Where do you get your photo's printed?

[justleesa]

Online? Locally? How are the prices? How's the quality? How fast do they deliver? Is the upload process simple? How would you rate them on a scale of 1-5 (5 being excellent quality and never let me down)?

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[markfm]

RiteAid does them, if there's a local one with photo service:
http://www.riteaid.com/photos/digital_prints.jsf
(What I use for something fast)

 

[azcaddman]

epson 2200 sitting next to my desk... oh, and costco

 

[Cacia]

Where?: Shutterfly online
Price for 8x10/8x12: varies greatly, I do pre-paid volume discount. I order one at a time but get the pricing for mutiples. 3 dollars maybe?
Rating: 9.5
Extra comments: I know they are too expensive probably, but I know they do a great job. recently, they replaced a big order, no questions asked, that got wet in my box while I was away. So...great 100% satisfaction warranty, I never leave my house, cc on file, they do custom cropping and preview. Plus...I love the bright pink and orange polka dotted enevelope that they come in....FAST!

 

[Jcsgt]

Gosh, the bright pink and orange polka dotted enevelope makes it all worth it, for me! LOL!

 

[havnmonkey]

for all the ones I want to throw in my show-off album (show it to co-workers, friends, family, etc.) I drop a CD-RW off at the W-Mart.

~8x10 is about $5-6, depending on sales.
~I usually print at least 50 prints, so individuals prices get cheaper the more you print. ~Quality rivals any photo store; Matte is better than Gloss
~Anything over 48 usually takes 24 hours.
~They can have 3 sizes of posters, very good quality.

7.5 for overall ease and quality.


I will be purchasing my own printer for Artistic prints (flowers, landscape, etc.) so soon that will take care of my larger sizes.

 

[Charlie99]

Matte is better than Gloss

Why? Reflections of room lighting on the glossy photos?

I prefer glossy. I dislike seeing the matte texture when looking closely at photos.

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After going through several rounds of trying to color match my monitor and printer, I had some photos and a MacBeth color chart printed at several drugstores ---- Long's, Walgreen's, CVS, etc. All were 1 hour photo shops with Fuji 350/370 sort of printers. The color matching was pretty good, so I assume that they do some sort of autocalibration frequently.

I only use the home printer for those rare cases where I need something right now.

 

[Jcsgt]

Why? Reflections of room lighting on the glossy photos?

I prefer glossy. I dislike seeing the matte texture when looking closely at photos.

Just depends on the print itself. Some look better with glossy, some with matte.

 

[cdiver2]

Up to 13x19 Epson R1800. Larger a local photog doe's them up to 24x36 (on a Epson)

 

[Cacia]

JB complains cause I always get matte---he likes glossy. (fingerprints?)