How to print a layer in AF2

[brucet]

AF2 2.6.2  on Mac OS 12.7.6 Monterey

I have a jpg file of an outline map measuring 24" x 29" to be made into a jigsaw puzzle for my grandson.

In order to print it I need to cut it up into 9 pieces each measuring 8" x 9 1/2" so they will fit on letter sized paper, and can be trimmed and glued to the wood before cutting.

I successfully made nine 8" x 9.5" selections and using "Cmd + J", created a separate layer from each of them.  Then I selected one layer at a time in the Channels Window to print, but AF2 only prints the center part of the 24 x 29 image, all other pages were blank.

I tried selecting one layer at a time and copy/paste to a new 8 1/2 x 11 document, got nothing, even though the thumbnail of each layer is visible and correct.

Oddly enough, I can copy and then paste each layer to a Pages word processing document page.

So what am I missing?  This process worked fine last year before I upgraded to AF2.

[NotMyFault]

Use the export Persona. There you can create slices from layers (one click for all), and export as seperate files (one click for all).

then print the files individually 

[NotMyFault]

4 hours ago, brucet said:

successfully made nine 8" x 9.5" selections and using "Cmd + J", created a separate layer from each of them.  Then I selected one layer at a time in the Channels Window to print, but AF2 only prints the center part of the 24 x 29 image, all other pages were blank.

 

I’m unsure if this copies the selected part only, or the full layer. 
use „copy merged“ and paste instead to reliably duplicate only the selected part. 

[GarryP]

6 hours ago, brucet said:

AF2 2.6.2

Note (edited): AF2 does not specify any Affinity application. There is AP (or AP2) or APh (or APh2) for Photo, or AD (or AD2) for Designer, or APu (APu2) or APub (or APub2) for Publisher, but AF (or AF2) doesn’t tell us which one you mean.

Edited April 17 by GarryP
Added clarification.

[Alfred]

1 minute ago, GarryP said:

Note: AF2 does not specify any Affinity application. There is AP (or AP2) for Photo, or AD (or AD2) for Designer, or APu (APu2) or APub (or APub2) for Publisher, but AF (or AF2) doesn’t tell us which one you mean.

For what little it’s worth, I read AF2 as ‘Affinity Foto 2’. However, APh is the least ambiguous way to abbreviate ‘Affinity Photo’.

[GarryP]

Thanks; I forgot about the APh abbreviation. I’ve edited my earlier response to include that.

If anyone reading this is wondering why I’m being ‘picky’ it’s because it is easier for everyone to understand what is being talked about when we all use the same (official) abbreviations.

[Alfred]

1 minute ago, GarryP said:

it is easier for everyone to understand what is being talked about when we all use the same (official) abbreviations

Also, the reason why the official abbreviations are underlined in forum posts is that the forum software ‘understands’ them, too. Many users type AP for Affinity Publisher, blissfully unaware that if you hover over the underlined abbreviation in a desktop browser you’ll get a tooltip identifying the product as Photo.

[GarryP]

Yeah, I don’t know how many discussions I’ve seen (or been part of) which went something like this:

• A: I’m using AP but I can’t find this specific tool.
• B: Use menu “View → Customise Tools…” and then drag the tool to the Tools Panel.
• A: I tried that but I still can’t see the tool.
• B: It’s in the third row, second from the left and below this other tool.
• A: No I still can’t see it.
• B: Can you give us a screenshot so we can see what you can see?
• A: Here you go.
• B: You’re using Publisher (APu) not Photo (AP), and that tool isn’t available in Publisher.

[brucet]

5 hours ago, GarryP said:

Note (edited): AF2 does not specify any Affinity application. There is AP (or AP2) or APh (or APh2) for Photo, or AD (or AD2) for Designer, or APu (APu2) or APub (or APub2) for Publisher, but AF (or AF2) doesn’t tell us which one you mean.

My mistake.  I meant to say Affinity Photo

[brucet]

5 hours ago, Alfred said:

For what little it’s worth, I read AF2 as ‘Affinity Foto 2’. However, APh is the least ambiguous way to abbreviate ‘Affinity Photo’.

And indeed I meant to say Affinity Photo.

Do you have a tip for me about the layers not printing?

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, brucet said:

Do you have a tip for me about the layers not printing?

I’m afraid I don’t know what prevented the printing of those layers. Perhaps you could attach a screenshot of your Print dialog so that we can see what settings you’re using. Meanwhile, one useful option is to export to PDF and then print from a PDF viewer.

[brucet]

16 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

and export as seperate files (one click for all).

Thank you, that solved the problem.