Print passport photos yourself - so it'll work

You can print passport photos yourself and in top quality. Regardless of whether the passport photos were made by the professional or homemade - we show you exactly how to proceed.

Print passport photos yourself: You need that

• In order for the passport photo to be accepted by the authorities, it must be of good quality. A photo printer is absolutely necessary and fortunately for less than 100 euros.
• You also need good photo paper that is insensitive to moisture such as hand sweat.
• In order to print, format and optimize the image in the correct size, we recommend the Passport Generator software, which you can download free of charge from the CHIP download portal.

Print your passport photo yourself with the passport photo generator

1. Open your passport photo with the passport photo generator.
2. Now check all requirements for the passport photo using the passport photo templates of the tool. The eye and nose area, the chin line and the upper end of the face are important. Position the picture so that all specifications are met.
3. Then choose File> Print and choose the correct image size. You can also print out an entire page with passport photos as an option.
4. Now all you have to do is cut the printed passport photo cleanly. This works best with a cutting machine.

On the next page we will show you 3 clever passport photo tools with which you can take the perfect passport photo yourself. Without a photographer.