How to Print Reference Photos from FedEx Office and Print

 Painting from a Photo on Your Device
Pros: Your reference photo is handy, right there on your device, and it looks so colorful!

Cons: You will never be able to match the colors on a backlit screen. Your device makes the colors more brilliant and saturated, which is a radically different color environment than a printout. But a good hard copy printout is far closer to what your painting will eventually look like than on a backlit device. So if you want color and value accuracy, then a printout is better.

Below left: Device shows bright colors. Right: A printout is not as colorful but its colors will be truer to what you can achieve with paint.

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 Why is it difficult to get a good quality printout from my printer at home?
​1. Because most printers are not designed for high-quality printing.
​2. Because you're using regular copy paper which will never, ever, produce a good-quality reference photo.

Below left: Regular copy paper. Right: High quality copy paper.

Furthermore,​ you need a high-quality printer to produce high-quality prints. I have a Canon Pixma Pro 100 (around $600). It is outstanding, but I do no recommend getting one unless you are printing lots of professional high-quality photos. Instead, get your prints from FedEx Office and Print.

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High-Quality Prints from FedEx Office and Print

By request: Here are instructions for getting good-quality prints from FedEx Office and Print.
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Step 1: Go to FedEx Office and Print:  
​https://www.office.fedex.com/#!upload/multiple/pid%3D1456773326927/false
​Select:​ Copies & Custom Documents

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Once you make your purchase, you will receive a notice from FedEx Office and Print that they have begun your order. Then later, usually within 24 hours, you will receive a notice that your order is finished and ready for pick up.