Photo Printing- HELP!

[MagicFingers]

I want to print a photo actual size, from a file where I have sized it to the perfect size I want.
But, when I try to print it, I get the stupid Win XP Print wizard, which will NOT let me print it ACTUAL size.

Is there any to change my Windows to let me select the preferences "I" want, instead of using the dumb wizard? I can't see how to turn it off right now and I need this tonight.
Thks, MF

 

[akatrex]

If you want it on plain paper you can import the photo into MS Word or PowerPoint.

If you are trying to print to photo paper check your printing prefs when you print from Windows Photo Printing wisard. Go to the "Paper Quality Tab and change the paper to your photo paper size.

Last resort you may want to download a trial version of Adobe ImageReady or Adobe Elements. They are lightweight versions of Adobe Photoshop and you would be able to print as is to the printer.

Good Luck

 

[MagicFingers]

Thanks for the reply

But none of these have anything to do with my problem.
I've already sized it and the Windows PRINT WIZARD comes up whenever I try to print it. "Actual" size is not one of the options there.
If I could get the wizard to stop pooping up, I could print it the size I wanted.

What ever happened to the old days when they DIDN'T assume were all too stoopid to know how we wanted to print something?
(Yeah, I spelled everything the way "I" wanted to, not the way Windoze wanted me to.)

 

[Weird Harold]

But none of these have anything to do with my problem.
I've already sized it and the Windows PRINT WIZARD comes up whenever I try to print it. "Actual" size is not one of the options there.
If I could get the wizard to stop pooping up, I could print it the size I wanted.

Just what is "Actual Size" in this context. Digital pictures don't have any real size, they're displayed according to the number of pixels divided by the resolution -- an 800x600 pixel picture isn't the same "actul size" as my screen if I change the screen resolution to 1024x768.

Digital images on have a "size" insofar as they also have a DPI -- "Dots Per Inch" -- value embedded in them. most image formats do NOT embed the DPI and let the printer software determine the printed resolution.