bsolomon3000 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Hi, my printer has two paper trays and a rear manual paper feeder to choose from. I keep different size paper in each tray and use the rear feeder for heavier paper. There doesn't seem to be a dialog in the Affinity Photo print procedure to allow me to select the paper source. Is that really true? and if so, isn't that a major flaw in the program. Please tell me I missed something. Do I need to print to a file and print to the printer from another program? That seems wrong. Thanks Bob Solomon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 In the File > Print screen next to your selected printer you should have a Properties button, try clicking that and selecting your paper source Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsolomon3000 Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 There is no option there to select paper source as far as I can see...also doesn't seem to be a way set the print size to 5x7 even though that the image size. This printing dialog is very primitive if you ask me. I'm trying to escape Adobe's clutches but Lightroom is very powerful is this regard... Thanks Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Strange, on all my printers it allows me to select the paper source (if there is more than one) What printer do you have? Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 2 hours ago, carl123 said: Strange, on all my printers it allows me to select the paper source (if there is more than one) What printer do you have? Same here. It might help if you posted a screenshot of what happens when you select File > Print. Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 6 hours ago, carl123 said: What printer do you have? This topic has an "epson XP820" tag so presumably that is the printer Bob Solomon has. Perhaps a more relevant question is if he is using a Mac or a PC, since the print options may be different for each of them. I do not have an Epson printer but for both my old Canon MP620 & my (greyscale only) Samsung laser printer, the paper source is selectable from the "Media & Quality" popup in the Print window in the Mac version of Affinity Photo: Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsolomon3000 Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Hmmm...my Affinity Photo print dialog (Windows 10) doesn't look anything like that...and yes I have an Epson xp-820. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsolomon3000 Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Whoops...I found the problem...I'm dumb...didn't have all the Epson software installed...I've installed it and I have the complete set of printer functions. thanks for helping! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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