I picked up a photo printer today (Epson PM 400) and been enjoying it immensely. Printing from the iPhone through the Epson iPrint app works flawlessly. I’ve tried to print from the MacBook pro using the standard Apple Photos application since that’s where I have photos in. It comes out severely cropped each time I print. I’ve tried changing some settings of by using “fit”, “4x6”, etc and it prints exactly the same each time. Anyone have this issue before or some good ideas where to start? What photography applications are you all using for printing?
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Photos keep getting cropped when printing from Apple Photos app
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The iPhone has a weird ratio. It is not 4x6, so if you choose that option it will crop out part of the photo. I print through Photoshop or Lightroom
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I have no issue when printing from the iPhone, but when using the MBP it just doesn't fit the picture to the print. Looks almost like it's trying to put the picture in the middle of the paper that's a much larger size, so half of the print is just white border while the lower quarter of the paper has some of the picture on it. Using Big Sur 11.6
MacOS apps ultimately use the MacOS print engine. The difference is in what they “tell it” to print. If the image is centered but the edges all get cropped off, then when in the print dialog box, go to the advanced settings. It sounds like you have got the scaling set to 100% rather than fit to paper OR, the print settings are telling it you are using A4/legal paper size not a 4x6 - you should be able to tell the printer that. Note though that the benefit of using Photoshop or LR for example is that you get greater control over what to print at the cost of complexity to set it up.
By clicking the Presets box you should be able to access the print page that allows you to specify quality of print, paper size and scale.
If the options for paper size, scaling etc are not there, then you may need to install newer driver software.
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