by SD814 » Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:28 am
I print them myself. My dad has a good printer- it prints 600 dpi (twice the dots per inch my printer has). I use expensive, HP Photo Paper. I think they look amazing- I'm blown away by the quality. As others mentioned, if you go DIY, always use the largest files. Walmart 1-hour gave me the third degree as well... But they did sell to me a few times, and I found their quality to be poor (offcentered, printer marks [can see lines going thru pics], printing on wrong size, etc.). Another thing- Walmart 1-hour only prints on matte paper. I discovered over time sharpie signatures bleed into the paper. Not sure what your interests are, but Wikimedia Commons and NASA.gov are good sites for finding hi-resolution images. Also you can narrow your google searches to large images only.
I print them myself. My dad has a good printer- it prints 600 dpi (twice the dots per inch my printer has). I use expensive, HP Photo Paper. I think they look amazing- I'm blown away by the quality. As others mentioned, if you go DIY, always use the largest files. Walmart 1-hour gave me the third degree as well... But they did sell to me a few times, and I found their quality to be poor (offcentered, printer marks [can see lines going thru pics], printing on wrong size, etc.). Another thing- Walmart 1-hour only prints on matte paper. I discovered over time sharpie signatures bleed into the paper. Not sure what your interests are, but Wikimedia Commons and NASA.gov are good sites for finding hi-resolution images. Also you can narrow your google searches to large images only.