On line photo service for large files

[Trebor Heminway]

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than 2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[Trebor Heminway]

Does anyone print on-line? Good results?? recomendations????

Thanks for any help
Trebor

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will
actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages
and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than
2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The
results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out
dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[Steve13285]

I've done poster size (20x30) through PEPHOTO.COM. Prices are good and I've received very good and fast service. They make the upload simple by providing a small app that steps you through the process. It even tells you if you're photo isn't the right resolution for the size you want to print. I use QImage to up-rez my photos and results are very nice.
Steve

Thanks for any help
Trebor

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will
actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages
and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than
2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The
results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out
dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[Trebor Heminway]

Thanks Steve - I'll check them out. Do they have a max size limit similar to ofoto?

Thanks for any help
Trebor

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will
actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages
and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than
2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The
results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out
dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[John-G]

I've had several 18x24 collages printed at JumboGiant.com. The results were absolutely stunning.

I started out with a 550MB TIFF file which was 5400x7200 pixels. I couldn't even find a local facility that could handle a file that large. Most processors seem to have a limit of around 55MB. Then someone recommended JumboGiant. They do up to like 40x60 inches. However, they only want a 150DPI JPG. So instead of dealing with a 550MB TIFF, I only had to deal with a 5MB JPG.

I uploaded the file to them on Sunday via their website and on Thursday the poster arrived. I never knew 150DPI could look so good. Everyone I showed the collage to was blown away and I ended up ordering several more copies. The price was around $22 without shipping.

Just recently I did a collage for a local high school banquet and they had it printed at Kenkos. It was 24xsomething and Kinko's wanted 200 DPI. It came out fantastic as well.

-- John

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will
actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages
and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than
2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The
results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out
dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[Trebor Heminway]

Thanks - 150 DPI is better than ofoto. I think that this would suit my needs much better. What do you use to resize??

Thanks
Trebor

I started out with a 550MB TIFF file which was 5400x7200 pixels. I
couldn't even find a local facility that could handle a file that
large. Most processors seem to have a limit of around 55MB. Then
someone recommended JumboGiant. They do up to like 40x60 inches.
However, they only want a 150DPI JPG. So instead of dealing with a
550MB TIFF, I only had to deal with a 5MB JPG.

I uploaded the file to them on Sunday via their website and on
Thursday the poster arrived. I never knew 150DPI could look so
good. Everyone I showed the collage to was blown away and I ended
up ordering several more copies. The price was around $22 without
shipping.

Just recently I did a collage for a local high school banquet and
they had it printed at Kenkos. It was 24xsomething and Kinko's
wanted 200 DPI. It came out fantastic as well.

-- John

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will
actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages
and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than
2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The
results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out
dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[John-G]

Since I was doing a collage from scratch I initially made the matte 18x24" @ 300DPI in Photoshop. It was then a snap to resample the image in Photoshop to 18x24" @ 150 DPI with no loss of quality. If your creating your own collages from scratch I would stick with the higher DPI because you can always reduce with no loss. If you create it natively at 150 DPI and then decide you want more there will be a quality loss.

However, if your creating a collage strickly for JumboGiant then 150 from scratch would be fine.

Thanks
Trebor

I started out with a 550MB TIFF file which was 5400x7200 pixels. I
couldn't even find a local facility that could handle a file that
large. Most processors seem to have a limit of around 55MB. Then
someone recommended JumboGiant. They do up to like 40x60 inches.
However, they only want a 150DPI JPG. So instead of dealing with a
550MB TIFF, I only had to deal with a 5MB JPG.

I uploaded the file to them on Sunday via their website and on
Thursday the poster arrived. I never knew 150DPI could look so
good. Everyone I showed the collage to was blown away and I ended
up ordering several more copies. The price was around $22 without
shipping.

Just recently I did a collage for a local high school banquet and
they had it printed at Kenkos. It was 24xsomething and Kinko's
wanted 200 DPI. It came out fantastic as well.

-- John

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will
actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages
and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than
2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The
results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out
dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[Trebor Heminway]

Thanks John - I have been making them form scratch at 300dpi. Unfortunately, most of them are 13x19. Do you post process and send, or send the raw file and let jumbo sharpen ect...How's the color match? I can email and ask them directly for recomendations.

Also - have you tried there laminates or backings(gator board)??? Thanks for the help. Seems alittle pricey unless very high quality..Of course im comparing to my in-house -ink-jet results. OK except for archival and raw size limits.

Thanks again
Trebor

However, if your creating a collage strickly for JumboGiant then
150 from scratch would be fine.

Thanks
Trebor

I started out with a 550MB TIFF file which was 5400x7200 pixels. I
couldn't even find a local facility that could handle a file that
large. Most processors seem to have a limit of around 55MB. Then
someone recommended JumboGiant. They do up to like 40x60 inches.
However, they only want a 150DPI JPG. So instead of dealing with a
550MB TIFF, I only had to deal with a 5MB JPG.

I uploaded the file to them on Sunday via their website and on
Thursday the poster arrived. I never knew 150DPI could look so
good. Everyone I showed the collage to was blown away and I ended
up ordering several more copies. The price was around $22 without
shipping.

Just recently I did a collage for a local high school banquet and
they had it printed at Kenkos. It was 24xsomething and Kinko's
wanted 200 DPI. It came out fantastic as well.

-- John

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will
actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages
and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than
2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The
results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out
dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[Steve13285]

20x30 is the largest size they advertise.

I've read the other posts about ophoto - I have no experience with them, but they are certainly a lot more expensive. If I were you I think I'd submit a photo to each and see if the ophoto is better. What I've seen from PEPHOTO has been quite stunning.

Also another option is JUMBOGIANT (many threads across boards here), but I've not used them.
Good luck!
Steve

Thanks for any help
Trebor

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will
actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages
and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than
2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The
results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out
dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[John-G]

To be honest I simply saved my TIFF as JPEG at Photoshop quality-11 and that was it. No color correction and of course no need to sharpen... all the photos I embedded into the collage (about 100) were already sharpened.

You do have the option for them to crop or not. If you are creating the collage from scratch at the specific size and DPI then you shouldn't have to do anything.

The color came out close enough that I could not detect any difference. I also did not get any laminating or backboard... just the print.

I thought their prices were dirt cheap. I called around locally to have a 18x24 made and most places wanted $70-90 and didn't seem to understand when I asked about DPI -- not good. I know it does get more expensive if you add lamination and foam core. Check with Kinko's... they offer foam core also and I know it can get VERY expensive.

I've had mixed results emailing JumboGiant. However, when I called on the phone I got someone right away. I was interested in quantity discounts on S&H when ordering multiple copies of the same print.

Also - have you tried there laminates or backings(gator board)???
Thanks for the help. Seems alittle pricey unless very high
quality..Of course im comparing to my in-house -ink-jet results. OK
except for archival and raw size limits.

Thanks again
Trebor

However, if your creating a collage strickly for JumboGiant then
150 from scratch would be fine.

Thanks
Trebor

I started out with a 550MB TIFF file which was 5400x7200 pixels. I
couldn't even find a local facility that could handle a file that
large. Most processors seem to have a limit of around 55MB. Then
someone recommended JumboGiant. They do up to like 40x60 inches.
However, they only want a 150DPI JPG. So instead of dealing with a
550MB TIFF, I only had to deal with a 5MB JPG.

I uploaded the file to them on Sunday via their website and on
Thursday the poster arrived. I never knew 150DPI could look so
good. Everyone I showed the collage to was blown away and I ended
up ordering several more copies. The price was around $22 without
shipping.

Just recently I did a collage for a local high school banquet and
they had it printed at Kenkos. It was 24xsomething and Kinko's
wanted 200 DPI. It came out fantastic as well.

-- John

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will
actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages
and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than
2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The
results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out
dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[Trebor Heminway]

John - thanks a bunch. I'll give it a shot and take it from there.

Take Care
Trebor

You do have the option for them to crop or not. If you are creating
the collage from scratch at the specific size and DPI then you
shouldn't have to do anything.

The color came out close enough that I could not detect any
difference. I also did not get any laminating or backboard...
just the print.

I thought their prices were dirt cheap. I called around locally to
have a 18x24 made and most places wanted $70-90 and didn't seem to
understand when I asked about DPI -- not good. I know it
does get more expensive if you add lamination and foam core. Check
with Kinko's... they offer foam core also and I know it can get
VERY expensive.

I've had mixed results emailing JumboGiant. However, when I called
on the phone I got someone right away. I was interested in quantity
discounts on S&H when ordering multiple copies of the same print.

Also - have you tried there laminates or backings(gator board)???
Thanks for the help. Seems alittle pricey unless very high
quality..Of course im comparing to my in-house -ink-jet results. OK
except for archival and raw size limits.

Thanks again
Trebor

However, if your creating a collage strickly for JumboGiant then
150 from scratch would be fine.

Thanks
Trebor

I started out with a 550MB TIFF file which was 5400x7200 pixels. I
couldn't even find a local facility that could handle a file that
large. Most processors seem to have a limit of around 55MB. Then
someone recommended JumboGiant. They do up to like 40x60 inches.
However, they only want a 150DPI JPG. So instead of dealing with a
550MB TIFF, I only had to deal with a 5MB JPG.

I uploaded the file to them on Sunday via their website and on
Thursday the poster arrived. I never knew 150DPI could look so
good. Everyone I showed the collage to was blown away and I ended
up ordering several more copies. The price was around $22 without
shipping.

Just recently I did a collage for a local high school banquet and
they had it printed at Kenkos. It was 24xsomething and Kinko's
wanted 200 DPI. It came out fantastic as well.

-- John

Hi - can anyone recommend a quality online service that will
actually work with you for custom services? I make large collages
and have used Ofoto once, but could not send a higher res than
2400x3000 or get color calibration info/profiles from them. The
results were OK, but far less than what I would like. Turned out
dark and soft. Not a good combo anytime...

In the meantime, my s9000 is working well upto 13x19 with Qimage

Thanks for your time
Trebor

 

[Mark O.]

We do 16x20 and 32x20 at attractive prices. Your file can be any size but we also recommend sending photoshop jpg quality 12 as opposed to a super huge tif file. There is no visible difference in the results.

--
Cheyenne Cloud, LLC
Poster-Sized Digital Prints
http://www.stores.ebay.com/cheyennecloud