Re: 2:3 ratio is 4x6? Printed picture is cropped

Jimmy wrote:
Thanks, Margin means border?

What is "non square pixels". How would this change the aspect ratio when I print?

In (borderless) preview the picture looks ok, when printed the border shows up.

I'm using Irfanview, I'll try a different edit program for cropping the 2:3

"RobertVA" wrote:

Jimmy wrote:
Photo has 2:3 aspect ratio. Using XP Printing, I'm printing a 4x6 borderless picture and the printed picture gets cropped top and bottom. My printer is HP 8450.

Using Irfanview, same settings, the 2:3 photo prints with a white border on the sides.

2:3 ratio is 4x6 inches?
4/2=2 and 6/2=3 so yes.

So any margins on 4X6 means something is producing non square pixels.

Non square pixels would mean they are taller than they are wide OR they are wider than they are tall. In those cases the measured proportions of the printout wouldn't match the proportions of the pixel counts in the image (thus the picture wouldn't fit properly on a 4X6 *** of photo paper despite the number of horizontal and vertical pixels being a 2:3 ratio).

The term "border" is a bit ambiguous, as it usually refers to some sort of printed line or frame around a picture or text box, but sometimes a blank margin around text or a picture is referred to as a "border" when printer manufacturers call a printout "borderless" when it can print all the way to the edge of the paper.
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