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Pongo · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:58 pm

Just curious if anyone has had high quality prints made of their work?

I would like to have a series of prints made, but I have a few questions.
1. What res do you normally work at? I'm thinking prints in the 2-3' range, so at 300 dpi that would be just over 10000 pixels? Do you work that high res? I've been making some pieces at 4000 but I'm not sure it's enough.
If you do work at that high of a resolution, do you start with that size, or do you create a smaller version and then blow it up and fill in details on the full size version?

2. Another option for some of the prints would be that I would want the digital nature to show through, so I would not mind seeing the pixels. In this case I would like the image blown up without interpolation, so the pixels remain sharp and do not blur. Would this look like a printing error though? Opinions?

3. Any particular methods to look for or avoid when having this done?

Thanks for any input.

DJorgensen · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:15 pm

eyewoo made a tutorial on this a couple of months back. Hope this helps:

the thread

the tutorial
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Pongo · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:10 pm

Nice little tut, but I'm looking at having high quality prints made up rather than printing them myself. My printer does an awesome job, but I'm looking to have something that has value as an art print, and will not be subject to fading.

I see in the tut the work was created at 150 dpi. Is that going to be enough for a good quality print? I have some people interested in some illustrations from me and I want to deliver the highest quality print I can to them. My normal line of work is in animation, so print stuff is a little new to me. I guess I can print off some samples at different dpi on my printer, but I was wondering if there were any standards for this stuff.

V Shane · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:14 pm

I did this recently and my prints turned out EXACTLY like what I see on my screen. I did this at Wal-Mart, don't laugh until you see the results. DON"T deal with CMYK, it blows chunks. Nothing really has the reproduction ability of RGB, I do digital oil paintings, millions of colors.

I had an idea, the other day. I went to Walmart with 5 paintings on a CD. Saved in High resolution 300dpi 8x10 (12 setting in Photoshop) Jpeg. Went to one of those "do it yourself " PHOTOPRINTS. I selected 8 x 10 as I had previously resized my images to those specs.

When they printed out, it blew my f**** doors off. The images came out exactly like I see on my screen. I really was incredibly happy about this. I send my samples to book companys, and all other print attempts failed horribly (CMYK dimension). Personaly I have no interest in selling prints (even though there is dead section attempt on my site). It is quite a feeling to have your digital images so easly reproduced and perfect. Next week I am having 11 x 14s done.

Try it, you'll find it addicting! (4x6 are.38 cents, 8x10 are$5 each)
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xheadinthecloudx · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:54 am

B0b · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:03 pm

ask whoever your going to get the offset lytho prints made with what line screen they use and double it for the dpi you need to work @

when painting in Photoshop select the CMYK preview option - set your monitor white point to 5000K and gamma to 1.8 - if your going for a large print run get a wet proof or a cromalin made so you can make any fine adjustments to colour..

Impaler · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:34 pm

xheadinthecloudx: I could be very mistaken, but I think the kiosks in Wal-Mart and those of similar ilk now handle digital files the same way most camera shops handle them. Basically, instead of printing a picture in CMYK, the picture is projected onto a piece of photo paper by a CRT in RGB (acroynym overload in 3.. 2..). This is just a pointless aside, since Wal-Mart's are notoriously bad about changing out their exposure chemicals and keeping their machines clean, but it's nice to know that there is a third and viable option, apart from printing it yourself on an inkjet, or taking it to an expensive print shop.
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V Shane · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:22 am

Yeah these were done with Fuji RGB lasers on photo paper (I asked). But I won't defend the issue, I know what I see and its nothing that ever came out of any printer I have ever used commercially or personal.
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Malachi Maloney · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:50 am

Stay away from laser printers. Best advice I can give you.

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V Shane · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:51 am

not what I meant. The lasers create a chemical reaction on the chemicaly coated paper. THERE IS NO INK, its created just as a photo, THERE IS NO PRINTING...sheesh
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balistic · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:46 am

V Shane · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:36 am

Hey thanks! its good to have a "name" to call it. LightJet...

excellent, sound like you know your stuff ballistic Cool

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xray360 · Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:21 pm

I started working at 20x30 inchs at 150 dpi or 3000x4500px The other size I work with depending on the composition of my art is 16x20 inchs at 150 dpi or 2400x3000px

I would work at 300 dpi making the 20x30 6000x9000px but my computer runs slow and makes my work flow stressful. When printing 150dpi seems to be the minimum, and the quality is fine. Also never blow up an image to fit the size of the print because that will ruin the quality.