I have a couple of jpg’s that are approx 4500 pixels to a side, and I was wondering if I could get them made into posters.
I don’t even know how big they would turn out, but they don’t need to be photo quality. Where could I get something made that would be, say 60-80cm square?
well, maybe you can try 爵士沖印 which is on No. 358 Sec. 2, Bade Rd.,Taipei City
However, I have not done the big poster print there so I am not sure the quality of it.
Good Luck
If you don’t want quality, I’d say any photo shop could come up with that for you. There are professional shops who can deliver the quality. We used a couple in Taipei, but it’s been too many years to remember them now. Well, hell, I guess this post isn’t much help. Sorry. But it shouldn’t be too hard to find something.
I had a photo blown up to a small, 16" x 20" poster a couple of weeks ago at the neighbourhood photo shop. It turned out ok. If you want larger… I’m not sure. Let me know if you find someone that does a good job.
I assume - without knowing a lot - that quality is mostly down to how many pixels per cm or inch or whatever you blow the image up to. Need to figure out what the acceptable minimum would be before it starts to look crappy. In this case, it’s a map of Ankh Morpock, not a photo. And another of the discworld.
I was asked for 300dpi for some printing recently. If you could get away with half that (not sure if you can) then 150dpi for an image 4500 pixels across gives me 30 inches. Converting archaic to modern, that works out at about 75cm.
But do theses average print stores have printing machines that can do larger prints?
Don’t go to Jazz (爵士). I’ve hear nothing but horror stories about that place from people who have been overcharged and given bad service.
If you’re not looking for superb quality, print it out, cut and paste, then get a photocopy shop to xerox it.
The pictures sound like they’re detailed enough to be printed at that size, thought they probably still have to be converted to 300 dpi.
If you’re not sure how to do it, you can send the pics to me and I’ll convert them for you.
Never used these people before, but it looks like they operate solely online.
http://www.poster.net.tw/poster/index.html
300dpi is fairly standard for printing. Certainly it will look fine to the naked eye. 150dpi is about as low as you could possibly go before it looks like total arse.
You should be aware that if you go down to 150, there are two things that can happen. Either it will look a bit blurry, or it will look a bit pixelated, depends on the process involved. I’d recommend the blurry approach. If you send it to lupillus, I’m sure she’ll sort you would with the best possible image.
[quote=“lupillus”]If you’re not looking for superb quality, print it out, cut and paste, then get a photocopy shop to xerox it.
The pictures sound like they’re detailed enough to be printed at that size, thought they probably still have to be converted to 300 dpi.[/quote]
Thanks, but I don’t understand. 
I’m talking about a jpg, presumably a scan, of a map, full colour. 4244 x 4344 pixels. That’s what I have now.
At 300dpi it’s 14 inches across. At 200dpi it’s 21 inches. At 150dpi it’s 28 inches.
Presumably I could ask them to test print a sample at each different resolution and then decide what I want after I’ve seen how it looks. That much doesn’t sound difficult.
The question is, if I want something 28 of those inch things across, would they have a printer that could handle it? If they have a xerox machine that big then presumably - in this modern day and age - it can be connected to a computer and will just print my file in one piece without me having to cut and paste anything.
(What is a xerox machine anyway? Do you mean a photocopier?)
Hang on, prepare to have your screen stretched, here’s the image:
Ok, and what print size do you want the picture?
24 inches (around 60cm)?
28 inches (around 71cm)?
31.5 inches (around 80 cm)?
U want to post the other pic too?
If you don’t need it today, I can probably remove the crease lines in the next couple of days and email you the files.
I don’t know what size I want until I know how they would look at any given resolution. Do I? Or is there some magic at work here? Can someone give me information instead of asking me what I want? I don’t know what I want, I think.
I just want a nice big map of Ankh Morpok to hang on my wall, one that isn’t pixelated. Why can’t I just take a jpg into the print shop and say “here, print this?” What are these other files people keep talking about? What’s going on? Why is nothing simple?
AND WHERE CAN I GET THIS STUFF PRINTED OUT?
Loopyloo, thanks for your kindness but I still have no idea what you’re talking about.
Will someone please just tell me what I need to know so that I can answer all these hard questions?
Thanks 
I don’t know what size I want until I know how they would look at any given resolution. Do I? Or is there some magic at work here? Can someone give me information instead of asking me what I want? I don’t know what I want, I think.
I just want a nice big map of Ankh Morpok to hang on my wall, one that isn’t pixelated. Why can’t I just take a jpg into the print shop and say “here, print this?” What are these other files people keep talking about? What’s going on? Why is nothing simple?
AND WHERE CAN I get THIS STUFF PRINTED OUT?
Loopyloo, thanks for your kindness but I still have no idea what you’re talking about.
Will someone please just tell me what I need to know so that I can answer all these hard questions?
Thanks [/quote]
Of course, you can take a jpg into the photo shop and say, “here, print this”. But you will probably find that:
A. They don’t do large poster-sized printouts.
B. If you want them to make your file 300dpi for print out, it is likely that they will either charge you for resizing/file handling/or just refuse to do it.
C. Due to the amount of detail in the pictures you want to print and the large size you wish the posters to be, when you print at 150 dpi, the picture will probably end up being somewhat pixellated.
Shops which print namecards/brochures/banner will probably be able to print your poster.
The site I mentioned already, http://www.poster.net.tw/poster/index.html does poster print-outs.
So does http://www.hm-card.com.tw/index.htm
I gave the hmcard company a call and they said you can email them the files and they will deliver to your door after CNY.
60 by 60cm for 240nt normal paper. Or 320nt for matte photo paper
I’m offering to resize/reconstruct the pictures you want to print so that they are the correct size/resolution for printing. So that you can just take the files to the printer and have poster printed.
I want “big”. As big as it can be without looking pixellated or blurry. Can I have one 2 metres to a side? I have no idea what the technical limitation is. I’m assuming that 60-70 cm is going to be the natural limit, but if someone can tell me that I’m wrong then I’ll gladly be wrong and get something bigger. I like bigger. What can I have?
[quote]Of course, you can take a jpg into the photo shop and say, “here, print this”. But you will probably find that:
A. They don’t do large poster-sized printouts.[/quote]
That’s what I assumed. Hence my question at the beginning. I don’t recall asking for a photo shop. I was looking for a place to print a poster.
That’s what I asked for, a place to get something printed. But I don’t want to wander around Taipei looking for one only to be told that they don’t. Probably is not the same as “You can walk into XYZ printers and say ‘here, print this’”, which is what I want.
But presumably, I can use Gimpshop to save the file again with whatever dpi I want, then take it in and say “here, print this” if they do actually print stuff out on demand?
OK, thanks. That’s the kind of info I need. What would be the max size I could print out then without it looking crap, do you think?
[quote]The site I mentioned already, http://www.poster.net.tw/poster/index.html does poster print-outs.
So does http://www.hm-card.com.tw/index.htm
I gave the hmcard company a call and they said you can email them the files and they will deliver to your door after CNY.
60 by 60cm for 240nt normal paper. Or 320nt for matte photo paper[/quote]
Yay, thanks. So I just need to know how many dpi/how big I want the poster to be? Oh, and what their email address is as my browser won’t even display the Chinese on their site. (It has no prob with other sites.) And, er, payment. How do I pay for this? Do I have to get paypal just to be able to get a poster? Can I use my credit card? I’m not at home very often either. Why is this so hard to do?
I’d much rather just walk in, say “here, print this” and give someone some money. To be honest, my experiences in Taiwan with asking people to do things when I’m not breathing down their necks have not been good. I have this phobia, born of experience, of having someone give me something other than what I asked for because they decided that they had a better idea. “I thought you’d like a postcard” or “It’s much cuter with these on it” or “but glossy is so much nicer”, and so on. I like to point and say “not this, this”.
Thanks, but am I wrong in thinking that I can’t just resize the image myself using Gimpshop?
I know for a fact I can’t do anything about the fold lines myself, so your offer is much appreciated in this case. But for general purposes - I might do the same again in future as I have other stuff I’d like to print - what I really want to do is to be able to take an image, any image, and know how to turn it into a poster without having to trouble other, teehee, posters such as yourself.
I like this one, if I can find a higher resolution copy:
[quote=“Loretta”]
I like this one, if I can find a higher resolution copy:
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If you want that real big on your wall, take a slide photo of it, borrow a slide projector (or use a digital projector with the original image) and project it on your wall, then get out a paintbrush… that would be an easy one to do!
[quote=“Dragonbones”]
If you want that real big on your wall, take a slide photo of it, borrow a slide projector (or use a digital projector with the original image) and project it on your wall, then get out a paintbrush… that would be an easy one to do![/quote]
Or just lean against the wall in the nude and draw around yourself.
Remember… “WWSD” (“What would Sandman do?”)
But my arms wouldn’t be long enough to draw an outline of my nude body – although I suppose I wouldn’t HAVE to do it in profile.
OBVIOUSLY the pencil would be tied onto the end of a 10 foot pole. I didn’t even think that needed mentionings (Or alternatively you could drill a hole in the wall first, so you could get closer. Say about 6 inch diameter, as long as you’re not excited at the time.)
OBVIOUSLY the pencil would be tied onto the end of a 10 foot pole. I didn’t even think that needed mentionings (Or alternatively you could drill a hole in the wall first, so you could get closer. Say about 6 inch diameter, as long as you’re not excited at the time.)[/quote]
6 inches? Hmmm. Yeah, I suppose I could immerse myself in an ice bath first, but wouldn’t that make my hands shake too much to get a good outline?
Updating this thread. I tried both links but they are dead. Anyone know a current place to print out posters?
There are some places around Taida. This place: www.jungle.com.tw is close to Taipower building station, just off Xinhai Rd, next to the German bakery (I suppose the actual address must be on the website somewhere). I’ve used them a few times and have been happy with them. You can upload the file to their ftp site, then just go pick it up. There are lots of different materials to choose from, and they’ll print fairly big posters - my last one was about 1 m x 1.6 m.