12" photo print posters @ 75p!!

[joust]

I've had one of the 12" posters done and the quality is excellent. At this price you'd be mad not to run off a few of your favourite pictures!

pixum newsletter said:

======================================================= Crazy prices - save up to 77% on posters & prints! ======================================================= Dear Joust, Pixum is celebrating Carnival! Most typically celebrated in Cologne. Join our party with unbelievable prices until the end of this month and save up to 77%! 12inch Mega-Poster only £0.75 (instead of £3.39) 10cm format only £ 0.07 (instead of £0.10) Take a quick look on our website: www.pixum.co.uk/?act=shop&cid=7

[simpo two]

I see you've just reinvested your capital then

(But what's the quality like?)

'12inch Mega-Poster' - evidently far bigger than a 12" mini-poster

>> Edited by simpo two on Sunday 19th February 19:43

[joust]

Excellent, no, stunning. See this post.

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=240033

Their posters are even better than my Photo 1290 can do on Epson's finest gloss paper - praise indeed given the quality of the 1290!

J

[Hankscorpio]

Joust, have you done 20x30 from them? If so, what res did you use and how was the outcome?

Ta.

[joust]

Not done that one, but it all comes off the same processor so the quality should be the same.

Their upload thingy tells you if the resolution is good enough, but if you work on 250dpi (i.e. 5000x7500) then you can't possibly go wrong, 150dpi is what I sent them for the 12" ones, and they say you can go as low as 100dpi for 'excellent' quality on their FAQs

www.pixum.co.uk/?act=helpnew&faqid=590

Remember it's a continous tone image, so 100dpi is at least equivalent to 2400dpi on a 8x8x3 dither pattern for a bubblejet (although of course continous tone isn't directly equivalent...)

J

[poah]

just got a load of mine today. not that impressed with the colour rendition, saturation nor the actual quality of the print. for 75p they are ok and I could apply colour correction but my R2400 ives better prints. very glossy though if your into that kind of thing

[crmcatee]

Got mine back today - nice quality, and as above - for 75p you'ld be stupid not to go for it.

[bernie_eccle]

I'll second that. Ordered 10 on Sunday night and they arrived yesterday (Thursday). I am chuffed with the results. I even did a couple from my old 2MP digital ixus and the quality is nearly as good as the D70.
Quick question. I tarted them up a little in PS and unchecked the box to allow pixum to do similar. I presume that this was the correct way to go about it? The results are certainly fine.
Cheers
Stewart