Comments on: How To Print iPhone Photos (And How Big You Can Print Them)

By: drjoanny

drjoanny — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:19:00 +0000

Excellent article! Thanks so much for ALL this information! You explained DPI perfectly because I need to use portraits of people for printing on book covers!

By: Tricia Sutton

Tricia Sutton — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 18:48:00 +0000

according to the charts above I should be able to make canvas prints of my paintings. Yet I joined Red Bubble just for that reason and they say phone pics are not accepted for prints bigger than a sticker. I asked around to other art printing communities and they all agree that phone pics are unacceptable. I have an Iphone 6s and have taken pics of every painting I did on them. And then I varnished them (you shouldn’t photograph a varnished painting due to glare). I also sold most of them and would like to start selling prints. It’s discouraging to find out I can’t sell prints of any of my past artwork due to using an Iphone. Yet you mention you sell framed prints at art shows. How big? bigger than a sticker as that’s the max size these prints companies will allow.

PS. the link to Artwork Avenue goes to related links as if they are out of business

By: Frangie W

Frangie W — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:00:00 +0000

Jill:
I have a 35mm w/Film. If I have it developed at Walgreens, walmart, CVS.
the photo’s look a little washed out. if I have them developed at a genuine camera store, the photos come out very clear and with great color.
Is this true with Digital photos ?
Thank you
frankie

By: Arline Vinson

Arline Vinson — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:49:00 +0000

Truly appreciate this information. I’ve not had any photos printed. I’m glad to know my 6s+ will provide nice prints. Thank you.

By: Simeon Nartoomid

Simeon Nartoomid — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:02:00 +0000

In reply to PeticaW. The 72dpi you see in PS and the size 43cm x 43cm are relative. If you change it to 300dpi then the size will become much smaller. With an image as large as 43cm PS is scaling it down for display on-screen, you can scale it up. In the end what matters is what settings you use to print the photo, and yes, 300dpi is what you want. On your 43cm square @ 72dpi photo that would result in a photo print 10.3cm square on paper.

By: Em Kay

Em Kay — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 11:45:00 +0000

My photos are very blurry even at 4×6. DPI is only 72; anything I can do to make them more printable? The image info in Irfanview says print size from DPI is 86.4 x 115.1 cm; 34.00 x 45.33 inches. Size of the image is 2448 x 3264 pixels. Anything i can do to get decent small prints out of these images? They’re from an iPhone 5 if that makes a difference.

By: N Marks

N Marks — Fri, 26 May 2017 19:17:00 +0000

This is great. Question please: We are running a contest at work and winners will have their work hung in the building. We were thinking of photos as large as 16 x 20 or 20 x 30. Most people will be using Iphones to take the photos. Is there any way an Iphone photo can be printed that large? And would it help or hurt if we considered printing them on metal vs conventional framing. Thanks!

By: Stacy

Stacy — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:21:00 +0000

Great article. Thank you!

By: Kate Wesson

Kate Wesson — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:16:00 +0000

In reply to geraldcarter08. Hi, all you need to do is ensure you have 300ppi selected when you go to print the image.

By: geraldcarter08

geraldcarter08 — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 23:20:00 +0000

I need to have 300dpi print quality. I have an iPhone 6 (8 megapixel) – I also keep seeing 72ppi in photoshop. What process should I use to take photos with my iPhone and maintain 300ppi professional quality?