I bought a print of a painting I love in the only format available: A full bleed art show poster on glossy 11"x17" bond. The painting reproduction is approximately the top half of the poster, say 10"x8". I can clearly see the grain of the canvas in the print, and it is entirely possible that the original painting is not much larger than the reprint. So my question is, is it feasible to have this print blown up to twice or thrice it's size without sacrificing quality?
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posted by carsonb
on Dec 10, 2012 -
9 answers
So this has been bothering me for a while: I am living in Germany and had and have some subscriptions to US Magazines (Wired, Locus, NY Times Magazine). Why do they have this strange formatting where they interrupt articles in the middle and continue them on the end of the magazine? No German or other European magazines I came across do this and its uncomfortable to read. Is it some kind of remnant from ancient times, where every section had a predetermined allowance for pages and once an article exceeded its allowance the rest got tucked onto the end?
posted by SweetLiesOfBokonon
on Dec 6, 2012 -
14 answers
Is there easy instructions or a guide that I can use to create a simple image to be used to print a t-shirt? It will be solid color text on a plain background.
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posted by andoatnp
on Nov 26, 2012 -
11 answers
Maybe you know this art print? Years ago I lost a piece of art that I loved but didn't know anything about. It was a sketch of a dry-docked small (single-person? in the perspective it looked to be about a 12-foot craft) sailboat, sail down, in a field of waving shore grass, looking out towards the sea and the back of the boat. The surf was far away, maybe 100 yards or so, and the boat was positioned in the lower right-hand quadrant of the piece though not in the corner. The original medium was was pencil or charcoal on paper. When I see it I think "New England coast" and "loneliness". It was a yellowish-greenish-sepia tone, or perhaps that was just the paper it was litho'd on. I recall it was an official print numbered in pencil on the matting and framed in a low-profile chrome frame. Do you know the work? Can you speculate on the name of the artist? I'd really like to be able to attempt to get another copy.
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posted by carsonb
on Oct 9, 2012 -
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Recently when I print with Firefox, it tries to squeeze everything into 1 page. The text is TINY. I have tried "Print 100%", Scale to Fit, Print regular in preferences (HP Laserjet 4200). I have tried to print with different drivers. Nothing I do save "Print 200+%" works, and that's absolutely absurd to have to do each time. Chrome prints things fine, but I really don't want to have to use a different browser each time... Anybody have an idea? Any info I seem to find on the web comes up with old FF2 and FF3 printing issues. Nothing with a more current version on the mozilla forums.
posted by symbioid
on Jun 20, 2012 -
4 answers
What are the pros and cons of various ways of mounting art to a mounting mat for framing?
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posted by Hither
on Feb 8, 2012 -
3 answers
Need help identifying this
Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor. I think the artist is Kunichika, and the print is set somewhere on the Tôkaidô Road. At the top of the page is a
large box of Japanese text -- I'm hoping someone can read this, or otherwise identify any hints about the location, actor and character. (Two more translatable things inside)
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posted by LobsterMitten
on Jul 30, 2011 -
15 answers
I'm in Osaka, Japan, at a conference at the Rihga Royal NCB. I need to print off a poster this afternoon. Is there a Kinko's-like print shop nearby I could use?
posted by olinerd
on Jun 5, 2011 -
5 answers
Is there a service that will print
and mail my custom christmas cards?
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posted by Joh
on Dec 19, 2010 -
15 answers
How can I print in a different font than the one I see on screen in Firefox, easily and with as few clicks as possible?
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posted by katyggls
on Nov 11, 2010 -
5 answers
Caption on a quirky German or Dutch woodblock print of a cat-- I'm unable to pick apart this script, can you help?
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posted by RedReplicant
on Apr 5, 2010 -
9 answers
Where in Toronto should I take a 19th century print to be matted and framed?
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posted by iona
on May 17, 2009 -
3 answers
I would love a huge poster of something like
this. But I can't find anything like it on sites that sell posters. Does anyone know where I could find very high resolution images of die cores?
posted by SouthCNorthNY
on Mar 25, 2009 -
10 answers
"Dewey Defeats Truman" -- the famous
photo of Truman holding up the newspaper, grinning. I would like a high-quality printable copy of this, preferably a digital copy. Google Images returns only small file sizes. I need this to be as big and crisp as possible.
posted by Greg Nog
on Aug 7, 2007 -
10 answers
Anyone know of any good large-format (5 foot by 3 foot poster) printers in the Portland, Oregon area? I've been burned by the wrath of Kinko's too many times and I need it within 48 hours. I know the right outfit could do it in just a few minutes, and I don't care what it costs.
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posted by mathowie
on May 22, 2007 -
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