Image size for print

What is a safe to resize to for an 8 by 10 print? Currently my files are 5616 by 3744. I have always supplied full and web sized sized (800 on the long side) to our friends. I shoot a dance recital for them and the people who put it on. Not sure if full size is overkill. I doubt anyone prints large than 8 by 10.

300 ppi is optimum, so for a given print size simply multiply the sides by 300. E.g., for 8x10 give 2400 x 3000 pixels. Any more than that will just get tossed.

This applies to commercial labs. For inkjets it's 300 ppi for Canon and HP, 360 ppi for Epson and when printing from Lightroom apparently a slight advantage to 600 and 720 ppi.

Just give some consideration to the "crop" factor -- when you figure in the factor that you want f print size of "8x10" you will need to change your dimensions and will need to change your image dimensions accodrdingly...

tzalman wrote in post #12368663
300 ppi is optimum, so for a given print size simply multiply the sides by 300. E.g., for 8x10 give 2400 x 3000 pixels. Any more than that will just get tossed.

This applies to commercial labs. For inkjets it's 300 ppi for Canon and HP, 360 ppi for Epson and when printing from Lightroom apparently a slight advantage to 600 and 720 ppi.

Really? Hmmm... May have to try this and see what I get.

Jay,
Have a read here:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/in​dex.php?topic=53196.0

Thanks everyone.

tzalman wrote in post #12369357
Jay,
Have a read here:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/in​dex.php?topic=53196.0

Very interesting. Thanks for the link...

Thanks. That link was very informative. I plan on trying this when I get home from work tonight.