Large photo printing at home

[Tom Blake]

I've got a photo (4 MB, 5184x3456) I want to print on my HP Photosmart C4750. I want to print it out on 8, 8.5x11 sheets of paper, to assemble it as a 34x22 inch piece.

Blow it up, divide it into a grid, crop and then save the individual images to print separately?
Any suggestions as to program that I can do this with?

Thanks
Tom

[Don Bloom]

I've done that sort of thing with Photoshop. Going back to version 7.

[Sareesh Sudhakaran]

Originally Posted by Tom Blake

I've got a photo (4 MB, 5184x3456) I want to print on my HP Photosmart C4750. I want to print it out on 8, 8.5x11 sheets of paper, to assemble it as a 34x22 inch piece.

Blow it up, divide it into a grid, crop and then save the individual images to print separately?
Any suggestions as to program that I can do this with?

Thanks
Tom

According to the experts, you might want to keep your print at a minimum of 220 ppi, the best being 300 ppi.

Assuming you've selected 220 ppi, with a 34x22 inch print, you'll need a resolution of 7480 x 4840. You might want to interpolate (up-sample) in Photoshop, while applying bicubic sharpening. Additional sharpening might be required based on taste.

Finally, select individual 'boxes' and print. Hope this helps.