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Posted by: 914bub Nov 27 2016, 07:21 AM

Super off topic, but still car related.

I own a bunch of negatives that I'm thinking about making posters or prints of. My background is Volvo repair. I bought a large lot of negatives from a photographer who was employed by Volvo to take their pictures for them from 1968~1973 Some of the negatives show art work ,that was used in accessory brochures but not completed yet. Pretty cool. I own brochures that show the artwork in its final state.

So the question is: does anybody have An online service for printing posters from photo negatives?

Posted by: maddin Nov 27 2016, 08:00 AM

I'd scan them all ,that way you can fix them up digitally and pack the negatives away safely.
I scanned all my old slides and never have to touch them again...

Posted by: bandjoey Nov 27 2016, 09:36 AM

What size film?

Posted by: ripper911 Nov 27 2016, 10:22 AM

Are you thinking about selling them?

What would Volvo say?

Posted by: RickS Nov 28 2016, 12:03 AM

First you will need to digitize the negatives. Amazon has a ton of low cost digitizers. https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=digitize+negatives&tag=mh0b-20&index=aps&hvadid=7006970931&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=t&ref=pd_sl_54spj77mz5_e

Then email to your local FedEx Kinkos or Walmart or Costco and tell them what size you want.

I found this image on the Bird and FedEx Kinkos turned it into a poster whic I had framed.