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<blockquote data-quote="MrF" data-source="post: 148502" data-attributes="member: 10292">Smoke,I've used mpix (<a href="http://www.mpix.com" target="_blank">Photo Printing, Photo Cards, Holiday Cards, Announcements, Photo Books : Mpix.Com</a>) and Frame Destination (<a href="http://framedestination.com/" target="_blank">Picture Frames | Photography Frames | Mat Board | Photo Storage</a>)&nbsp; for my printing and framing with great results.&nbsp; Mpix appears to be&nbsp; about $2 more than Nations for a 20x30.&nbsp; I like frame destination&nbsp; because you can customize a complete frame (or any pieces thereof) for a&nbsp; reasonable price.&nbsp; When the frame arrives, the only thing I use that's&nbsp; not included in the box is a screwdriver and some acid-free linen&nbsp; hanging tape.&nbsp; They'll even ship glass up to a certain size.As&nbsp; far as how big you can print, look at the length of your image in&nbsp; pixels.&nbsp; For a magazine quality photo go for at least 300 pixels per&nbsp; inch (ppi) so divide your length by 300 and that's your maximum size in&nbsp; inches for that edge.&nbsp; It's possible to go bigger.&nbsp; I have a 12x18 on my&nbsp; wall that's printed at 160 ppi and it looks fine unless you're really&nbsp; looking at it from about an inch away.&nbsp; The image size was 2880x1920, so it was a 5.5MP photo.&nbsp; I don't think I'd want to go any less than that for a photo that I was hanging on my wall.Although, I do have a 20x30 on canvas that was given to me as a gift that came from a file that was barely 1MP.&nbsp; The texture of the canvas actually helps really hide the true quality of the image and it looks pretty decent.&nbsp; I imagine if it were printed on photo paper it would look pretty bad though.Hope this helps!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrF, post: 148502, member: 10292"] Smoke, I've used mpix ([URL="http://www.mpix.com"]Photo Printing, Photo Cards, Holiday Cards, Announcements, Photo Books : Mpix.Com[/URL]) and Frame Destination ([URL="http://framedestination.com/"]Picture Frames | Photography Frames | Mat Board | Photo Storage[/URL]) for my printing and framing with great results. Mpix appears to be about $2 more than Nations for a 20x30. I like frame destination because you can customize a complete frame (or any pieces thereof) for a reasonable price. When the frame arrives, the only thing I use that's not included in the box is a screwdriver and some acid-free linen hanging tape. They'll even ship glass up to a certain size. As far as how big you can print, look at the length of your image in pixels. For a magazine quality photo go for at least 300 pixels per inch (ppi) so divide your length by 300 and that's your maximum size in inches for that edge. It's possible to go bigger. I have a 12x18 on my wall that's printed at 160 ppi and it looks fine unless you're really looking at it from about an inch away. The image size was 2880x1920, so it was a 5.5MP photo. I don't think I'd want to go any less than that for a photo that I was hanging on my wall. Although, I do have a 20x30 on canvas that was given to me as a gift that came from a file that was barely 1MP. The texture of the canvas actually helps really hide the true quality of the image and it looks pretty decent. I imagine if it were printed on photo paper it would look pretty bad though. Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]

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