How to Make Poster-Sized Photo Prints

Digital technology makes it easy to enlarge your favorite photo to be as large as a poster. Poster size prints can be great for any type of celebration, decoration or simply for memory's sake. They can also be a fun way to embarrass a friend.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Print at Home

1. Choose a picture you want to enlarge to poster size and store it on your computer.
2. Go to a website which allows you to work with posters, like blockposters.com, and upload your picture to the site. Click the continue button. Pictures printed out poster size at home will be tiled by the site, so you can print section by section on your printer.
3. Use the website tools to choose the area of the picture you want to print and the size of your poster. Click the continue button.
4. Download the Portable Document File of your poster, and print it using your home computer using your desired type of paper.
5. Trim the white edges off of each page, and attach the pages together with tape or glue to form a large poster-sized photo.
6. Mount your new extra-large poster on a wall or other area.

Print Online

7. Choose a picture you want to enlarge to poster size and save it on your computer.
8. Access a website that allows you to print photos, like shutterfly.com. Go to their large format print section and select the desired size for your photo. The average poster size in 20x30 inches.
9. Upload your photo to their site, and preview the print to ensure that it is the size and resolution that fits your needs. Continue through the steps and select the shipping option that suits you best.
10. Pay online for your new poster-size print and wait for it to come in the mail.
11. Mount your new poster-sized picture on a wall or other area.

Print at the Store

12. Take the picture that you want poster size to your area photo center.
13. Ask the photo center attendant to enlarge your picture to poster size, or 20x30 inches.
14. Give the attendant your photo and ask when your new poster-size picture will be ready.
15. Return to the photo center. Look at the new print and make sure that it meets your standards. If not, ask the attendant to reprint it.
16. Mount your new poster on a wall or other area.

Tips & Warnings

• Print on glossy paper to make your poster appear higher quality.
• To make the poster stay together better, you can glue each section of the picture to a piece of poster board or cardboard.
• Choose a picture with high resolution if you want your poster to be clear. You can alter the resolution of your picture to give the poster different effects.

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