poster size prints 20x30

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How do you like the prints from an 8MP camera. Where do you print and
how do you prepare the file?

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Well, I use Photoshop CS to upsize the image to 360dpi at the size I want to
print. Then I print it on my Epson 7600, up to 24x36.

Tom
"leo" <someone@somewhere.net> wrote in message
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> How do you like the prints from an 8MP camera. Where do you print and how
> do you prepare the file?

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> Thanks. I should have been more specific. What service do people use?
> Ofoto is the cheapest. Can I send the file in AdobeRGB or need to
> convert to sRGB? Or better yet, to convert the photo to the printer
> profile it uses. As I think that 50" HDTV is good enough to my eyes so
> an 8MP would be more than enough for 20x30 prints. I heard that Lightjet
> is great but a causal search found out they are extremely expensive for
> the first print setup!

The difference between a 50" HDTV and a poster is that people don't walk
to within 10 inches of the TV and look for any flaw they can find. : )

My boss has a 20x30 print on his office wall from Ofoto that he took with
his 6mp digital rebel. It's an aerial shot taken from his glider, and it
looks pretty good. Of course, if you walk right up to it and expect it to
be as razor-sharp as a 4x6 print would be, you will be disappointed-but as
long as he doesn't tell anyone that he used a digital camera, nobody sticks
their face right up to the print, and they think it's a great photo.

steve

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Hi Tom,

<< I use Photoshop CS to upsize the image to 360dpi at the size I want to
print. Then I print it on my Epson 7600, up to 24x36. >>

I am very happily surprised at how good the upsizing program is in PS CS. I've
taken rather small files and upsized for 12x18 color prints. Outstanding.

I have a Fuji S7000 digital camera (6 MP; interpolation to 12 MP) and can get
rather large files for printing enlargements this way also.

I suppose my next wish is to have 24x36 printing capability and may get the
Epson 7600. I'm also interested in the HP 130 Designjet (?) which prints up to
24x64 and costs about half as much as the Epson 7600.

Best wishes,

Conrad


Conrad Weiler
Camp Sherman, Oregon

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In article <2omdnZDxKZSd4FbcRVn-1w@comcast.com>, tomtoo@softhome.net says...
>
>Well, I use Photoshop CS to upsize the image to 360dpi at the size I want to
>print. Then I print it on my Epson 7600, up to 24x36.
>
>Tom
>

Your own control and the ability to use a + or- 700mb file is great. How much
ram are you using? gig and a half or so? Have you experimented with B&W I'm
curious about the consistancy of the 7600.

Tom

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These are NOT inkjet. Printed on choice of papers.

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Arthur Small wrote:
> These are NOT inkjet. Printed on choice of papers.


From their website:

We use HP Designjet 5000 ink jet printers and Kodak Premium
PhotographicPaper.

Our HP Designjet 5000 printers use six ink colors. This compares with
three dye colors for silver halide (standard photographic paper), and
four for most high-quality offset color printing. Its resolution is 600
x 1200 dpi. Its ink layering technology provides the effect of even
higher resolution.

The lifetime of these prints, in bright indoor lighting, is about 10-25
years. This compares with 5 years for stabilized silver halide prints
(most rapid turnaround photofinishers), and 20 years for washed silver
halide prints (commercial photofinishers). Both ink jet and silver
halide prints will last longer if protected from UV light.

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>> My Epson 7600 prints 24x36" prints -- all inkjet and they are
>> stunning! Used by professionals all over the world.

>From: "Rita Ä Berkowitz" ritaberk2O04@aol.com
>
>Pretty much all wide format printers or plotters are some sort of inkjet
>printer. All the HPs and Encads I have seen are inkjet.

Exceptions are the laser printers that use straight RGB, with exceptional
results. The two I'm most familiar with are the LightJet series and the
Chromira.

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>From: "Rita Ä Berkowitz" ritaberk2O04@aol.com

>Thanks for letting me know about Lightjet, that thing is pretty nice. I'm
>not sure if I want to run a 70 PSI dedicated air supply to the den or pay
>for a maintenance contract on the three lasers, though.

It was the $130,000 initial cost on the LightJet 5000 that made me look
elsewhere I'm happy with my Epson 4000 (17" wide) but if I had the room I'd
definitely get the 9600 (44" wide) ...

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In article <20041224171118.07662.00002390@mb-m01.aol.com>,
bhilton665@aol.comedy says...
>
>>From: "Rita Ä Berkowitz" ritaberk2O04@aol.com
>
>>Thanks for letting me know about Lightjet, that thing is pretty nice. I'm
>>not sure if I want to run a 70 PSI dedicated air supply to the den or pay
>>for a maintenance contract on the three lasers, though.
>
>It was the $130,000 initial cost on the LightJet 5000 that made me look
>elsewhere I'm happy with my Epson 4000 (17" wide) but if I had the room
I'd
>definitely get the 9600 (44" wide) ...

Plus you need a print processor at the width you want to use from your
lightjet. 44 inch wet proceesors take even more room. if you are running a wide
format lightjet or chromira most companies have factory trained technicians on
them 24 hours a day.

Tom