Printing your own pictures
Updated: October 18, 2005
Windows makes it easy to print pictures from your computer to your printer at home.
See it in action
Watch the video, and then follow the steps below to do it yourself. Watching the video requires that you have Windows Media Player.
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To print a collection of digital pictures:
1. | Click Start, and then click My Pictures. |
2. | In the My Pictures folder, double-click the folder containing the digital pictures you want to print.  |
3. | You can select multiple pictures by pressing and holding down the CTRL key while making your selections.  |
4. | To print all the pictures in the folder, on the Edit menu, click Select All.  |
5. | Next, click Print the selected pictures under Picture Tasks.  |
6. | On the Welcome page of the Photo Printing Wizard, click Next.  |
7. | Each selected picture will have a check mark. If you do not want to print all the pictures, clear the check box beside any picture you do not want to print.  |
8. | When finished, click Next to continue. |
9. | The default printer is automatically selected for you.
If you have more than one printer, select the printer you'd like to use.  |
10. | You can change print options by clicking Printing Preferences.
Different printers will have different options. If you want to make a high-quality color print, select a photo-quality paper, click Best under Quality Settings, and then click Color.  |
11. | Click OK, and then click Next to continue. The Layout Selection page is displayed. There are several ways you can lay out your pictures on a normal size sheet of paper.  |
12. | To print wallet-sized pictures, scroll down and click Wallet Prints under Available layouts. You can also change the number of times to use the picture. A new print preview is generated.  |
13. | Click Next. The picture is sent to your printer. |
14. | Click Finish, and get your pictures from the printer. They may take up to a day to dry.  |
