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Poster Print on Demand

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A few questions!
Hi folks. Stumbled upon PrintShrimp after researching POD services. Long story short, Gelato has screwed me over royally with 5 orders in the past 2 weeks. Orders have either gone missing, been damaged, or the quality sucked. One was sat “in production” for almost a fortnight. It’s been a nightmare. They also use EVRI for UK delivery. The prices are amazing, but the consistency is diabolical. Any way, I am going to try PrintShrimp but just need clarity on 2 things: A. Why isn’t there a preview and or a fit/fill canvas page? I have tested Artelo and Papello (not financially viable for me unless I increase my prices substantially), and they have this as standard. As do the majority of other POD services. IMO this needs to be implemented. B. When will the framed options be available? I’m having a very busy time and I need to plan ahead. There’s no point in me uploading over 200 prints and linking my Etsy shop if this isn’t something that will be available for months. Ideally I don’t want to arse around using multiple PODs, one for UK prints, one for framed orders etc. I’d much rather use PS to fulfil EVERYTHING if all goes well! Thanks in advance.
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@Jayne Mcauley I don’t doubt that your orders came out fine, but that doesn’t make previews unnecessary. They’re there for edge cases, odd ratios, client files, automatic scaling where you don’t want to find out after it’s printed. It’s just a safety check. If previews weren’t needed, every POD I’ve used over the past 6-7 years wouldn’t have them built into their workflow.
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@Jayne Mcauley You can check some things in PS etc, but the preview shows how the printer’s system actually interprets your file, its templates, bleed, and auto-scaling rules. That part varies between PODs and can’t be perfectly replicated on your end. It’s just a final safety check to make sure the machine ready output matches what you expect.
Locating Prints
Hello! First time trying this... Where do people normally find prints from please to upload onto Etsy and how do you make sure the image is of good quality - the images I have been uploading the quality is really blurry! Thanks
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Ah yes, the ancient Etsy tradition: find a random image on the internet, right-click, upload, and voilà! art business.
File upload limit
That’s 2 orders I’ve tried to put through today that I’ve had to abandon and go with another POD because both were over 50MB (52MB), even though the upload limit is 75MB. Can you please advise what the issue is here? Thanks!
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@Steve Kayser Yup, I come from a tech background also. Honestly? Don’t hold your breath mate. I’ve just resigned myself to downscaling.
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@Max Murray I will try this when I’m back home. I was told it was 100% an issue on my end despite stating I had tried every conceivable option. Hopefully this will work.
Mid Journey Art Quality
I’ve created images in midjourney and upscale creatively before downloading them, when I preview the image it says it has 72DPI which I don’t believe is enough for printing although Tom has said in his videos that if you upscale creatively it will be good enough quality for resizing to any size. Do I need to do anything else to the image or is it actually ok for resizing and printing as it is?
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@Charlotte Pardy ProCreate and Pixelmator Pro.
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@Tracey Roga You’re overthinking this, Tracey 😆 Just upscale from Midjourney, then make sure your final export is already the exact size you need for print. You can use Canva to resize if you want, just download as a high quality PNG or JPG and you’re good. As long as the file is big enough and sharp, you’re fine! 👍
A0 Sharpness
Hi, I use midjourney to make my ai posters. Midjourney can make the images at the A,2,3,4,5 aspect ratio, but cant make the images at the A0 size. Meaning in order to offer A0 as a poster size option i have to upscale, the midjourney image which is A2 etc size. but upscaling means a reduction in quality and sharpness. I would prefer to make A0 midjourney image and then downscale from there, but midjourney wont let me make an A0 size image. is this something someone can help with ? How does everyone else make A0 and A1 size posters while maintaining good quality ?
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That’s totally normal with Midjourney. It has a size limit, so you’ll never get a true native A0 file straight from it. Pretty much everyone selling A0 and A1 posters is upscaling, so you’re not doing anything wrong. The trick is using a good AI upscaler (Topaz, Photoshop Super Resolution, etc). If you just resize normally, it’ll go soft, but AI upscaling keeps things sharp. So your workflow is basically the standard one: generate smaller, upscale. Sadly there’s no way to force Midjourney to render true A0, this is just the workaround people use.
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Joe Caffrey
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