Panoramic Printers

[ennuipoet]

So, I’m lucky enough to have my first actual sale of my prints to one of the doctors I work with, she is buying several of my cityscapes to decorate her house. (How freaking awesome is THAT!) I am looking for a printer to do the work that won’t break the bank. The printer has to allow custom print jobs or panorama printing. I’m cutting the doc a deal on my prints for the potential of her snooty doctor friends seeing my stuff and wanting more, and I would like to keep the printing cost down as much as possible.

Anyone? Elsinore? You’ve got prints hanging in gallery views, what do you do?

[caradoc]

I’ve been very happy with the prints I get from Blue Cube Imaging. Drop him a note, tell him what you’re looking for. His ad said he can do up to 30″ by 160′.

Yes. Thirty inches by one-hundred-and-sixty feet.

http://www.bluecubeimaging.com

[Kestrana]

Congratulations!

[ennuipoet]

Congratulations!

Thanks!

[chupathingie]

Seconds on the congrats!

No help for your need here tho, I’m in the same boat… well, as far as needing a printer, that is. I’ve yet to sell anything of mine.

[ravnostic]

I will ask my aunt; she gets them from some online site, and has sold a number of her prints; as I recall she is very impressed with the service.

[ravnostic]

Oh, and congrats!

[orionid]

+1

[Elsinore]

Sweet, congrats! The stuff I’ve printed has all been more typical aspect ratios, save for one 5×15 I test printed once. I love the quality through Mpix (my preferred printer), but they don’t have a lot of panorama options, unfortunately. You could always put your photo on a larger image leaving white space around it, then print and trim to your specifications, but I’d try Caradoc’s suggestion first.

[ennuipoet]

I actually found a place that could do what I wanted and do it for a very nice price. myphotopipe.com has a ton of options for standard and pano printing, it’s well reviewed, easy to use and as soon as I have my prints in hand I’ll attest to the quality. Now, the even MORE IMPORTANT question: should I sign the print or just include a business card? The printer will put my info on the back of the print, but what about the front? I don’t want to watermark a display print, but perhaps a little signature in the corner 🙂

[olavf]

I sign the back of the print, and the matting if applicable (I usually mat my own prints).

The back of the print I use an archival-quality pen, and the mat, I sign in pencil. I put the year and the title on the back too.

Oh, and congrats!

[ennuipoet]

I sign the back of the print, and the matting if applicable (I usually mat my own prints).

The back of the print I use an archival-quality pen, and the mat, I sign in pencil. I put the year and the title on the back too.

Oh, and congrats!

Thanks, for the congrats and the info. I’ve had my writing published, I had a play I wrote performed, but somehow this seems bigger. This will be around a long time and that makes me feel like I should do it right. I would like to think that someday long after I am gone, someone will look at the pic and signature and ask themselves: “Who?” 😛

[olavf]

Awesome.

And yeah, I still think of photographs as two separate entities – the digital, and the print. I’d certainly like to think someone was looking at one of my prints 50 years from now…

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