Print size
Nov 8, 2018 07:35:41 #
On a standard 17x22 photo paper, what is the standard printing size . 16x20 actual print size ??
Nov 8, 2018 08:21:17 #
Nov 8, 2018 08:43:46 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
Its your choice! It would be mine when I finally buy that same printer. Main reason is for me, that picture frame companies have not gotten together the color photo printers. 13 inch printers...can you find many picture frames working with that ratio. Why did printer companies not work with standard photo sizes 8x10 vs 8.5x11, 13x19 vs 11x14....... ?
Nov 8, 2018 09:01:47 #
fetzler
Loc: North West PA
There companies that will make a frame of any size for you. One is: https://www.frameiteasy.com/. If you use a mat your picture can be in any size frame greater that the art work. It is best to leave a boarder in the print for matting purpose.
It is possible to add a border on the print paper so that your photo is on a standard size piece of paper. Adoramapix will do this for you but you can do it in photoshop and other programs.
It is possible to add a border on the print paper so that your photo is on a standard size piece of paper. Adoramapix will do this for you but you can do it in photoshop and other programs.
Nov 8, 2018 09:04:36 #
petercbrandt wrote:
Its your choice! It would be mine when I finally buy that same printer. Main reason is for me, that picture frame companies have not gotten together the color photo printers. 13 inch printers...can you find many picture frames working with that ratio. Why did printer companies not work with standard photo sizes 8x10 vs 8.5x11, 13x19 vs 11x14....... ?
Who knows...
Now we just need the matte board people to get on the wagon!
Nov 8, 2018 09:05:25 #
When making my own frames and cutting my own mats I print up to 17 x 22. If buying frames and mats I let them dictate.
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Nov 8, 2018 13:45:39 #
Since 14 x 16 opening on a 20 x 24 mat is a standard, I generally print 12.5 x 15.5, which is the same ratio at 8x10, and leaves white space since that is what art prints require.
Nov 8, 2018 13:47:41 #
truetexan wrote:
On a standard 17x22 photo paper, what is the standard printing size . 16x20 actual print size ??
If your printer allows it, you can print borderless, although I would not advise it. Printed photographs look better with a white border.
Nov 8, 2018 14:50:02 #
artBob wrote:
Since 14 x 16 opening on a 20 x 24 mat is a standard, I generally print 12.5 x 15.5, which is the same ratio at 8x10, and leaves white space since that is what art prints require.
Sure you don't mean 16x20 opening?
Nov 8, 2018 15:21:47 #
truetexan wrote:
On a standard 17x22 photo paper, what is the standard printing size . 16x20 actual print size ??
The paper may be larger than the actual print size you desire, thus it varies. If you want a 16 x 20 print than using paper that is sized 17 x 22 would be fine, assuming you could find that size paper from a paper company and your printer could print to that size. There are a lot of variables in printing. You need to consider if you are going to mat the print, which I would recommend and perhaps if you were going to leave a small white space between the print end and the mat itself and what size frame you wanted to use. So, lots of choices. I print most of my own work, generally no larger than 10 x 15 or 12 x 18, digital sizing, and would put the 10 x 15 matted into a 16 x 20 frame and the 12 x 18 matted into an 18 x 24 frame. I use paper from Epson and Red River and use both 11 x 17 and 13 x 19 sizes. There are many other choices, too, based on what you want. Determine your goal and work out from that point to find out how to achieve it.
Nov 9, 2018 05:24:24 #
Nov 9, 2018 09:08:58 #
petercbrandt wrote:
Its your choice! It would be mine when I finally buy that same printer. Main reason is for me, that picture frame companies have not gotten together the color photo printers. 13 inch printers...can you find many picture frames working with that ratio. Why did printer companies not work with standard photo sizes 8x10 vs 8.5x11, 13x19 vs 11x14....... ?
My 13 x 19 prints fit beautifully into 18x24" frames that are readily available. However, I actually prefer to make frames from stock molding, so the size really doesn't matter.
Nov 9, 2018 12:27:49 #
truetexan wrote:
On a standard 17x22 photo paper, what is the standard printing size . 16x20 actual print size ??
On my Epson P800, the picture size can be 17X22 or smaller if you cropped the negative.
Nov 9, 2018 12:37:50 #
Print sizes, paper sizes and frames all evolved and have morphed over time, but photo paper and frame manufacturers still live in a world in which size was determined either by available canvas sizes for painters and then by standard print sizes for film. They have not adjusted their products to exactly fit the native aspect ratio of modern digital sensors. Nothing new here. For the last hundred years, the number of hot dogs and the number of buns in their respective packages have never matched, which is weird considering their specific relationship to each other. One more for you, I'm right handed, so I hold my measuring cup in my left hand and fill it. The problem is that if I hold the cup by the handle, I'm looking at the metric side and the recipe calls for 1 1/3 cups. What's also weird is the cup is the Pyrex brand, an American company! Go figure.
Nov 9, 2018 13:18:40 #
Longshadow wrote:
Sure you don't mean 16x20 opening?
https://www.matboardplus.com/standard/standard-mats/20x24-standard-single-mat-board/
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