Question about large prints

I shot a D20 and don't usually print anything but my Wife wants some large prints for Christmas...say 13x19 large! My Canon S9000 can do it but I've never tried.

Will I need to resample (upsize) in PS to get there? BTW, with is the largest print that the D20 can product and still expect good quality without upsizing?

Thanks

Sorry, I mean 20D

I've done 30x20 inch prints but that's from a professional printer. Try it and see! Print a crop smaller first to test the quality if you like.

I use Qimage that automatically resamples the image to the printer requirements instead of having to first resize in PS.

I just had two 20x30's printed for a customer at a professional print shop. They were both done in matte and were friggin awesome!!!

He said he could do them up to a 4footx6foot if wanted. He did some playing with them just to see how they would come out.

Hope that helps

20D files can be made into billboards, you just can't stand too close to them.

Yeah thats what my printer said too. But a 4'x6' would be viewable. Any bigger they print gets "pixally" (if thats a word)

i've had some images from my sony P200 printed at 30x20...no loss of quality.

I believe the word is pixilated (when you can see the pixels in the print.)
Not too many get that close to a billboard though, so it works.

For large prints - make sure that the correct CMYK Color Correction [Specific for the printer type used] is applied !

Check with the lab first. CMYK is usually only for commercial large volume run printers. (Like for 10,000 brochures)

Thanks everyone for the helpful info. I got a 20x30 print of a dinosur back from Shutterfly to give my 3 yr old g-son, but now my wife thanks I should wait until he's a little older before giving to him because it looks so life-like it might scare him.

I also use Qimage but never tried to do a 13x19 at home. Guess I'll give it a try like ScottE said and just let Qimage automatically do the resampling or what ever it does.

Sagebrush

I also have a 20D and use Qimage to print 16x20 at home, results are terrific. Just this week had 2 prints done by a professional lab at 33x44 on canvas and again, awesome!

I weekly have 24x36 posters made for customers and they come out fine. I have a i9900 and it prints beautiful 13x19's.. 20D works really well

I do 13x19 on my S9000 with images from my 20d without qimage. They look great! I reccomend some good photo paper. My favorites are Canon Pro or Ilford Smooth Pearl. It is a little pricy, but worth it.

Rich