The most common way to select paper size in Photoshop, particularly when preparing your image for physical output, is through the Print Settings dialog.
Selecting Paper Size for Printing
When you are ready to print your image in Photoshop, you access specific settings that control how your image is placed on the paper and the paper size itself.
Here’s how you typically select the paper size for printing:
- Go to the menu bar and choose File > Print. This opens the Photoshop Print Settings dialog.
- In the Photoshop Print Settings dialog, you will see various options. To select the paper size, you usually need to access your printer's specific settings.
- As the reference highlights, "you need to click on print settings" within this dialog. This action opens a separate window with options controlled by your printer driver.
- Within the printer's settings window, look for an option related to "Paper Size".
- Click on "paper size" and choose the appropriate dimensions from the available list, corresponding to the physical paper you are using in your printer.
- The reference emphasizes that "every time you use a different size of paper," you will "need to make a different choice here," referring to the paper size selection in these settings.
Selecting the correct paper size ensures that your image prints correctly on the sheet of paper you have loaded into your printer.
Setting Document Size (Initial Creation)
It's important to note that selecting paper size for printing is distinct from setting the initial document size when you create a new file. When you go to File > New, you define the dimensions (width and height) of your digital canvas, which is the size of your artwork itself, not necessarily the physical paper it will be printed on. Paper size selection, as described above, happens in the print preparation stage.
