Looking for good online store for printing canvas/wall art

[AJDZee]

Hoping someone can recommend an online store where you can send in a hi-res pic and they'll frame it or put it on canvas (or both). A buddy of mine just bought a house and want to get him a gift card to somewhere he can do this for some wall art.

I found this site...

http://www.allposters.ca/

anyone tried them? The reviews are very polarized!

Thanks!

[Will]

I'd just use Costco.

[Frankies Girl]

http://www.fedex.com/
FedEx Kinko's offers photo printing and can do the canvas options as well. You could always see if they have a brick and mortar store and call them to see how it works and if they have samples you can go see.

http://www.snapfish.com
Snapfish - I've heard good things about them, but never used them myself.

You can get stuff printed out on good quality paper and take it to get framed cheaply at someplace like Hobby Lobby or Michaels - and check for coupons on the framing too as both run 50% off custom framing (if you want to do some fancy mat setup). If the image is a standard size, you can get some really nice frames for really cheap there too.

[jjquantz]

If you are thinking of relatively large scale and/or non-standard poster size, framing can get expensive.

I've been very happy with a place called Perfect Posters: www.perfectposters.com

You upload your files to their site.  They have some editing capabilities on-line as well.  They ship quickly.  Perfect Posters can mount on Gatorboard (a black foam board) and can also do canvas.

If you do some serious price research please report your results, I would like to know what other options exist.

[Eric]

I've used Canvas World three times in the past to print photos on canvas.  I've been happy with their quality, speed, and communication.  If there's any question about the order, they follow up promptly before printing to make sure you're on the same page.  They always have deals, so either search for a coupon code online or wait a week and they'll have a sale.  Don't pay full listed price.

[AJDZee]

Thanks all for your suggestions, I will check then out!

It's for a friend who's on the other side of the country, he said he needs wall art for his new place. I have no idea what art would look good in his place, but he's also just taken up photography as a hobby so my idea is to just get him a gift card to a store he can send one of his pics to for art.

That being said... I hope he doesn't pay full listed price!

[windawake]

I use Mpix for large wall photos, they turn out great. I also use Alien Skin Blow-Up, a Photoshop plug-in, for making high resolution photo enlargements.

[BayIslandSaver]

2nd Costco...they frequently run a coupon for $10 off in their coupon book.

http://www.costcophotocenter.com/Shop/CanvasPrints#/