Printing your own Memorial Tribute Portraits.
Steel City Portraits provide our portraits two ways, we print them out and mail them with or without a frame, or we can send them to you as a digital format which you can print yourself or even have it printed at a Kinko's and some UPS printing stores. Even though we recommend having us print them, below are some requirements needed in order to print yourself.
Printing Requirements
Our portraits are larger then normal pictures, so your printer must be able to print in wide format with at least 11" or 16" width. We also suggest you have some kind of printing software such as AXIS which allows you to change size, dpi, etc.
A 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi printer will insure your best prints, also we recommend using a flat matte paper sometimes called poster matte of a good weight to reduce any glare that is caused by regular photo paper.
If your printer meets these above requirements then we will be glad to ship your photo as a digital format.
Funeral Directors
If you would like to contact us about setting you up for in house printing please contact us and we can help install and set your office up to receive digital format for viewing services and or resale.
Printers We Recommend
Here are a few printers we recommend to our clients.
Epson Stylus Pro 3880 Inkjet Printer (CA61201-VM)
Epson C11C655001 Stylus Photo 1400 Large Format Photo Printer
There is a big difference in price between to the printers however getting the larger one does allow you to print both sizes and after printing a few portraits out you will make up for the price very quickly. More information about these two printers can be found on the epson website or you can give us a call at 412-879-0098