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Is it acceptable to print your own passport pics on an inkjet printer onto decent photo paper in good quatlity? (supposedly non-fade inks too).

I know they say on passport forms that "photos printed at home are not likely to be of an acceptable quality".

Anyone tried this?

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I have been having fun trying to do immigration pic`s for the kids, just worked out the sizes to print on a "photo-me" printer in a shopping arcade as the print actual size differs from my colour laser.

Then the PC blew up & I can`t get the option back that shows me the actual photo dimensions while dragging the size change on the software I was using.

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This item was edited on Thursday, 1st March 2007, 12:55

Hi Alfie - any modern inkjet is going to be capable of a quality sufficient for a passport photo so as long as you have a high-res jpeg that meets their requirements in terms of size, background etc you should be ok.

If you get a passport application pack there should be an illustrated guide to the do`s and don`t`s for photos - I found the biggest problem was getting the photo accepted by the post office - they put it into a grid and if your head is in any way outside the guidelines they reject it.

When I did this last year I just pasted the image into a word file and used the on-screen ruler marks to resize it to somewher near the correct size then did a test print and made adjustments.

Got my new passport about 10 days after posting the application.

Yeah cheers, got all the info about what`s acceptable - it just seemed to suggest that printing your own would not be allowed although quality and longevity should easily be as good as using photo booth pics.

I`ve got a printer that automatically produces passport sized photos, so the set up is a piece of weewee. Thanks.

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Just make sure your not smiling on your photo!? The missus had hers rejected because she had the littlest of all smiles so had to fork out another £4 for another set. Judging by that you may have your home printed ones rejected...what with the magic of PhotoShop etc...!!




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I`ve got the detailed guidelines about what`s acceptable and what isn`t. That`s the beauty of doing the pics yerself - you can always just re-shoot them.

BTW, it`s not actually for me - it`s for me mum. I also used to be a commercial photographer, so I can generally remember not to stick me thumb over the lens, etc. :D

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Some photo processing will do guaranteed passport standard photos and only charge the same as those photo-booths. They just re-shoot the pcitures until their software say they are OK. We use these and mine, OH or two kids went through fine