You don't need to be a fully qualified designer to print out your own professional quality photos at home or at work (although it certainly doesn't hurt). All you need is a computer with basic photo editing software and a decent, well-calibrated printer. Of course, it's also helpful if the photo you want to print was well taken to begin with!
If you are using a PC that runs Windows XP or any subsequent Microsoft operating system, your computer will come preloaded with a basic photo editor. Simply open the photo you wish to print out using "Windows Photo Gallery" (this should be the default program your computer uses to open picture files). From there, click on "fix" and if you're feeling confident, start off by playing with the brightness and contrast settings until you get a bright and crisp photo. If you're less confident about your artistic judgement, you might still find the "auto-adjust" function will make a substantial difference to your print out.
If you are using an Apple computer, the basic photo editor is even more capable of making terrific adjustments to your photos before printing. Simply open the photo you wish to print using "Preview" (again, this should be the default program your computer uses to open picture files), then from the menu at the top of your screen, select "Tools", then select "adjust colour". The "auto-levels" function doesn't make as much of a visible difference as "auto-adjust" function on Windows computers but if you slide the black levels up a bit and slide the grey levels down, you'll often find yourself ending up with much better results than any automatic function can provide.
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