lindarobin Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I am very happy with my poster that I had printed on 11x17 glossy card stock, at Staples. Amazingly, it's only $2. Only when you go bigger than 11x17 does the price really jump. I also posted the top half and the bottom half, zoomed in so the blend mode detail can be seen. They did a fantastic job with the printing. Very sharp; great color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Thanks for posting these, Linda! I love what you did with the stamps and blending, it looks really beautiful. And, thanks for the tips about Staples; I’ve used them for printing and been satisfied, but I didn’t know they printed these larger sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindarobin Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 Hi, Marilyn! Thanks for all your wonderful comments. Yes, Staples did a great job on the printing. However, I found out the hard way that it is NOT a good idea to send them a JPG. Their automated system does a convoluted conversion and you end up with super big white margins, meaning your picture comes out much smaller than anticipated. To avoid this, create a PDF in the desired paper stock size ie. 11x17 or 8.5x14 or 8.5x11. So if you want to print your square layout as big as possible on 11x17, don`t send a square JPG! Send a 11x17 PDF that looks like this and specify print as best fit. They need to shrink it just a bit because they can`t print to the edge. When you trim off the white edges, your print is about 10.75x10.75 inches for less than $1 on regular weight paper, 50 cents more for card stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 9 hours ago, lindarobin said: Hi, Marilyn! Thanks for all your wonderful comments. Yes, Staples did a great job on the printing. However, I found out the hard way that it is NOT a good idea to send them a JPG. Their automated system does a convoluted conversion and you end up with super big white margins, meaning your picture comes out much smaller than anticipated. To avoid this, create a PDF in the desired paper stock size ie. 11x17 or 8.5x14 or 8.5x11. So if you want to print your square layout as big as possible on 11x17, don`t send a square JPG! Send a 11x17 PDF that looks like this and specify print as best fit. They need to shrink it just a bit because they can`t print to the edge. When you trim off the white edges, your print is about 10.75x10.75 inches for less than $1 on regular weight paper, 50 cents more for card stock. You're welcome, I really enjoyed your poster, well I always enjoy all your pages. Wow, that’s amazing it’s that cheap at Staples! Thanks so much for the tips. I haven’t been to Staples for almost a year since with Covid I try to avoid going in stores as much as possible. But now, I’d maybe go pick up if I did the ordering online, only I’ve never done that so your suggestions are helpful! Our Staples also charge a surcharge if you bring the document you want printed to the desk and ask them to print it right away (even if they are sitting there doing nothing) and it’s a significant enough charge! ? So, it would be better to send it online and then pick up with no extra charge. I also like printing on their machines myself when I make little chocolate photo wrappers and now that you say it, sometimes the jpg gets a little mixed up. So, maybe for the future a PDF would work better. I have tried a WORD document which is better than jpeg but you’ve given me good ideas all around. Luckily, the chocolate wrappers are fairly forgiving since I’m cutting them out, but I wouldn’t want to see a larger document with white borders taking up space that could make the page bigger. Thanks again for the info; I’m going to copy it onto a document for future reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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