here.

I usually upload into Corel. I usually do a quicktrace to "vectorize" the image, then change the pattern to the 20%gray with red outline, then resize if needed. Then, I either print, or publish to pdf for later printing.

For downloaded patterns I rework them a little using GIMP (Thanks to Travis), export to the desktop and import into InkScape to scale and size the drawing to the size I prefer, 8.5 x 11 or 11 x 17. If I want larger I use the Poster utility in my HP tools. I use InkScape to change the color form black to light grey with a thin black outline, this is easy on my eyes and save a lot of ink. The poster utility will create a drawing that is either 4, 9, 16 or 25 times as large as the 8.5 x 11 original. You simply print it out and tape the pages together. If you want something a bit smaller you'll need to scale the size down using either InkScape or Gimp, you would still print it on 8.5x11 sheets of paper, you would have some trimming to do before you tape them together. If your printer has this utility it can save you a trip to the print shop.

Ed Sr.

I right click on the chosen pattern, save to a folder (documents or picture folder) and print directly from there.

I save the pattern to my computer. The open it with paint shop, with this I can resize it and print.

I save to "Paint" and edit, resize and print from there.

It is easy to do in microsoft paint. Check it out. I agree with Jim Finn.

I create, scan and then save the pattern on my computer (.jpeg).

I then open it up in Unlead Photo Express where I resize, change the color of the pattern.

I print out in blue because for me, it seems easy to see when scrolling, red works well too.

I print the pattern out on light weight see through parchment paper. I tape the thin parchement paper to a thicker piece of paper when sending it through the printer. I use rubber cement to glue to the wood. Rubber cement makes it easy to remove pattern and glue after scrolling, and will not soak into the wood to seal it.

When I need to print a very large pattern, I use MS Publisher. The image will print on several sheets, cut and tape back together.

Having fun with it.

So far, this has process worked out for me. But then, I new at this.

Karen

I work patterns thru either photoshop or PSPro,save as .jpeg. Then i use a program called "Rasterbater" to scale them out. Free program. makes PDF file to print.

I use photoshop elements

I CLICK ON RAPID RESIZER CHOSE THE SIZES I WANT AND PRINT  

I do most of my work in an old version of Photoshop CS then change to a vector in inkscape and change it to grey with a black outline. I save that as a png. I then go to a free program called PosteRazor to resize to literally any dimension I want. It then saves it as a PDF. just print that out, tape them together and I'm good to go.  

I like Inkscape!

I use Inkscape to size the pattern. I save it as a PDF and print it from Adobe. So far so good.

I tried to print but it comes out too small. I tried to make it larger in paint, gimp and inkscape with no luck. I tried everything in the help menu and nothing worked.

I do most of my work in an old version of Photoshop CS then change to a vector in inkscape and change it to grey with a black outline. I save that as a png. I then go to a free program called PosteRazor to resize to literally any dimension I want. It then saves it as a PDF. just print that out, tape them together and I'm good to go.  

Downloaded PosteRazor and it made things a lot easier.  Thank you for the suggestion.