Touch the screen to start. The main pages are available in six languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese

Use the electronic keyboard to to type in the first few letters of a sitter's or artist's name. Select from the list of matches

View the matches from a series of thumbnails

Select any image of interest, and then select print size and quantity

Add to and review your shopping basket and then print out labels and hand over to Shop staff to print out your prints

The Portrait Printer: Faces at your fingertips

Most museums and galleries in the UK now sell images of their most popular items on everything from postcards to fridge magnets. But what if the picture you're looking for isn't available in the range on offer? Visitors to the National Portrait Gallery are now able to access its huge collection of over 25,000 images via the Portrait Printer.

Launched in the National Portrait Gallery shop in 1998, the Portrait Printer was the first service of its kind to be offered with direct access for the public anywhere in the world. Made possible by funding from The Observer, the Portrait Printer is based on Fuji Film's Pictrography 4000 with an interface designed by e-consultants, The Hub. This combination of innovative digital technology produces truly spectacular results.

With a vast collection of images to choose from you can receive a superb photographic print in just seconds. The Portrait Printer uses an incredible 16.7 million colour shades to achieve a beautifully rich and detailed picture and, unlike a postcard or poster, you are not limited to the range carried by a shop or gallery as each print is prepared to order.

Four sizes of print are on sale in the National Portrait Gallery Shop

Small (10x6inch) £5.50
Standard (10x8inch.) £8.50
Large (10x12inch) £12.50
Super (12.4x18.3inch) £17.50

Sizes stated are paper size only. Image size approximately 1/2 inch smaller.

New - Search the collection and order portrait prints on-line 

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