PS: [Probably the solution the OP is looking for] PhotoPrint

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2023-04-29 at 22:49 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2023-04-29 at 22:37 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Sat, 2023-04-29 at 16:17 -0400, Little Girl wrote:
> > > Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> > > 
> > > > without reading the manuals I see shotwell providing a selection
> > > > box. It shows "fill the entire page", or "2,4,6,8,16,32 images per
> > > > page", but if I e.g. select "32 images per page" the preview shows 1
> > > > selected tiny pic in the top left corner of the page. Much likely 32
> > > > pics fit into the page, but I don't see an option to assign 32 pics.
> > > 
> > > It might care how many images you have selected before you ever go
> > > into there. Maybe you have to select the images first and then go into
> > > there and click around.
> > 
> > I was sure that I had done exactly that, when I did it just now the
> > preview actually showed the first 32 out of 33 selected images. At least
> > the print preview of shotwell does what the OP is looking for.
> 
> I don't know how good or bad the print quality is, but the preview looks
> fine anyway, better than negatives put on photo paper in my opinion. Btw
> in German the placing of negatives on the photo paper is called
> "Kontakte" ("contacts"). How do you call this in English?

I answer my own question. The English speaking folks apparently call it
"contact sheeds", quasi "Kontaktabzüge", the long word for the shortened
"Kontakte".