How To Print A Large Image On Multiple Pages In Excel

I was looking for a mode to print a large image across multiple pages, and then I could make my own do-information technology-yourself poster-size printout. By manner of background, I wanted to impress a huge virtual burn, to encompass a piece of insulation we put in front end of a drafty fireplace in the winter. (We don't like to burn wood, and then the fireplace goes unused, but staring at a slice of shiny foam insulation all winter isn't all that interesting.)

Conceptually, this seemed pretty easy: find a huge image, open up information technology in some app that handles images, and print. What I plant is that doesn't work, at least not in the apps I had at hand (Acorn and Preview). After some web searching, I stumbled across an odd but effective solution: use Excel.

Open a new bare Excel workbook, then select Insert > Photo > Picture show From File, and select your massive paradigm. Now when y'all hit Print, you'll see the output spans multiple pages. I used Page Setup to select a borderless US Letter size, and printed out 16 pages of a roaring fire.

Afterwards some cutting-and-record operation, the drafty fireplace'due south insulation became more visually appealing:

Note that this was a "proof of concept" operation, so I printed in typhoon mode (hence the vertical striping on the printout) and wasn't overly careful virtually lining upwardly the pages. I had originally planned to impress the final version on glossy photo paper, simply instead opted to buy a 36x48 poster-size printout from an online vendor. (I haven't notwithstanding received the print, but when I do, I'll mail most its quality. Until then, though, I don't want to link to the vendor, as I don't still know what I've bought.)

I knew Excel could do a lot, but I never thought to attempt it for printing huge images across multiple pages.