Long Story Short » prints http://blog.trlong.com a place for talkin' story Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:15:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How Big Can I Print My Digital Photo? http://blog.trlong.com/2009/07/how-big-can-i-print-my-digital-photo/ http://blog.trlong.com/2009/07/how-big-can-i-print-my-digital-photo/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:33:10 +0000 Tom Long http://blog.trlong.com/2009/07/how-big-can-i-print-my-digital-photo/ Continue reading →]]> There is a tribe of us who usually enjoy our pictures online.  But occasionally we succumb to the urge to fell trees and emit VOCs by having hard copies of our art printed.  We then find ourselves asking how big can the print be given the resolution of my picture.  In an attempt to address this for my three cameras (I’m counting my iPhone), I came up with the following chart.


    My Printer   Commercial Printers    
Image size Mpixel 300 ppi 200ppi Kodak Wal-Mart Camera
540×360         4×6  
546×390         Wallet  
546×390         5×7  
640×480 0.3 2.1×1.6 3.2×2.4 4×6    
960×768         8×10  
1024×768 0.8 3.4×2.5 5.1×3.8 5×7    
1260×990         11×14  
1400×1050 1.5 4.7×3.5 4.7×5.25      
1536×1024 1.6 5.1×3.4 7.7×5.1 8×10    
1600×1200 1.9 5.3×4 8×6 16×20    
1600×1200 1.9 5.3×4 8×6 20×30   iPhone
1620×1080   5.4×3.6 8.1×5.4   12×18  
1632×1224 2.0 5.4×4.1 8.2 x 6.1      
1800×1440 2.6 6×4.8 9×7.2   16×20  
2590×1920 5.0 8.6×6.4 13.0 x 9.6      
2700×1800 4.9 9×6 13.5×9   20×30  
3621×2519 9.1 12.1×8.4 18.1×12.6     Nikon Coolpix 8700
3648×2736 10.0 12.2×9.2 18.2×13.7     Pentax Optio W60
1050×1500 1.6 3.5×5        
1200×1800 2.2 4×6        
1500×2100 3.2 5×7        
1800×2400 4.3 6×8        
1800×2550 4.6 6×8.5        
2400×3000 7.2 8×10        
2400×3600 8.6 8×12        
3300×4200 13.9 11×14        

For me, this means that I can print my iPhone pictures at 3.5×5 at home, 11×14 at Wal-Mart, or 20×30 at Kodak EasyShare. With my Nikon pictures, I can print up to 8×12 at home or 20×30 at Wal-Mart or Kodak. My Pentax can also do an 8×12 at home or 20×30 at a professional printer, but provides a slightly higher source resolution than the Nikon.

]]> http://blog.trlong.com/2009/07/how-big-can-i-print-my-digital-photo/feed/ 0 To Print at Home or an Online Service http://blog.trlong.com/2009/07/to-print-at-home-or-an-online-service/ http://blog.trlong.com/2009/07/to-print-at-home-or-an-online-service/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:09:03 +0000 Tom Long http://blog.trlong.com/2009/07/to-print-at-home-or-an-online-service/ Continue reading →]]> Not everyone has a photo quality printer at home.  Even those of us that do, don’t always have a printer that can handle larger sizes of photos.  I haven’t ordered prints from any of these services and so can’t recommend any one of them.  But I thought I probably wasn’t the only one interested in what the best deal would be if I were to want to get a picture printed.  If you have experience with any of these services, please share that with us in the comments. 

Check the numbers for yourself, but here is what I found when comparison shopping from whom to order photo prints online:


  Kodak Wal-Mart Snapfish Shutterfly RitzPix  
Wallets $1.69 $0.54        
4×6 $0.15 $0.09 $0.09 $0.15    
5×7 $0.89 $0.58 $0.79 $0.99 $0.99  
8×10 $2.99 $2.84 $2.99 $3.99 $4.99  
8×12         $3.99  
11×14   $5.86 $6.99 $7.99 $10.99  
12×18   $8.86 $9.99      
16×20 $14.99 $12.86 $14.99 $17.99 $19.95  
20×30 $18.99 $16.86 $19.99 $22.99 $29.95  
24×36         $39.95  
shipping $1.50 $0.00       <$4.99 order
shipping     $0.99     Print
shipping     $1.99     small poster
shipping     $2.99     large poster

Don’t forget other fun services like Zazzle for art prints or Big Huge Labs for fun activities with your digital photos.

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