Hi folks

Can anyone recommend good sites for getting digital photos printed please?

This will be the first time I've got a batch of photos into hard copy so would appreciate any recommendations.

Thank you

Mo

Our local photo shop has a machine that can print directly from a memory card or CD ROM. They're quite common these days, some Boots stores have Kodak photo kiosks that print from the card.

I'd also suggest the kodak kiosks in Boots stores. I had to use one a few weeks ago and found it reasonably intuitive. The same can't be said of the person in front of me who was having difficulty.

It's probably best to try one of these before going to a website so you have some idea of the quality you'll get.

I printed a 5MP image as an 8x6 print and it was perfect. I attribute that to the camera more than the photographer :P

I've used the Sony Print Service before, only because I had a voucher to print a load for free and the quality is fine.

I think any respectable photographic company offering an online service will be fine - too much of a reputation to risk if they end up being cowboys

Not sure on pricing though, I think SPS is a little pricier than others unless you take advantage of a special offer or discount vouchers or something

Many thanks - I hadn't thought of the Boots option. Unfortunately our local photographic shop seems to be very expensive, compared to www.pixdiscount for example, which someone else mentioned (though not necessarily recommended).

I like the idea of doing a "test benchmark" for cost:quality for this first lot by perhaps trying a small quantity on each of the options. Have to work out the numbers methinks to make sure I'm not gonna have to remortgage

Ta

Mo

If you're going to be printing hundreds of photos, you may be better off financially in buying a small but decent photo printer like an epson R200 or Canon IP3000. You can get high quality ink cartridges from other vendors than the manufacturer and decent cheap paper online.

It takes time and a little effort to set up but last time I did the sums, it ended up being cheaper doing it yourself, assuming you print enough to make the printer purchase viable.

Just another thought really

Thanks tfboy

It was the thread on printers that prompted me to post this before I rushed out and impulse-bought something that might become another expensive ornament or consumables drain, so am following responses on that thread very closely also.

The "hundreds" question is a very good one, since it's not a case of using up a 24-print film and that's it, but of clicking away to one's heart's content and then spending hours sifting through them A certain amount of self discipline is needed with digital cameras - quality of pictures rather than quantity of snaps.

It's lovely to have the mix of pix on the PC and having the capability of printing though, just a case of getting to grips with the balance between the two.

Sorry, rambling now. Just though I'd say that before someone else reminded me.

Mo

Used to use Jessops before I bought my Epson R300 printer (not quite as far to drive to print something out now ) and was very happy with their service and prices. Our local Tesco also advertise photo development but I've never used them

There are also online places you can send photos and they post you back a set of prints. PhotoBox is one of them I think, but again, I've never used them

Chris

Thanks tfboy

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The "hundreds" question is a very good one, since it's not a case of using up a 24-print film and that's it, but of clicking away to one's heart's content and then spending hours sifting through them A certain amount of self discipline is needed with digital cameras - quality of pictures rather than quantity of snaps.

Yep, totally true. And that's another reason why I decided to do it myself. When I think of all that money spent in the printer (in a kind of masachistic way cos it's kind of cheaper than paying someone else to di it ) it just makes you pick really carefully what you would value as being printed out.

Also useful if you need something printed "urgently". Don't have to wait for an online service to develop and post, or even drive to your local Jessops/Boots/Tescos. As Chris said, you can't get closer than a metre away from your PC where you're chosing which pics to print out in the first place

It's lovely to have the mix of pix on the PC and having the capability of printing though, just a case of getting to grips with the balance between the two.

The "hundreds" question is a very good one' date=' since it's not a case of using up a 24-print film and that's it, but of clicking away to one's heart's content and then spending hours sifting through them A certain amount of self discipline is needed with digital cameras - quality of pictures rather than quantity of snaps.

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Tell me about it. My record is 624 on a recent five day residential trip followed another 80-odd on the evening I returned at a different school for their presentation evening.

Suddenly the small memory cards supplied with digital cameras start to make sense :P

I'd suggest http://www.internetphotosdirect.co.uk they have a good next day service on most printing.

...that's another reason why I decided to do it myself. When I think of all that money spent in the printer (in a kind of masachistic way cos it's kind of cheaper than paying someone else to di it ) it just makes you pick really carefully what you would value as being printed out...

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Whether home or away printing, that sounds like a very good raison d'etre to keep in mind when taking the shot in the first place. Worth logging these handy tips into the brain :thumbup".

Thanks to ScoobyChris for Jessops, Tesco and Photobox, also to Monty for Internetphotosdirect

I'm thinking of getting one of those big whiteboards to "arrow" these things, like they do in American cop programmes... Off I go :rice: PS anyone know a good place for whiteboards?

Many thanks indeed

Mo

Off I go :rice: PS anyone know a good place for whiteboards?

Mo

Sorry but the teacher in me had to respond to that with THIS LINK.

I enjoy using them when I'm in a physical classroom.

Sorry but the teacher in me had to respond to that with THIS LINK.

I enjoy using them when I'm in a physical classroom.

Bet you use the ones that come with the virtual headsets so that your audience can see what's in your mind's eye, rather than just the stand-alone squiggles that remain when your words have long since dissipated at the speed of sound? Could certainly do with a link for those

Seriously though, they (whiteboards) are addictive once becoming used to using them as a demonstation aid. It was obviously my withdrawal symptoms showing through

Thanks for the link

Mo

I'd give Jessops a thumbs up :eek: had 400 plus pix from the Honeymoon cost 10p a print I'd be very surprised if you could print that many on an Inkjet without changing cartridges at least once add to that the paper cost and most importantly the time it takes and the jessops option was easily the best. Of course lots of high street places seem to do the same.

Think the inkjet option is good for occasional low volume printing.

Hi folks

Can anyone recommend good sites for getting digital photos printed please?

This will be the first time I've got a batch of photos into hard copy so would appreciate any recommendations.

Thank you

Mo

klick are not bad - I got my sons birth pics done by them (150 odd lol) 15p each for a 7x5. I print stuff at work on a epson 1290 and at home on my epson R2400 for bigger prints.