How can I get panoramic pictures printed?

July 7, 2006 4:14 AM

Are there any good services in the UK that can print digital photos which are panoramic?

I've got a Canon IXUS and have several panoramic shots (ie. multiple photos which are then stiched together to make one long seamless picture) which I'd really like to get printed, mounted and framed.

The mounting and framing isn't a problem but all the photo printing sites i've visited can only print standard sizes (such as 6x4 and varying sizes larger than that). None of them seem to be able to print something that could be significantly wider than it is high.

Does anyone have any recommendations on places that can do this? It can be a shop or an online store but should be based in the UK. Good quality at a good price is a given.

posted by mr_silver to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

We use Photobox and have been happy with their services. They claim to do panoramics, but I have no experience of the quality. I assume it would be similarly acceptable.
posted by sagwalla at 4:22 AM on July 7, 2006

I can second Photobox for providing amazing prints, but also have no experience of their panoramic abilities. That said, it's all the same process but on different stock with these big places, so..
posted by wackybrit at 10:53 AM on July 7, 2006

What I do for sizes up to about 32" wide (8100 pixels) is send them off to a normal printer and get 32x20" sheets printed with multiple images on each.

If you google for large format printing, another good option is Epson Ultrachrome, a long-life inkjet process usually available on 1.1m roll paper instead of cut-sheet.
posted by polyglot at 9:41 PM on July 7, 2006