Affinity Designer - How Can I Split The Canvas Into Equal 12 Parts And Print Each Of Them As A4 Separately?

[Mainecoon364]

How Can I Split The Canvas Into Equal 12 Parts And Print Each Of Them As A4 Separately? (Affinity Designer)

[Alfred]

Have you investigated your printer’s tiling options?

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, Alfred said:

Have you investigated your printer’s tiling options?

I don't see any Tiling options available when printing from an iPad.

[v_kyr]

21 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I don't see any Tiling options available when printing from an iPad.

The Desktop versions should offer, depending on the printer & printer driver. - Other than that, there are some PDF tools which offer to do so for huger PDF poster/banner files etc.

• https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/print-posters-banners-acrobat-reader.html
• PDF to Large Print via Tiling
• ...etc.

[carl123]

Just a guess but...

Can you use the Slice Tool in the export persona to create 12 slices then open & print each slice separately?

I don't have an iPad

[Mainecoon364]

I’d better;

 

a) export It as PDF and look for a pdf editor To do it.

b) or do it on inkscape. 

 

I bought Ipad versions. Do I have to buy PC versions of Affinity as well?

[DM1]

1 hour ago, Mainecoon364 said:

I bought Ipad versions. Do I have to buy PC versions of Affinity as well?

Yes, unless you purchased the universal license which covers all platforms.

Creating a large canvas on iPad (210x4)x(297x3) then setting guides at 4 rows and 3 columns with zero gutters/margins should work. Draw your pattern,  then in Export persona create 12 A4 slices around the guides. You can print slices individually. Here’s an example with 12 A4 panels and slices.

4x3 A4 pattern canvas.afdesign

[walt.farrell]

10 hours ago, v_kyr said:

The Desktop versions should offer, depending on the printer & printer driver.

And that's likely the problem, as the iPad provides only generic Mac Air Print drivers, as far as I can see, rather than printer-specific drivers. So even if the printer supports Tiling, I don't think Air Print will allow it.

[v_kyr]

3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

And that's likely the problem, as the iPad provides only generic Mac Air Print drivers, as far as I can see, rather than printer-specific drivers. So even if the printer supports Tiling, I don't think Air Print will allow it.

• DecaPrint
• Rasterizer
• ... etc. ... a search on the App Store should reveal some apps therefor!