mounting 16x20 prints on mat board

[Roger Thoms]

I know it's a custom size, but I use 24x28" mats/mounts for 16x20 prints. They look a whole lot better. That 2" makes a big difference.

Alternatively you could print your image a little smaller on the 16x20 paper to get the wider borders.

Roger

[Richard M. Coda]

Alternatively you could print your image a little smaller on the 16x20 paper to get the wider borders.

Roger

I'd rather print it as large as I can... I dry mount anyway. Sometimes I print 8x10s on 11x14 paper with a full white border as I mat them 14x17. With the larger paper I'd rather get my mileage out of the sheet.

[Eric Brody]

Thanks to all, especially to Vaughan. I do not know why I could not figure this out for myself, but ... oh well. With his idea, the cost to mat a 16x20 print is almost tolerable.

Eric

[Jim Becia]

Same here. 16x20 verticals look okay on 22x28, but IMO, not hortizontals -- so I went with 24x28 for both.

So, out of a 32x40 board I get one 24x28, two 16x20 (this includes the 16x20 hole I cut out of the 24x28), and one 12x16 (for mounting 5x7's). I use the 16x20 for 8x10.

So I get pretty good use out of a 32x40 board.

Vaughn

Vaughn,

I take it one step further. With 3 full size sheets, I can get a double mat for a 24x30 photo, a 19x24 photo, a 16x20 photo and an 11x14 photo. So for about $18, I can get 4 double mats at a cost of about $4.50 each. Of course, this is only relevant if one is printing the different sizes. But this works well for me. Jim