Originally Posted by
Holice
My concern with having a printer enlarge is that the image might get distored in the repeated enlargments. If 1/2 of the design is used and is originally on an 8x10 paper then it will be about 4" It might take three or four enlargments after that to get the 1/2 to around 12", 13" or 14" needed. As the printed if it is possible.
I can see this being a problem if you're using a
photocopier to enlarge your design, especially if you end up using different copiers, because they all enlarge at slightly different rates. But this should not be an issue if you're simply printing from a file.
Here's how I enlarged my design. I scanned my photo, imported it into EQ, then used the "trace" feature and traced the lines. I saved it onto a thumb drive, took it into Kinko's, and told them how large I wanted it. The Kinko's employee did the computer work needed to get it oriented and sized correctly, and it printed on a printer that uses 36" wide paper on a roll, so it prints however long you need it. The size I requested was easily printed with just one pass, but if I had needed it wider than 36", the employee would have divided the image in half, printed out both halves, and then I would have just taped or glued it together.
The whole project ended up costing me only $10, which I thought very reasonable.