What size paper do you print the most? What's the biggest print you've made?

[ic-racer]

Most of my printing is on 8x10 paper, but most of my LARGE FORMAT negatives are printed on 11x14. I'm limited to 20x24 for a single sheet, due to the size of my press and washer. I have linked multiple sheets together.

[Arne Croell]

The main size is 11x14”; I’d prefer 12x16” if it were easier to get in the US. Some16x20”, some 8x10”, and 20x24” occasionally.

[Greg Y]

Recently lots of 11x14", some 16x20" & occasionally 20"x24"

[Andrew Tymon]

I usually print on 8x10 these days the odd 11x14. When I lived in the U.K. I used a lot of 9.5x12 and 12x16.

[bob carnie]

I have my darkroom set up to do 30 x 40 inch prints with ease.. but IMO the sweet size for prints is 16 x 20.

[Corran]

My favorite print size is 16 x 20 or nearly so, 13.5 x 19.5 if enlarging from a 2:3 ratio negative or (X) x 20 panoramic prints.

Biggest prints are 20 x 24. Still working on larger print size ability.

Print lots at 8x10 size as well though.

[Drew Wiley]

I don't generally like LF enlargements bigger than 4X, which means 30x40 inch is a nice enlargement size for 8x10 color film, though I generally try the image out first in 20x24. In black and white work, I mostly print 16x20, but sometimes 20x24. I'm not into big just for the sake of big.

[Pat Kearns]

I mostly print 11x14 and the biggest is 16x20 due to my darkroom sink.

The biggest print I ever made was when I was in college working on the yearbook staff. I printed some mural size prints about 72x40 inch of some of the basketball games for the sports department. As you said that was long ago and doesn't count.

[Bernice Loui]

In the past when a LOT of printing was done, 11x14, some 8x10 and few 16x20.

They were cut down to fit 5x7_13x18cm during the printing process resulting in the 11x14 paper becoming closer to 10x14 before the prints were dry mounted.

8x10 is a bit small, but makes really good contact prints from 8x10 film. 16x20 when wet can be no fun to handle but manageable with care. 20x24 is a challenge when wet, easy to Krinkle.


Bernice

[Pere Casals]

.. but IMO the sweet size for prints is 16 x 20.

yes...

imho this size imposes a viewing distance, when the viewer is in the comfortable distance then the framing fills the viewer's field of view, it's a way to present the composition like we want.

Of course every size also makes sense for a certain case, but 16 x 20 is a sweet point.


Me, I make 8x10 contacts, and planning to enlarge 16 x 20, no ink, silver RC only, still I don't deserve printing on FB, I guess I'll start with FB soon, at least to get used to toning.