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From: "David J Taylor" <david-tay...@blueyonder.co.not-this-bit.nor-this-part.uk.invalid>
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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