Batch Resizing Help!!

Hey guys, I'm using CS6 and I'm pretty inexperienced with it at the moment. I'm trying to re-size a large amount of images into sizes that will print 16x20 inch, 4x6 inch, 13x19 inch, a couple other sizes as well. My main question is how would I go about doing this exactly.
I'm looking for a step by step breakdown if possible and I would really appreciate any form of help. Also need to know how to batch them together or make a script (not sure what the proper term is) so that I don't have to go through them all and do it 1 by 1.
Once again, I have large images saved on my computer that i want to re-size to fit paper that i will print and it ranges from 16x20 inch to 4x6 inch. Maintaining image quality is also very important..
Thanks...

The first thing you need to understand is that the sizes you listed beside being diffent in size also have different aspect ratios, Changing an image to print a different size is easy if all the sizes have the same aspect ratio. When you also want to print a image with different aspect ratio you need to choose between cropping and distorting your image into the other aspect ratios. Distort the image using some method to distort your images into an aspect ratio like content aware resize. If you choose to do an automated crop you need to choose the area for the crop like the centers of the image. It is posible to do however you must first deside how you want to handle changing aspect ratios.
16x20 is a 4:5 portrait aspect ratio as is 8x10
4x6 is a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio the same aspect ratio many camera capture same as 6x9, 8x12 etc
13x19 is a 13:19 portrait aspect ratio.
Many image come from cameras in a landscape aspect ratio you can rotate portrat to landscape and handle all image as landacape or program the script to respect the images orintation and change the aspect ratio to match the images orintation.
Make your choices and program the process. Some Photoshop features can be very useful for process like this. Menu File>Automete>Batch or File>Automate>Image Processor Pro. Image Processor pro is a download from Russel Browns web site.
My crafting action package has two Plugin Scripts that can help you automate the center aspect ration crop and set tle print DPI sot the long side ptint the size you want.
Crafting Actions Package UPDATED Aug 14, 2012 Changed AspectRatioSelection Plug-in script added Path support.
Contains
Action Actions Palette Tips.txt
Action Creation Guidelines.txt
Action Dealing with Image Size.txt
Action Enhanced via Scripted Photoshop Functions.txt
CraftedActions.atn Sample Action set includes an example Watermarking action
Sample Actions.txt Photoshop CraftedActions set saved as a text file.
12 Scripts for actions
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