You call that a wallet size?

So, I need some input on what on earth is a wallet size picture? I have had

no experience until I started doing Senior pics with wallet size pictures. I

have just started printing pics for the Seniors I have done. I did both at a

local 1-hour printer (that is now to change thanks to another problem). I

gave the one Mom her wallets, which are 4x6 with four prints on them, uncut.

That's a 2x3 :) Gave the other Mom hers, and the next day she said, umm, I

want these reprinted, these are NOT wallets, and she had brought along her

kid's school pics, and we noticed those were bigger. So....I re-printed them,

and ate the few $$ at a local pro lab. I also have an order sent into Mpix,

which will arrive Monday for the other family. The local lab pics are 2 3/8 x

3 3/8's already cut!

So, fine, I 'thought' I had the solution, and didn't have a problem with

paying for them myself. But, the first Mom said, what are you talking about?

There was nothing wrong with them. I went into my wallet, and compared the

new ones with years old wallet pics, only to find that I have wallet pics of

both sizes, and the smaller one 2x3 was of family members that I know was

printed at a pro lab.

As I said, for other quality reasons, I am switching to a pro lab, but what on

earth is wallet size anyway, and is either accepted as such, or only the

bigger size?

Debbie

Wallets come in different sizes.

Instead of giving a descriptive name to what you offer, just list the dimensions. They can't argue with that.

Keith

"Traditional" hand-printed, hand-cut wallets are either 2-1/2x3-1/2 (from a 5x7, 11x14, and larger related sheets) or 2-1/3x3-1/3 (from 8x10), unless they are die-cut or machine cut with a two-edged trimmer, in which case they're smaller by a bit. Baseball cards were standardized at 2.5x3.5 for the same reason.

The problem with machine-print wallets today is that they have to fit on a "page" which can be anything from 3.5x5 to 11x14, and to be economical the labs want them to fit neatly, with no gaps. So the dimensions "float" a bit anyway.

I've always considered (and tell my customers) 2x3 to be mini-wallets, 2-1/4x3-1/4 or 2-1/3x3-1/3 to be standard wallets, and 2-1/2x3-1/2 to be "jumbo" or traditional wallets.

Yikes, who knew something like wallet's could get so complicated!

Thanks!

Debbie