Sorry if this is the wrong category to post this question, but I work mainly with Poser. I was wondering where people go to have their works printed poster size, and perhaps even how much that costs for a single copy? I know it gets expensive to have it matted and framed professionally, but I was just curious. Thanks for any input.

If it's just one-offs for yourself then kinkos would be the cheapest. Not as hi quality as a 4-color but pretty good. Maybe $25.00 or so. Otherwise for min amount of 100 or so... look up printing on yahoo. best deals are on the net. Just ftp your file and get your order in a few days. Hope this helps. tattdnpierced

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Zazzle certainly looks better for posters. Cafe Press seems to have more choices in other stuff.

It can be worth paying a little more for a local supplier who can explain what they're doing, and how to get the best results.

Does anyone have any thoughts appropriate to the UK. Or the rest of the world. We're not all in the USA.

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http://www.ezprints.com/ezdirect/products.asp? Or... http://www.adoramapix.com/

Message edited on: 02/04/2005 12:50

hmm on a related note. anyone tried taking a render into walmart (or anywhere that have those kodak photoprinting machines for working with digital cameras) and tried those for prints? I noticed the other day they have CD-Rom input on them... made me wonder if you'd get a good print...?

deviantART has a division called (what else?) deviantPRINTS... which has a one time charge to set up a print account... but when you buy your own prints (at base cost), they are extremely cost effective for a really good print. You can, of course, also set prices to -sell- your prints (but bear in mind, they're going to take some of the profit (still tho, considering it's no overhead beyond the one-time set-up fee, I can't find a reason to complain)... there are a couple of downsides... one is that they only allow for certain aspect ratios, and certain sizes... and the biggest one is that it's generally a 2 week wait for your print to get to you for more information: http://shop.deviantart.com/

Those Kodak photoprint booths seem to be everywhere. In the UK, Boots have them, and some other big chains. The print quality is excellent, but sizes are limited. 6x4 and 8x6 at Boots, and rather more expensive than a photographic print. It's best to have the image proportions match the size you want, and there's nothing to stop you printing a low-res image, though I wouldn't go below 100 pixels per inch myself. You may hit problems with filenames -- stick to the old MS-DOS 8.3 pattern. You don't see the filenames. Yes, I've used it. I have a digital camera, and a USB card reader, and I take my Poser pics in on one of the camera cards. No need to bother with CD-ROM. They also can read standard floppies. but not USB devices.