Mark Laubenheimer wrote:
I'm looking for a printing company that can print a color photo at roughly 44x66 inches. There is a place here in Seattle that quoted me $105 for a print that size, but I'm curious if there are other places (either in Seattle or online) that could do it for cheaper.

I think the Gallery in front of Barn's Dayton Street Studio has that capability.  Might check with Barn.  Fiddler's Green on MM.

Mark Salo wrote:
If my math is correct, 44x66 is 121 times the area of a 4x6.  $105 seems reasonable.

Because 4X6 prints are so common in processing labs of all kinds, they essentially are "mass produced"  Paper and Ink for large format printers can't really be compared to snapshot prints. 

Of course, you could break the images into 121 smaller parts of the images and then mount them all together as a collage.

Light and Lens Studio wrote:

Because 4X6 prints are so common in processing labs of all kinds, they essentially are "mass produced"  Paper and Ink for large format printers can't really be compared to snapshot prints. 

Of course, you could break the images into 121 smaller parts of the images and then mount them all together as a collage.

Yeah, the cost does not scale linearly. The cost difference between drylab 4" and 8" rolls is usually more than double, and the cost difference between 24" and 44" inkjet rolls is usually well under double. There's a lot of pricing shenanigans going on, so you can't always use print area as a pricing guide.

Red Letter's suggestion is probably best - that price would be about equal to our pro price too. It's actually a couple bucks more, but since we aren't set up for mail order work, our shipping is going to be higher. When all is said and done, you're better off going with the guys that do that sort of thing more - as much as I'd love to compete for Mark's business.

Maxximages wrote:
https://www.modelmayhem.com/10720  Blue Cube

30x80 on standard surface 79.99 according to his profile.

QFT. Contact Blue Cube.

Maxximages wrote:
https://www.modelmayhem.com/10720  Blue Cube

30x80 on standard surface 79.99 according to his profile.

I just want to point out that the OP wanted a 44x66, which is a .666 (2:3) aspect ratio, while a 30x80 is a .375 (3:8), so a 30x45 would be the same, but still a lot smaller. (It seems everyone concerned with printing focuses on DPI yet just as critical is understanding cropping, borders, aspect ratio and bleed). I work at a lab, and every day I think I should start a thread about managing the canvas

Edit, Blue offers the 30x45 for $45...

Mark Salo wrote:
If my math is correct, 44x66 is 121 times the area of a 4x6.  $105 seems reasonable.

Light and Lens Studio wrote:
Because 4X6 prints are so common in processing labs of all kinds, they essentially are "mass produced"  Paper and Ink for large format printers can't really be compared to snapshot prints. 

Of course, you could break the images into 121 smaller parts of the images and then mount them all together as a collage.

I wasn't suggesting to paste 121 4x6s together.  That would be silly.

You missed my point. I was contrasting mass produced prints with an expensive custom job.  I explicitly said that $105 seems like a good price.

Mark Laubenheimer wrote:
I'm looking for a printing company that can print a color photo at roughly 44x66 inches. There is a place here in Seattle that quoted me $105 for a print that size, but I'm curious if there are other places (either in Seattle or online) that could do it for cheaper.

Does not seem like a bad price. I had a 30x60 done at Bay Photo, and I believe it was about $90