in news:3be82921@news.povray.org Hershel Robinson wrote:


> 1 Is this a sound idea?

Depends on your budget, prints this size won't be cheap.
 
> 2 Anyone know of a photo studio near Detroit, Michigan (or anywhere
> else in the US for that matter) which could do such a thing?

You'll need to find a pro photolab that can print digital images to 
photo negative and does manual printing of the poster. Here are a few 
labs mentioned, I have no idea what they can do, as I live on the other 
side of the globe.
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000vJf
 
> 3 Any advice as to how to render?  The image I have looks great on
> the screen, but will it print more or less the same?
 
> 4 Any advice as to how to send the thing?

First find a lab, discuss with them what is needed. Resolution, gamma, 
file type and how to supply the file. Then render it to that format 
with the best possible anti-aliasing setting.


An alternative may be looking for a 'small' (silk-screen)printshop that 
works for the advertisement industry. They make the big stickers on the 
sidepanels of trucks an busses etc. They generaly have big high-res 
inkjetprinters to print on vinyl or canvas.

Ingo

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