This is from my experience - your software and printer
may work differently....
In my school - we were encouraged to make prints of
images we found (of course added a note for the
source). The admin would print all of the rest of the
staff images on the office Laser printer for them... I
used my HP printer which actually gave me a better
images since I could tweak resolution. The largest I
could go was 12 x 18 (printed on 13 x 19 paper). Most
images from the Internet wouldn't go that large - you
lose important details enlarging - and the image looks
too much like a fuzzy digital image. The only ones it
didn't matter that much are my Keith Haring ones (I
know I had Haring's blessing for all of the images I
printed off). I got some good 13 x 19 Haitian art
images, too (I know with the artists' blessings)
I was lucky - we have an office store that would still
print Xerox copies from books (for teachers). I would
have them enlarge those to 11 x 17 - the images were
much sharper than the computer images. When a print
shop in the district got a color copier - he would
print off my images for only $1.00 each. I would leave
the books with them - then pick all of them up when
they were ready. I can only say what worked for me...
I taught in a school where copyright didn't matter (I
feel for all of you who have such rigid rules). As far
as I know - I am the only teacher who taught kids to
list their image sources in a PowerPoint...I don't
know what the practice is now. Kids couldn't
understand why I was making them write letters - no
one else made them do that.
At one time - the high school even had Napster as an
Icon on the desktops...that is how bad things were
(The new librarian went round and round with the super
to get the icon/short cut removed). I could go on
about my permission to publish kids work story...all I
will say is the admin threw out all of my letters one
summer along with all of my Art Tech
materials....(Bunki - if you see this - that is why
you never got your Picasso poster I promised)
Here is what I would do....Find a site you like - try
printing an image large -- if it works to your liking
- THEN email the site/source for permission to print
the images. I am taking care of NEW links I add - but
will not go back and email ones that are already on
the site. I got permission to link --and permission to
use images in my own way -- and that may not work for
all of you. My way does work for me.
Hope this helps....
Judith
--- PrimaryE@aol.com wrote:
> We have a printer at my school that makes poster
> size prints. We also have a
> laminator. What are some good sites that would
> allow me to print artists'
> artwork? Thanks so much.
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