System and method for recommending and/or selecting media for printing a digital image

A computer system for recommending a size of substrate to be used in conjunction with a digital image to form a print product, the system comprising:

• a) a computer memory having a substrate recommender module and a list of available substrates stored therein;
• b) a processor configured for being used in conjunction with the substrate recommender module to:
• (i) analyze a digital image to identify at least one image characteristic included in the digital image;
• (ii) automatically select a size of substrate to be used to form a print product based on the identified at least one image characteristic;
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• (iii) automatically identify at least one type of substrate from the list of available substrates based on the selected at least one size of substrate;
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• c) a user interface configured for displaying the identified at least one type of substrate corresponding to the selected size of substrate.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having thereon computer executable instructions for execution in a computing environment for recommending a size of substrate to be used in conjunction with a digital image to form a print product, the method comprising:

• a) providing a digital image;
• b) providing a list of available substrates stored in a memory;
• c) utilizing a processor, analyzing the digital image to identify at least one image characteristic included in the digital image;
• d) utilizing the processor, automatically selecting a size of substrate to be used to form a print product based on the identified at least one image characteristic;
• e) automatically identifying at least one type of substrate from the list of available substrates utilizing the processor based on the selected at least one size of substrate;
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• f) displaying the identified at least one type of substrate corresponding to the selected size of substrate on a display.