PHOTO RETOUCH / RESTORATION AND ENLARGEMENT

Photo Enlargements

Jiffy Photo and Print can provide photo enlargements for almost any size you may need – up to 44″ wide media which comes in a 100 foot long roll.

Our selection of media for photo enlargements include:

• Photographic weight Matte or Glossy paper in print size up to 44″ x 100′

• Canvas Paper in print size up to 44″ x 100′

• Textured Fine Art Paper, which is great for reproducing artwork in sizes up to 36″ x 100′

• Poster Paper – Medium weigh Matte paper produces good quality prints on a stock much lighter than the photographic media

• Poster Boards – Your image printed and mount on foam core or similar substrates, good for framing, displaying prints on easels, and many other uses

Pricing for Standard Photographic Enlargements

On either Matte or Gloss Photo paper is:

Enlargements over 16 x 20

Quantity discounts and other sizes are available. Contact us for more information.

Additional Charges

PRINT from PRINT – $1.00
SCAN FROM NEGATIVE OR SLIDE (35MM) – $2.00
(see scanning for quantity pricing)
SCAN FROM NEGATIVE OR SLIDE (NOT 35MM) – $2.50
CROPPING – $1.00
RED EYE REMOVAL – $1.00
COLOUR MATCHING – $3.00
* Added to the cost of the first print of each photo

How much resolution do you need for photo enlargements? Is my file good enough to print that big?

These are questions we get a lot and can be tricky questions. If we go “by the numbers” you want a minimum of 150 dpi (200 to 300 dpi is better) to produce good photographic results. Some examples:

A 2 megapixel camera makes an image with 1200 pixels by 1600 pixels if we divide 1200 pixels by 150 dpi we get 8 inch, if we divide 1600 pixels by 150 dpi we get 10.6 inches. That means from a 2 megapixel camera we can print 8 x 10.

See the chart below for some other common camera resolutions.

2 megapixels = 1200 by 1600 pixels = 8 by 10 inches
3 megapixels = 1536 by 2048 pixels = 10 by 14 inches
6 megapixels = 2400 by 3000 pixels = 16 by 20 inches
10 megapixels = 2592 by 3872 pixels = 17.25 by 26 inches
12 megapixels = 2912 by 4368 pixels = 20 by 30 inches
If you have a good quality digital file we can often push it bigger than what “the numbers” indicate – sometimes by up to 25%. We won’t know for sure until we see the image and try it.

There are also other factors that can effect the quality and size you can achieve from a file such as:

How good the camera and lens are – most brand name cameras have decent lens and conversion algorithms. However, pictures taken on an older cell phone with a small lens and poor software might not look great even at a small size.