Resize images larger

I am new to photography and I am struggling trying to figure how to resize/crop my images.  I shoot Nikon raw and my images are 300ppi and 4x6 sooc.  I would love to know how to enlarge these images to ex: 8x10 or so without loosing part of my image and mainly my quality.  I will be putting these images on a disc for client to print what they wish.  Do I need to do the resizing for them before putting them on the disc or is it better to resize the images larger in photoshop and let the customer decide if they would like a smaller image when they go to print them.  I really really confused and need help with this asap!  I want happy customers!  Thanks in advance!

gener7 wrote:
A note about the 300 ppi default: It comes from the "Best" setting for an Offset press: 150 lines per inch x 2, not inkjets.
I've been running some workshops recently, and someone from the biggest print company in our area is attending.  It's been useful and I am getting as much from him as he is getting from me.  He was very proud of their new printer with a 1.5 metre web width (I am guessing that is the width of the roll).  He certainly brought me up to speed on a few points about offset, and answered some daft questions.  i.e. Don't you get a lot of waste with such wide stock with some jobs?  The answer was yes they do, but don't worry about it.  They did a twenty foot banner recently and the height was just a third the stock width, so they just throw away the excess!  It sounds crazy, but there you go.  He admitted that he'll sometimes drop in his own images when there is spare capacity on the width, which is nice.  They also supply unstretched canvas prints which would save you a fortune!
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