![]() ![]() Epson Natural Hot Press, a non-coated matte paper, and Palo Duro Baryta Fiber 300 are excellent choices for older prints as they tend to mimic papers from the past. Exhibition Fiber, a deluxe soft gloss paper with a light texture is available at additional cost. We usually recommend a Luster, Semi-matte or Matte paper surface. ![]() Quick Service does not allow for any real restoration. This often includes tone correction, minor retouching, color correction, and/or conversion to Black and White and possibly a mono tone or duotone conversion. If not in too bad a shape, you may not need our photo restoration services. Regular Service does allow us a small amount of time for restoration. Take a magnifier to the original and see what is really there! That's what we do. General rule of thumb, if a good scan is available, we usually can enlarge the photo to 2x the original size, sometime a little more. ![]() In the order form, you may have to select the smallest available size and then in the comments, tell us the final image size you wish. We can print any size you want (up to our print size limit). We have found the quality of these scans to be so poor, we almost will always say it is not worth the money for us to restore or print. Please do this as 30% of the time, we need people to rescan the image, or send it to us.Įven if you have an app. You need to get the documentation and review how to scan the photograph. Place into a ziplock bag with corrugated cardboard on both sides.īut, you may have a scanner or an all-in-one printer at home or in your office. If shipping to us, please remove the photo out of any frames. And while there is a chance a shipment may get lost, it is a rare thing. We realize you may have apprehensions on sending your precious photos to us. See our additional photo printing services. In other words, the photo, negative or slide needs to be scanned. Photos earlier than the eighties are already in jeopardy and you may wish to review our photo restoration services. (Our prints are pigment based and do not fade as quickly). It is important to note that many old color photos are printed with dyes which fade over a few decades. We can't tell you how many times people have been amazed and how good we feel when their (and our) eyes get a bit watery when seeing what we've done. We know how important these pictures are. Printing precious old photographs is a special reward for us. ![]()
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