best place for high quality A3 b&w prints?

[rampanthamster]

hi all, i need to get some high quality a3 prints of a few shots i've done. Can someone recommend a good place to get this done? Thanks!

 

[Y15HAL]

DSCL, Loxley, Sams all should be good for what you want

http://www.dscolourlabs.co.uk/

http://loxleycolour.com/

http://www.samsphotolab.com/

 

[BarryDawsib]

One Vision Imaging, never ever had a single problem with them and customer service is great

 

[ding76uk]

The Print Space. Expensive but one of the very best in UK

 

[rampanthamster]

thanks guys, i'll look into those.

 

[martinimages]

http://martinimages.photium.com/monochrome-bespoke-printing-service

Martin

 

[POAH]

what are you wanting them printed on?

 

[rampanthamster]

basically, i want to print this:


a cry of shame by Rowan Hunn, on Flickr

quite big..probably bigger than a3. But is it acceptable to go down to say 200dpi and still get a great quality print? I don't really know what sort of paper i should use - not gloss though. Very open to suggestions please!!

 

[POAH]

most places won't do anything but gloss or luster. photobox does a matt paper. if you are wanting some sort of fancy inkjet print then that will cost you a fair bit.

are you wanting to frame it and put it on the wall.

 

[rampanthamster]

thanks - i'm not looking to frame it or mount it at this stage, but i probably would in the future. Really the crux of what i'm asking is if 200dpi would be good quality at a2 ish size?

 

[POAH]

would be fine on an inkjet but you would have to adjust it for the commecial printers native dpi.

if you are not going to hang it onthe wall don't bother with a large print, it will just get damaged and you can't really view it well.