custom printing question

I have recently been asked to do a large portrait to be hung over a mantle. I need some recommendations for labs that do custom digital printing and are able to do large prints. I'm thinking in ranges of 16 x 20 to 30 x 40 with a canvas texture. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks:

What country are you in?

Bonusprint do this in the UK. I have used them for a couple af canvas prints in the past

I'm in the US. I should have mentioned that but thank you.

See my printing FAQ, it links to Elco and tells you how to do large prints. Not sure what "custom digital printing" is, and 40" isn't particularly large.

MPIX.com does canvas wraps... not particularly expensive either. 24x36 for $170US.

WHCC

I'm getting into uncharted waters as far as digital is concerned. Lately I've been asked to do stuff that was no problem for me in the past when I was shooting medium format film cameras. Now that I've gone into digital cameras it's a little harder for me to adapt. I've got the 10D and 20D and I'm not sure what sizes I'll be able to enlarge to. How many megapixels is required for a 40 inch print?

Read my earlier post and look at the FAQ.

Thanks for the info on MPIX.com. I'll take a look at it. I have found one so far called Shutterfly.

tim wrote in post #5345786
Read my earlier post and look at the FAQ.

Tim: I looked at your post on FAQ's and found exactly what I needed to know. That all great information and I thank you for that:

tim wrote in post #5344222
See my printing FAQ, it links to Elco and tells you how to do large prints. Not sure what "custom digital printing" is, and 40" isn't particularly large.

I found the site AMCCOMIS mentioned which is MPIX.com and found that my wording should have been "Digital Imaging Services".

Kamra wrote in post #5345848
Tim: I looked at your post on FAQ's and found exactly what I needed to know. That all great information and I thank you for that:

You're welcome Read all the information in the sticky threads in all the forums here and you'll be an expert in no time

MPIX is the consumer division of Millers... They're a phenomenal lab.