Amit superamit Gupta

Engineer Prints - Human-sized prints, $25.

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Tom Masiero
@superamit you guys have been on a roll! A great example of ecommerce done right.
Owen Williams
Woah! This is glorious! I want so many things printed this size!
Amit superamit Gupta
@willimholte Definitely works. We print on a very light stock so you need very little weight to hold these straight. Making them easy to hang was a priority for us.
Amit superamit Gupta
@ecetweets You do need a decent resolution image to print through this which probably helps prevent too many rip-offs from photographers' work happening, but I think it's just as susceptible as any other print service or your own printer. It's a good point though, we'll stay on the lookout to make sure that's not happening.
Amit superamit Gupta
@blendahtom Thanks for the kind words!
Amit superamit Gupta
@ow DOOOO it. :) Let us know if we can help with some freebies for The Next Web office, too. ;-)
Jonathan Howard
AWESOME. I think @ashleylaurel is looking for just this for remodeling her room. I'll send this her way. Might give it a shot for myself too. +1 to the photo collage from Instagram idea from @rrhoover. A 4x4 should hit 1000x1000 easily (photoshop will do for now). I worked on Minted's Art Prints launch so I know how hard it is to get this down to $25 including shipping. Nicely done @superamit! Am I right that this is roughly poster quality paper? (At $25 incl shipping that's totally fine in my eyes) ps. Nice job using a 5' tall person to model ;)
Amit superamit Gupta
Thanks, @staringispolite! It's lightweight paper (20lb, roughly copy machine weight). We decided to make it as thin as possible because a) it's kinda cool and b) it's easier to hang and keep it from curling up. Was definitely a challenge to get the numbers to work out. Especially printing not far from San Francisco! Oh, and I asked Jen her height via HipChat: @superamit: how tall are you? @jenerific: haha @superamit srsly :) Someone on product hunt wants to know. @jenerific: ummm, i don't know @jenerific: 5'6? @jenerific: i think I'm 5'6 or 5'7 So there you go!
Jonathan Howard
Haha nice! I wasn't really asking, just teasing, since the 4 foot poster covered up most of @jenerific :) We had a similar solution to show scale at Minted btw. It's fun, but also simple quickly understandable/useful. Random use case: I used to see a lot of Pinterest posts about how you can make a fancy DIY headboard out of fabric or prints of this size, eg http://www.pinterest.com/pin/515.... The same would apply with your prints! In general it'd be neat if you had Amazon links or similar, to DIY kits for framing it, making a headboard, hanging with just 4 of those metal clips in your ad, etc.
Will Imholte
Alright. Ordered my first copy of my face (to hang in the office, duh). Will report on level of awesomness/how long it stays up. Am expecting high/not long.