Five PDFs, all stored safely on a blue CD, were sent to staples. With them, went a text file outlining pertinent data such as dimensions and dots per inch. This was many days ago, of course. A saturday, to be exact.
Tuesday, they said, your prints will be done tuesday.

Wednesday, on my return to staples, they were no where to be found. The order itself was missing. Some questioned its very existence.

Eventually, the order was found – but the prints were not, if only for the reason that they had yet to be printed.

Tuesday, after receiving a phone call claiming their completion, I returned to staples. After some initial trouble finding the prints (they were on the printer; I pointed), and requesting that one be reprinted – this time without pieces torn off, ideally – some currency exchanged hands. And I left with 4 prints: two at 18″x24″ and two at 8.5″x11″.

And gave them another PDF to print.

Also printed, but not shown, were some scenes from prawnager – one of which was huge, and also the one being reprinted.

In general, the prints turned out better than I’d expected, though perhaps slightly worse than I’d hoped.

They are darker than I’d have guessed. Next time i’ll have to pre-lighten them. But, I am fairly happy with them.

The moral of the story is that now I have posters to decorate my room.