# Places that will print photos into posters
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 22, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101 "2003-01-22T00:36:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101/1 "2003-01-22T00:36:56Z")
Heylo…
I have a few photos I’d like to blow-up into poster form (about the size of a standard movie poster, or about the size of the ones that are sold at places like WalMart). Where can I get this done? And about how much should it cost?
I think Kinko’s does it, but I’m not sure how much that would be and if there would be a cheaper place.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101/2 "2003-01-22T00:55:55Z")
$9.95 to get it scanned, color oversize print is $10 per sqft, according to my Kinky, erm, I mean Kinko’s wife. Any photoshop format high res scan (600 dpi) .tif .eps you can do at home would save the scanning fee.
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### Author:  [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101/3 "2003-01-22T01:45:36Z")
Look in the the Yellow Pages under Reprographics.
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### Author:  [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101/4 "2003-01-22T02:00:18Z")
> [@](#):
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> $9.95 to get it scanned, color oversize print is $10 per sqft, according to my Kinky, erm, I mean Kinko’s wife. Any photoshop format high res scan (600 dpi) .tif .eps you can do at home would save the scanning fee.
Alrighty… I can definitely scan them. They take .tif and .eps only? And what resolution should I scan them at?
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### Author:  [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101/5 "2003-01-22T02:12:39Z")
[www.ezprints.com](http://www.ezprints.com) will do 20x30 glossy (or matte) prints for $19.95. Not quite the same size as a standard poster (which would be 24x36) but not bad. [ofoto.com](http://ofoto.com) is a few bucks more for the same size. Kinko’s would charge $40 for the same size, at the quoted rate.
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### Author:  [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101/6 "2003-01-22T05:59:10Z")
Costco might do it. But consider the type of quality you want.
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### Author:  [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101/8 "2020-11-09T11:39:07Z")
Just chipping in that there are now also services that will print your custom design on canvas. It’s more expensive than a poster on paper, but still affordable - maybe in the $50-$150 range, depending on exact size. You may want to consider that, I have a print like that on my living room wall and find it way more classy than a poster (even a framed one).
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### Author:  [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101/9 "2020-11-09T12:15:19Z")
Given the original post was 17 years ago, I’d like to think they’ve sorted this out already. You’re a little late.
Although the idea that **civil defence** has been checking everyday for 17 years, hoping someone would respond made me laugh.😀 😀 😀
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### Author:  [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101/10 "2020-11-09T15:20:02Z")
Indeed. I should have checked the date before zombifying this. No idea why it popped up in my feed.
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### Author:  [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-will-print-photos-into-posters/150101/11 "2020-11-09T15:37:54Z")
> [@GMANCANADA](#):
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> Although the idea that **civil defence** has been checking everyday for 17 years, hoping someone would respond made me laugh.
He may have been checking…right up until the day he was banned. 😆