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Digital Print Size Rule-of-Thumb

R0011745 (Medium)(Baffled Driver: I walked past this taxi driver who gave a baffled expression on his face. He would have to pay for the repairs and probably make do with no income until the repair is done. The insurance agent will certainly up the ante for next year's policy)
I have came across a few questions about the largest quality print size of GX200's images. Well, I have done 4R (4 × 6 inch) and 8R (8 × 10 inch) prints. No problem at all for even 8R size. But the question about the largest quality print size baffled me.
After much asking and searching, EUREKA!
For general use, the largest quality R0011007 (Medium)print size for a digital image is calculated as follows: vertical and horizontal pixel counts divided by 200 respectively.
For a critical use of the photo (in a photo contest, exhibition and so on), make the denominator to 250.
Take the GX200's images for example, the largest quality print size for general use is 15 ×20 inches (i.e. 3000 and 4000 divided by 200); for critical use, 12 × 16 inches (i.e. 3000 and 4000 divided by 250).
(Baffled Smoker: This man was so ruminative and probably depressed that I was able to take a number of photos of him without his notice)
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Featured Comments by Wouter: This year I made four A2 prints (60 x 40 cm) [Editor's note: i.e. 24 x 15.8 inches]. Two from the GX100 and the other two from the GX200 and they were all impressive. And I am glad that the customers were impressed too.

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This year I made four A2 prints (60 x 40 cm). Two from the GX100 and the other two from the GX200 and they were all impressive. And I am glad that the customers were impressed too.

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