Printing your portrait. At home, at a pharmacy or at a photo lab.

An example portrait of an old black Labrador in a white mat and a wooden frame on a sideboard — Studio sample, printed at 8 × 10 in and framed.

Your file: a JPEG, 3712 × 4608 pixels, sRGB color, set to 300 dpi. It's the full-size file from your order page, not the preview.

Sizes

Size	How it prints	Why
4 × 5 in, 8 × 10 in	Very sharp	about 460 pixels per inch at 8 × 10
12 × 15 in	Sharp	about 300 pixels per inch
16 × 20 in	Good at a normal viewing distance	about 230 pixels per inch
11 × 14 in	Sharp, with a thin strip trimmed from the sides	the shape is slightly narrower than 4:5
5 × 7 in, 4 × 6 in	Fine, but more of the sides is trimmed	choose "fit" with a white border to keep the whole picture

Labs usually suggest 300 pixels per inch for the sharpest prints, and say lower works well for bigger prints seen from a few steps away.

Where to print

Any photo counter or online lab that prints from a digital file. For example, Walgreens prints 8 × 10 photos and 11 × 14 or 16 × 20 posters, and many stores have them ready in about an hour.

Tip: if the order form asks, choose the 8 × 10 or 4 × 5 shape so nothing important is cut off.

We don't sell prints or frames.

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