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I have the same question! Related question: If someone wanted to print something like this for themselves, how would they go about it? Say, I have an image or
by pjmorris 6y ago
I have the same question!
Related question: If someone wanted to print something like this for themselves, how would they go about it? Say, I have an image or photo and I wanted to make a high quality print suitable for framing and hanging on, say, my office wall. Is this an 'Ask HN' question?
- fixie 6y agoI've done high quality large prints from https://www.bayphoto.com/ https://www.bayphoto.com/. They did a great job and have different archival paper to choose from. Got the print from there and used a local framing shop to get it professionally framed.
- elteto 6y agoSecond bayphoto for metal prints. I have gotten stunning results.
- dsr_ 6y agoDo you want the cheapest way to do it or the highest quality, or something in between? If you have an image that fits in less than 20x30", CostCo or another mass printing service can do it for $10. They won't do any adjustment, so the colors may be off a little. They'll print on canvas to 30x40" for $120. That's only 150dpi; it doesn't look great up close, but is pretty good from 3+ feet away. Again, colors are what they are. High quality printing is a thing that you talk about with a professional printer (the person, not the machine) for each job. Prices generally start at $100 or so for smallish prints, and can go up to $1500 or more for large, permanent-art quality work.
- pjmorris 6y agoMore like the highest quality, but probably price sensitive which means 'somewhere in between.' I've thought about taking a test image to Costco to see how it comes out on metal, but figured that there might be higher quality options. Thanks for your examples, looking to see what others post.
- dsr_ 6y agoRemember that when you work with a good image printer, you're paying for their expertise and time -- and you won't have to re-print failures, because they'll consult with you to get it right. One friend of mine spent several hundred dollars at an online printer in $40 increments trying to get it right.
- Cerium 6y agoI have worked with Inprintz (https://inprintz.com https://inprintz.com) they are in the south bay area. They can do prints on photographic media up to 5 foot by 10 foot.
- cozzyd 6y agoI mean, you can always segment it into several smaller prints and then stitch them together (carefully!), but I'd rather the author get some cut of it than me doing it myself at Walgreen's or Staples.