Simple Steps for Printing Your Digital Scrapbooking Pages

February 10, 2010

For good reason, scrapbooking with your computer is becoming a very popular way to make scrapbook projects. It takes a lot less space than paper scrapbooking since you create your pages on the computer. Digital scrapbooking costs much less than paper scrapbooking too since you don’t have to spend money on expensive elements and tools. You also save time and money since you don’t have to first print out your digital photos before being able to work with them.

Some scrapbookers are afraid to try digital scrapbooking because they assume that they can’t make real, physical scrapbooks. That’s far from the truth as any experienced digital scrapbooker can tell you! Digital scrapbooking gives you lots of options for sharing in print formats.

There are a few ways you can print the pages created in your digital scrapbook program. The easiest way is to print straight from your home color printer. A really good digital scrapbooking program will let you print directly from the program with just a few mouse clicks.

You can also choose to have your pages professionally printed through an online service for an even more polished look. It’s super simple! All you need to do is publish your pages to a high quality image format. A good quality program will allow you to choose from several output options such as.jpg and .pdf, and also allow you to specify the quality. Publishing means turning your pages into a printable format, like .jpg, and saving it to a place on your computer where you can easily browse to it, like in your “My Documents” or “My Pictures” folders.

If you know how to share images online, like on Facebook or through email, then you can easily do the next step. You simply upload your digital pages to the online printer’s website, and then check the applicable boxes to indicate what type and size of prints you want to order. You can choose how many copies and customize the size of pages you want made up. Suppose that you’ve designed a family scrapbook and want to share with your two siblings. With a digital scrapbooking program, you have a digital “master” that you can print as many times as you want instead of spending time and money recreating your paper scrapbook again and again.

When you order online, your order is often processed right away. Since you are submitting your images digitally, the process is super quick and convenient. It’s not unusual for a good online company to process your order within a day’s turn around, and send your prints right on their way to your door!

When your order has been placed, your prints will probably arrive within a week or maybe two. Take it easy as the printers take care of the only unimaginative part of the whole digital scrapbooking hobby.

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