Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual

Printing Multiple Photos

The Organizer really shines when it comes to printing more than one photo at a time. You can print a contact sheet that shows small thumbnails of many images. You can also choose to create a picture package that features multiple pictures in multiple sizes. Finally, you can choose to print your picture(s) on a limited selection of label sizes.

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Another way to get to the Organizer's Print Photos window is by clicking Print Multiple Photos at the bottom of the Editor's Print window. You can also go to File → Print Multiple Photos or, if you have more than one photo open, in the Project bin, go to Bin Actions → Print Bin Files. Both methods take you to the Print Photos window.

Contact Sheets

Contact sheets show thumbnail views of multiple images on a single page. They're great for creating a visual reference guide to the photos you've archived on a CD, for instance. Or you may want to print a contact sheet of all the photos on a memory card as soon as you download the photos to your computer, even before editing them (see Figure 16-9).

To print a contact sheet, in the Print Photos dialog box, go to "Select Type of Print" and choose Contact Sheet. Your options immediately change to show "Select a Layout," and you can use the following settings to customize your contact sheet:

• Columns. Here's where you decide how many vertical rows of photos to have on a page. Choose up to nine columns per page. The more columns you have, the smaller your thumbnails are. Even if ...