The process of creating a physical printed image from a photograph.
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Online Printing API?
tl;dr: Is there a way to have SmugMug-like + printing service integration
hosted on your own website? (The API to the printing service is the piece I am missing)
I am looking for an automated ...
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What rigid print media is best for a photographic exhibition?
I have the opportunity to exhibit some of my photos at a local gallery. Having always printed on photo paper I'm now unsure about which media to choose: acrylic, aluminum or canvas?
The photos should ...
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European/UK sources for quality book weight duo coated inkjet paper?
Im doing some research on inkjet book-weight duo papers, something that performs well for photo and graphics.
I work at an art school in Scotland and am not finding much on the market that is below ...
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How to print a square photo on standard paper?
I have a picture frame which is square but I don't understand how to print a cropped (square) photo out, say on A4 paper, so that I can cut away the excess, leaving a perfectly sized photo for my ...
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If image I change an image from 72dpi to 300dpi, can I scale it up size without losing quality? [duplicate]
Title says it all. When I change my image from 72dpi to 300dpi, the image gets smaller. Can I scale the image back up and print it out at 300dpi without sacrificing quality?
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What could be the best printing medium for this image? [closed]
I am not a photographer or an artist by any means. I simply would like everyone's opinions on what would be the best medium to print this image to. I was leaning towards getting it printed on canvas ...
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Is there a printing lab that post prints direct to customer without the invoice?
Is there an online printing service, (like photobox) that I can use to print and ship prints directly to customers so that I don't even handle them. If I use a normal online printing service, they ...
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Is there a photo print provider I can use to offer a “Buy a print” feature on my own website?
I do host my own photo gallery online and want to share my photos with my community. It should be possible to purchase copies of my photos online. So I asked myself if there is a service provider for ...
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How can I correct a yellow tint in prints which formerly were properly colored?
I have been printing pictures for some time and all of a sudden they started coming out tinted in yellow. My goal is to print some Memory Books for my Grandchildren and I am unable to proceed like ...
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Calibrating monitor (CRT) to match third vendor printer
I look for a long while an answer to this question here and on google, but there are too many answer for everything but not an answer for my specific problem.
I've a work to sell and I need calibrate ...
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DPI in photos vs DPI in Printers/Scanners [duplicate]
When I look at the properties of a JPEG shot on my Canon 5D MkIII (set to the highest quality settings on the camera), i've noticed that the 'Horizontal/Vertical Resolution is 72 DPI'
My only ...
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Why can my old Epson dye printer produce accurate reds but my professional lab can't?
My professional print lab uses a high-end Fuji Frontier machine with its own profile that the customer downloads. The prints are of exceptional quality, except for the colour gamut, particularly with ...
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How do you get good contrast with Canon Matte Photo Paper?
I'm trying to print on Canon Matte Photo paper from my Pixma Pro-1. Printing on Luster and Glossy paper works great, but when specifying that I'm printing on Canon Matte Photo paper, the darkest ...
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What is a suitable image resolution for canvas prints?
I would like to create a 60 inch x 20 inch canvas print using an image with a resolution of 4759x1798 (240 pixels per inch) and I would like to know if the image quality will still be good at that ...
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Best dpi for printing a 48x18 inch at 200%?
I have an image in photoshop I want to print at 200%, and right now it's 48x18 inches, and the resolution is 72 dpi. I read somewhere that changing it to 600dpi would allow me to scale it by 200% at ...
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What's the best way to get a photo from Lightroom to another PC for printing?
All my photos are managed in Lightroom 4.4 running under Windows 7 64-bits which has a Print module. Only, my computer with Lightroom does not have a printer anymore and I want to print this on ...
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Saving as PDF with JPG compression vs saving it as JPG
I am creating a booklet with a hight resolutio (more than 4800 pixels height) and I am about to print it.
My question is, what is better in terms of quality:
Saving each page as a PDF with JPG ...
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Recommendations for quality, reasonably priced printers in Sydney, Australia?
I have returned to Sydney after living overseas for 10 years. My favorite printers and labs are no longer around. Platinum Imaging on Oxford Street in Paddington for example had great colours, put a ...
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Is it better to print from jpg or tiff on A2 paper?
I just read the answers here, but if we are talking about printing high quality in A2 format (that's about 16"x23", for those not used to ISO standard paper sizes) on a good printer, is it possible to ...
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online printers [duplicate]
I am interested in finding the best way to have my digital photographs printed. I know there are many ways to have it done, but I want to find a place or site that can print photos suitable for frame ...
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How can I get Adobe Lightroom to automatically crop two different 5x7 photos to fit on one 8.5x11 sheet?
When using the standard Lightroom templates for printing I can select the Zoom to Fill option so the photos will get cropped to the appropriate size BUT I can not select 2 different 5x7 photos on the ...
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What printer can output photo-album pages on thick paper?
I wish to obtain a printer that can print photo-album pages on thick paper.
I'd be grateful to hear from anyone who has any information regarding printers that can do this or a reference to a site ...
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Any ideas what would cause a Canon Pixma Pro-1 printer to produce a significantly substandard print in comparison to the Pro-10 or Pro-100?
After a discussion here about the current state of Ink Jet vs C-Type, I decided to try out some ink jet printers and got prints from Canon's full line of professional desktop photo printers. While ...
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What is the difference between a lambda print (RA-4) and a color inkjet print?
I can't seem to find any good information about the differences between the lambda printing process (on RA-4 paper, also known as a C-prints or chromogenic color prints) and inkjet printing (also ...
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Are there any online printing & framing “shopping cart” services based in Canada?
I am currently with Fine Art America (FAA) which has a fantastic "shopping cart" app for Facebook but not a very nice layout for online portfolios. It does what I want it to do - allows people to ...
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Lightroom: print or export for online printing of specific aspect ratios
Which is better?
Use the Develop module to crop an image to a specific ratio and then export it to a JPEG
or
use the Print Module and print them to a JPG with a specific page size (aspect ratio)?
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What uses more ink, glossy or semi-gloss (lustre) paper?
I am trying to setup printing profiles and don't want too many to confuse my wife and kids. We have both Glossy Photo Paper and Lustre Semi-Gloss Photo Paper. I am wondering what should I make the ...
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What is a cost-effective inkjet paper for good IQ but without archival requirements?
I'm looking for an inkjet paper that is reasonably priced (compared to top-end choices from Epson, Hahnemuhle, etc.), while still allowing me to produce high-quality prints (in terms of color, ...
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Alternative media for printing photos
The standard way to print photos is on paper, but I'm noticing in particular two alternatives that are starting to make a bit push, namely Metal and Canvas. So, my question is, why would I want to ...
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Printing photos to a specific size
I have a Mac and Lightroom 4 and a full frame camera Nikon D700
Wishing to upload a photo to my lab for a photo to be printed at 10 x 8
Using Lightroom what should the aspect ratio be.
Do I choose ...
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Printing png on transparent paper with white color? [closed]
For an educational model/mockup I would like to print a png like it really is on transparent paper (so I need a white color...). What would be the best solution to do that ?
(I live near Paris and I ...
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How do you print photos at non-standard sizes?
If you have a frame that is very small or at a non-standard size such as 2"x2" how do you edit your images so that you can print them at a standard size from a lab?
For example, if I want to print ...
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Does Lightroom automatically save the date of printing events, or just the date a print is saved?
I am trying to discover best way to keep track of printing from Lightroom rather than from printer data.
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How do I make my MX880 Canon prints come out in the same colors as on the screen?
I have a Canon MX880 printer which I recently bought. For some reason, prints from Adobe Lightroom come out with bad colors (i.e. not the same as on screen, though not altogether different). I played ...
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Are there any general rules to prepare a picture for print?
Today I went to the photo shop to print some pictures. Before that, I checked them and they seemed ok. (Not under/overexposed, good contrast). However, when I got them printed, some of them were ...
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Where can I print a panorama?
You scout the location, bring your tripod with you, wait for the right light, become victim of weather in the meanwhile, take an insane amount of photos, work hours on getting the stitch right, and ...
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Looking for a supplier of card framed photographs
I have noticed quite a few stalls/shops in London sell their photo prints. The prints are usually backed and framed by white cardboard.
Can anyone suggest a print supplier who prints photos and ...
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Questions to ask when using a professional printing service
I do lots of landscape photography. A friend of mine wants one of my photographs printed; I've never done this before! All of my photos are post-processed in Photoshop, and I only generate JPEG's for ...
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How to expose film negative without an enlarger?
In this article, the author mentioned that the enlarger is not necessary in the printing workflow.
This device (enlarger) is used for creating an enlarged image from your negatives, to be exposed ...
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Why are my printed photos coming out smudged and crazy looking?
I just got a new Canon Pixma Pro-100, which came with a few sheets of luster paper. I calibrated the printer, and printed 2 sheets looking sharp. Then, I printed one photo... it came out pretty good: ...
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Where can I have photos printed in bulk at wholesale prices?
I would like to sell prints of my photos, does anyone have know of any suppliers that print photos off in bulk? Ideally based in the UK but I would also consider printers abroad.
I don't want to use ...
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How can I get the best quality prints from an iPhone photo?
I have a photo on my iPhone that I'd like to print, but the quality is poor. Is there anything I can do so that I can print it?
I have Photoshop CS5.
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Why do my prints look different from what I see on my computer monitor?
I haven't printed any of my photos yet but I decided to give it a try. I am thinking of getting a printer of my own but before that I wanted to see how they would look. So, I simply printed one at the ...
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Printing large (16x20 and up) with the Olympus OM-D EM-5?
Is it possible to make 16x20 inch prints using images from the Olympus OM-D EM-5 (and some good Olympus primes), while retaining sharpness and detail? Especially for landscape images?
I've used a ...
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How to fix bad printing results on an Epson Stylus Photo RX 600?
I have recently purchased a Nikon D5100. I have Photoshop CS2 on a laptop running Windows XP. I also have an Epson Stylus Photo RX 600. I cannot get my photos to print anywhere near what they look ...
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Where can I upload and print photos on metallic paper?
I used to use KodakGallery.com to print 8x10 photos with a metallic reflective finish. Since the last time I printed a photo, KodakGallery.com has shut down and shutterfly has replaced it and I don't ...
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How do I center an image on a sheet while printing in Photoshop?
How do I center an image on a sheet of paper while printing in Photoshop?
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What is a good material on which to print photo postcards?
I'm looking for a suitable material to print photos and send them as post cards. Is there a special type of paper that could be used to that end?
Most photo paper is flimsy, and while it's great for ...
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Reasonable file size for printing high quality photography as A3 posters?
I bought some photos and need to send them off for printing. The printing company asked for the final files to be in PDF format, so I've converted them using Illustrator and Photoshop. I also added a ...
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How large an image do I need to print a 32″ by 18″ poster at 300 DPI?
I need to have an image printed as a poster 32″ by 18″ (about 80x45 cm) at 300 DPI, but I am unsure of how big the file must be.
Also, what file format is best?
