How Do You Print?

We've done this poll a few times, but it's time to do it again. How does everyone here get prints made?

Printing Quick Poll >>

Feel free to add comments or elaborate here. I'm curious as to how our printing habits have changed over the past few years. For instance, I hardly print anything anymore. Almost everything goes straight to the Web. I care little about prints for myself. I pretty much only have prints made if someone pays me for a print.

How about you? How do you print and how much do you print?

Interesting results! I'm suprised how many people use web services as opposed to a local lab. Why not support the local business?

I use a local pro lab that allows me to download pictures to them. Then I just pick them up on the way home. It usually takes about two days unless I call and ask for a rush.

I'm like you, I pretty much don't print at home anymore. The cost is high and I can't the results I want out of my printer consistantly even with a calibrated monitor and paper profiles. The same "troubled" images print fine at the lab....

I've thought of getting a new printer, but test results of my "troubled" images through friends' printers, while better than my current epson, aren't at the labs level. Plus, $500 is the starting price for a tabloid printer. This price, not including consumables, will make many a print at the lab.

Mike

Local pro lab that is also online. They used to be quite close to me but now that they moved so I never stop in anymore as they offer free shipping for all their prints. They do a great job and the work flow is nice and easy.

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Originally Posted by darkman

Interesting results! I'm suprised how many people use web services as opposed to a local lab. Why not support the local business?

I use a local pro lab that allows me to download pictures to them. Then I just pick them up on the way home. It usually takes about two days unless I call and ask for a rush.

I'm like you, I pretty much don't print at home anymore. The cost is high and I can't the results I want out of my printer consistantly even with a calibrated monitor and paper profiles. The same "troubled" images print fine at the lab....

I've thought of getting a new printer, but test results of my "troubled" images through friends' printers, while better than my current epson, aren't at the labs level. Plus, $500 is the starting price for a tabloid printer. This price, not including consumables, will make many a print at the lab.

Mike

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My local lab closed up, my local options otherwise are walgreens, walmart, or target. Otherwise I have to drive 45 minutes to get to a real lab. So for me online printing services are the way to go. In the past I have used Ofoto and shutterfly, but I recently tried Mpix, and they will be doing all of my printing from now on.

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Originally Posted by Bashiba

My local lab closed up, my local options otherwise are walgreens, walmart, or target. Otherwise I have to drive 45 minutes to get to a real lab. So for me online printing services are the way to go. In the past I have used Ofoto and shutterfly, but I recently tried Mpix, and they will be doing all of my printing from now on.

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That's unfortunate. The lab I use will catch potential mistakes. For example, if I print on a paper I usually don't use. They'll call me up just to make sure it's what I really wanted. It's always nice.

Plus, if there's a problem when I pick up prints they can fix it or reprint it for me while I wait. It happened once. I had selected two prints but they only printed one. They reprinted two 11x17s for me to make sure they were identical.


Mike