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Trying to print multiple pictures / photos / images from the Windows Photos app. Printing from here only allows one photo per printed page.

I want to be able to control which photos to print and at what size, including a "contact sheet" with as many pictures as possible per printed page to save paper -- like you used to be able to in the old Photo Viewer / Print Pictures modal dialog in older versions of Windows.

This also has to be in a way that I can explain to a non-technical person over the phone (my Mum).

Options I have considered but don't really want to do:

  • Hack the registry to bring back Windows Photo Viewer - not suitable for luddites
  • Create a Word document with the photos in and print that - do-able, but not quick, easy, intuitive or repeatable.

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Microsoft moved the cheese! I kicked myself when I found out how to do this oh-so-simple task. I had expected to be able to do this from the Metro-style "Photos" app ... but no!

tldr; / Summary

In Windows Explorer, select the images to print then right click one and select print from context menu.

Full explanation with pictures

Open the folder containing the photos you want to print in Windows Explorer, then select the few you want using the normal methods:

  • Dragging over them
  • Ctrl + A to select all
  • Ctrl + Left Mouse Click to select multiple individual ones
  • Focus on a picture using keyboard arrow keys and select images using Ctrl + Spacebar (individual) or Shift + Spacebar (range)

Detail of windows explorer window showing selected photos

Then print them using one of the following:

  • Right Click (click with right-hand mouse button) one of the selected photos and choose print from the context menu that appears
  • Click the context menu key some keyboards have (usually box with three lines - a burger) to bring up the menu with the print option
  • choose print from the Share ribbon menu options

This then shows the print control you will recognize from your old windows days:

View of Windows 10 print dialog showing multiple photos per page

Choose how to print them and you're golden.

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