Print passport photos on a 4 × 6 sheet
One ordinary photo print, several ID photos. Crop once and cut them out.
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Add your images
Drag and drop, paste, or pick files. They upload over an encrypted connection.
Pick a quality or a target size
Use the quality slider, or tell it exactly how many KB or MB you need.
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A set of ID photos from a booth or a studio costs many times what a single 4 by 6 inch print costs at a kiosk. The trick is to put several copies of your photo on one such print. This page opens the photo maker with the printable sheet switched on: crop your picture to the size you need, and download a sheet that is ready to print.
The sheet is 1,800 by 1,200 pixels, which is 6 by 4 inches at 300 DPI, the native resolution of photo printers. Copies are placed in a grid, turned whichever way fits more of them, with 2 millimetres between neighbours and a hairline grey outline around each. A 35 by 45 millimetre photo fits eight times. A 33 by 48 millimetre photo fits six times, and the larger 2 inch and 50 by 70 millimetre sizes fit twice.
Both downloads are offered: the single photo, for an online form, and the sheet, for paper. The single file follows any KB limits you set, while the sheet is saved at high quality without a weight limit, since it goes to a printer and not through an upload form. As always with ID photos, the size is our part and the portrait rules are yours to check.
Printing without losing the size
The only way to spoil a correct sheet is to let the printer rescale it. At a kiosk, choose the 4 by 6 inch or 10 by 15 centimetre format and decline any "fill the paper" or zoom option. At home, print at 100 percent or "actual size" on 4 by 6 photo paper with borderless printing switched off. Borderless mode enlarges the image slightly to bleed over the edges, and your photos grow with it.
After printing, measure one copy with a ruler before cutting the rest. Thirty-five millimetres should be thirty-five.
Paper and cutting
Glossy or semi-matte photo paper gives the look of a booth photo, and some authorities name the finish they accept. Plain office paper is too thin and too dull. Cut inside the grey outline with a steel ruler and a craft knife, or with a guillotine trimmer; scissors work, though the edges are rarely straight. Do not trim closer than the outline, or the photo ends up undersized.
Kiosk, lab or home printer
Instant kiosks in supermarkets and drugstores use dye-sublimation printers, which give smooth skin tones and a durable surface in under a minute. Online photo labs are cheaper per print but take days. A home inkjet does well on real photo paper at its best quality setting, though the print should dry for a few minutes before it is cut. In every case the file is the same 4 by 6 sheet.
Frequently asked questions
How many passport photos fit on a 4 × 6 print?
It depends on the photo's size: eight at 35 × 45 mm, six at 33 × 48 mm, and two at 2 × 2 inches or 50 × 70 mm, each with 2 mm gaps.
Is 4 × 6 inches the same as 10 × 15 cm?
For printing purposes, yes. The exact figures are 101.6 by 152.4 mm, and kiosks sell that format under either name.
Can I print a custom size on the sheet?
Yes. Choose the custom size, enter your dimensions, and the sheet is filled with as many copies as fit.
Why are there grey lines around the photos?
They mark where to cut. On a white background the edge of a photo would otherwise be invisible on white paper.
Can I get the sheet as a PNG?
Yes. The sheet is saved in the format selected in the panel, JPG or PNG.
Will a kiosk accept the file from my phone?
Yes. Save the sheet to the phone's photo library and send it to the kiosk the way you would any holiday picture.
Related tools
- Resize a photo for a passport or IDCrop to the photo's shape, get the exact pixels and DPI, and keep the file inside the KB limits your form sets.
- Make a 35 × 45 mm photoThe most widely used ID photo size, cut from your own picture and saved at 413 × 531 pixels.
- Make a 2 × 2 inch photoA square photo, 51 × 51 mm on paper and 600 × 600 pixels on screen.