What size do you print most commonly?

[jms698]

When (and if) you frequently print out your Pentax photographs, what kind of size and brand of paper do you most frequently use?

[drabina]

I do not print them at home. I use mpix.com.

[garth1948]

It's cheaper to print A4 at home and 6 x 4 at the chain stores.
I'm sure they make no money out of 6 x 4's but make plenty on larger sizes.

[Warped]

Print A4 sized tests at home and also odd sized ratios and crops but mostly go to my local Photography shop for 6x4, A4 and A3 prints.

Most common is A4 closely followed by A3 for portraits and portfolios.

[pentkon52]

I print 8x10 the most, unless i need the lenght for the photo and then its 8x12.

There is no 8x10, so i did not vote.

Dave

[janosh]

Epson 2200 with OEM pigments and, for B&W, the QTR driver. Favorite papers for B&W are Moab Entrada and Museo Portfolio Rag (can't get HPR anymore in small sheets). For color I usually use Moab Lasal Matte, which is super-white, remarkably high definition, and has proven more stable than the old Epson Enhanced Matte...

If I suspect it's good I always print 8.5X11, if only as a proof. I really like it, 11X17 or, occasionally, 13X19 (2200's maximum sheet size).

[mickeyobe]

8" x 10"

Mickey

[rfortson]

Currently, 8.5x11" since I have a few packs of the Epson premium photo paper in that size. The problem is finding matts that are cut to that size.

When multifunction/photo printers (hopefully Epson) that print 11x17 become more common (currently only Brother has one), I'll probably get one of those. I'd like the opportunity to print a little larger on occasion. I know I could send it out, but I prefer to do it myself.

[SpecialK]

4x6 or max 4x8 on a $50 Canon 400 Selphy dye-sub. They get thumbtacked onto the wall at work :-) No use for larger prints at the moment.

[Photo Tramp]

4x6 for family shots, and 8.5x11 for personal sales.

[Clicker]

I do mostly 30x40 for friends but 8X10 for personal and family stuff that i really like to see on a wall otherwise it all goes on a DVD.

[FHPhotographer]

Originally Posted by jms698

When (and if) you frequently print out your Pentax photographs, what kind of size and brand of paper do you most frequently use?

Ah, this itouches on one of my ongoing issues, fitting a 3:2 ratio image into an industry standard 4:5 mat/frame world.

So, first of all, the survey is fine but A3 paper isn't 12x16", it's 11.7x16.5" (see Paper size - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) so if you do borderless printing it will clip. If you leave a margin/border/self-mat around the image you'll have to print smaller than the paper size.

A full 3:2 Pentax image from a 6mp sensor has to be scaled up to fit and the closest full 3:2 image size with the smallest margin on A3 paper will be 130% for a 10.x16.3"... for a 10mp or 14mp image it will have to be scaled down to fit.

But... since most frames/mats commonly available are in the 4:5 ratio, to fit "standard" frame/mat combinations you will need to either output the image on the paper for the best size possible as a bordered (self-matted image), or, crop to a standard frame/mat combination (an 11 x 14 mat = an 8 x10" image opening) and that means cropping out about 25% of the image .

Unless I''m doing something wrong,
FHPhotographer

[roentarre]

16 x 12" = A3 (42cm x 30cm)

A good size to print and display on the walls in the house.

[simonkit]

Mainly 18 x 12inch or A4 size...I use an online printer for the large prints & do the A4 prints myself

simon

[patrickt]

I don't print at home. My prints are 8x12 or 11x14. I have hundreds of 6x4 printed each year but those are for other people.