hi people. im trying to get bryce to produce a 300dpi 11x17 render, but can not for my life get the settings right. can anyone help me out here, im going bonkers!

Did you render at 3300 X 5100 ((300 x 11) X (300 x 17))?

Are you having trouble rendering or printing? It may not be ther render but the printer I've never been able to print all the way to the edge of the paper on any printer yet. Brothers HPs get to within a half inch. The fancy Kodak Photo Printers have margins bigger than an inch. If you don't change the printer setup your printer will start in the top left corner and fill it's maximum print area. Anything left over will either be discarded or wind up on a next page depending on the printer driver. If you really want an 11 x 17 inch print you may need to use a tabloid printer and cut. If you want to print whatever will print on your own printer with 1/2" margins on each side the actual render might need to be 10 x 16.

You'd be better of going to a proper print house for posters, unless you have an awesome printer. The place I use will do a single poster for 10, or less if you want more than one.

If you're going to render at more than 4000 pixels wide or high you have to use the render to disk option. The print house at my place is always closed :(

Mmm, and my print house does tend to take 3 weeks for a 2 day job... :<<< With B5, I don't think there's a limit on height, but width is a max of 4000. I just set the screen & output to 4000 x 29000 just for a laugh. It took 2 minutes to adjust the display!

Hmmm, the max size my printer will print is 8.5x14" with .25" margin on all sides...I render to disk and go to a print house for anything larger...

Any printer has its own margins where it will not print. There are "oversize" printers, usually marked with A4+ or A3+, which can use a paper bigger than the format, to create a full-size print. Or they can be used to print proofs with crop marks and the other printing-press-needed stuff. I think I don't have to stress that they are expensive. :-)

thanks fellas and chiks... i wasnt looking to print my own stuff, so the render to disk option worked fine. actually, where i go, they arent expensive at all. the larger your order, the cheaper they are of course. thanks again!!! peace and chicken grease