Joel Dorfan wrote:
> I am in SOuth Africa and want to send some digital images to a
> printing service for delivery in London.

> Prices I have seen range from 4p to 10p for a 6x4. Why such a big
> range?
> Can you recommend one over the other (eg. pixdiscount,
> directfoto,photodeal etc.).

> Images are about 3-4 MB from a Canon 350D. I want to send the
> smallest image size for a 6x4 print, by how much must I reduce the
> original image size?
> Thanks

> Joel

> Joel Dorfan wrote:
>> I am in SOuth Africa and want to send some digital images to a
>> printing service for delivery in London.

>> Prices I have seen range from 4p to 10p for a 6x4. Why such a big
>> range?
>> Can you recommend one over the other (eg. pixdiscount,
>> directfoto,photodeal etc.).

>> Images are about 3-4 MB from a Canon 350D. I want to send the
>> smallest image size for a 6x4 print, by how much must I reduce the
>> original image size?
>> Thanks

>> Joel

> I would recommend PhotoBox:

>  http://www.photobox.co.uk/

> but I haven't done a comparison, simply that these people have a good
> reputation and have provided good service.  We've been sending 5 - 8MP
> images, using JPEGs where the file size is typically 1 - 2 MB.

> If you /must/ push the file size further, I would recommend at least 250
> pixels per inch, so a size of 1500 x 1000 pixels, with a JPEG quality of
> 25 in Paint Shop Pro.  Perhaps 200KB per image.

> David