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Andrew Binkley , Nov 07, 2007; 11:26 a.m.  I am wanting to make
large scale, archival, museum quality art prints of my digital
photographs. My thoughts are to make prints ranging from 3 feet
square to 9 feet square. What is the largest size I can do and
still maintain the quality desired? What are the pros and cons
of the various printing methods such as digital c-print (if can
do 9 feet square), ink jet, light jet and so on? And finally
what sort of costs can I expect for the printing?   Walt
Flanagan , Nov 07, 2007; 12:07 p.m.  It all depends on what your
definition of "quality desired" is. What's the viewing distance?
What's the original resolution of the file? Was the source a 5
megapixel point an