Basically, it's about creative control. If you're happy with some kidLeaning toward's a canon printer. Lexmark and Epson definitely off my list.
But was adding up the costs. Far cheaper to buy prints at Sam's Club then
when you work out the costs on a printer. Not sure what all the hype is
about.
M said:Leaning toward's a canon printer. Lexmark and Epson definitely off my list.
But was adding up the costs. Far cheaper to buy prints at Sam's Club then
when you work out the costs on a printer. Not sure what all the hype is
about.
M said:Leaning toward's a canon printer. Lexmark and Epson definitely off my list.
But was adding up the costs. Far cheaper to buy prints at Sam's Club then
when you work out the costs on a printer. Not sure what all the hype is
about.
Leaning toward's a canon printer. Lexmark and Epson definitely off my list.
But was adding up the costs. Far cheaper to buy prints at Sam's Club then
when you work out the costs on a printer. Not sure what all the hype is
about.
Basically, it's about creative control. If you're happy with some kidLeaning toward's a canon printer. Lexmark and Epson definitely off my list.
But was adding up the costs. Far cheaper to buy prints at Sam's Club then
when you work out the costs on a printer. Not sure what all the hype is
about.
at Sam's or Wallmart deciding how to crop and color balance your
photographs, then go for it.
Charlie Hoffpauir
[STOP THE GRAND PARKWAY]
http://members.manvel.net/charlieh/
I was happy to begin with when having Costco or Sam's Club process
these digital prints on their new machines. Since then, the quality
has slid to the point where I'm back to doing it myself. Only now I'm
refilling my carts to save money and the photos are a whole lot
better. Guess that these processors were just a flash in the pan...
Let's see, why would anyone want to print at home?Leaning toward's a canon printer. Lexmark and Epson definitely off my list.
But was adding up the costs. Far cheaper to buy prints at Sam's Club then
when you work out the costs on a printer. Not sure what all the hype is
about.
Mark Herring said:Let's see, why would anyone want to print at home?
convenience---prints on demand 24/7
custom prints for free--exactly the way you want them
custom sizes
montages
add words for greeting cards
some combos of archival ink and paper are longer-lived than
traditional methods
Other than that, no advantage at all..........
Last night the sister-in-law had a horribly creased and scrunched upM P said:Leaning toward's a canon printer. Lexmark and Epson definitely off my list.
But was adding up the costs. Far cheaper to buy prints at Sam's Club then
when you work out the costs on a printer. Not sure what all the hype is
about.
Go see the Aladdin kiosk, and you'll get it. Home printing is awfully
expensive for what you get, and damned inconvenient while doing it.
Go see the Aladdin kiosk, and you'll get it. Home printing is awfully
expensive for what you get, and damned inconvenient while doing it.
Mark Herring said:BTW, the
8" x 30" panorama I just printed---stitched from 8 photos, retouched,
edge-burned, etc. Where would I go to ahve that done?
Elmo said:Oh, btw: did you forget to mention the TIME it takes for doing this at
home?
Some people get off on geeking around at home. Others have a life, and
are happy to pay the same price at a Sam's Club for the Fuji system to
do it for them in half an hour.
Go see the Aladdin kiosk, and you'll get it. Home printing is awfully
expensive for what you get, and damned inconvenient while doing it.
A half hour at most...less time than it took me to drive to the
photolab, drop off the film, and return. Of course, the photolab takes
two days, while my own prints are ready in minutes.
In case you didn't know, some people use ink refills and third party
photo paper to print their photos. Printing cost is some 20% cheaper
than the photolab for negative film, and that doesn't include the cost
of the film at $5 per roll in bulk for Reala.
And it's done right the first time...almost every run of film at the lab
would require a re-print because of the morons running the system. And
every once in a while they'd screw up a negative, which destroys that
image forever.
And the photolab costs more.
The Aladdin system may be an improvement, but up here it costs
substantially more than my own prints, and it still takes longer to do
than at home.
Hmm...let's see...at home it costs less, it's more convenient, it's more
private, it's more secure (I sell some photos), it costs less, it's more
accurate, and it's faster. Oh, did I mention it costs less too?
Just about anywhere, actually. No big deal. Compose it at home, and
have someone print it out.
Mark Herring said:If you have done your own printing---or tried to get someone to do a
custom job for you, then you know that "no big deal" does not apply.
Elmo said:I'm not talking about the photo lab. I'm talking about wandering into
Sam's Club, using their Fuji system, going about my Sam's Club business,
and coming back 30 minutes later to pick up my 180 prints. MUCH more
time efficient than doing it at home. And, I've paid $30 or so for
those 180 prints. And, they won't run if they get wet.
Modern technology, specifically the Fuji Aladdin/Frontier system, is
wonderful. If you don't know what that is and how it relates to your
digital camera, you'd be doing yourself a favor to find out.
How much time and money do those 180 prints cost the home user?
I've seen the Aladdin system...I'm not overly impressed.
Yes, I remember "One Hour Photo" and his frustration with printThe cause for the "flash in the pan" is really simple. The tech people that come around to
adjust the photo machines are not allowed to spend a lot of time making them perfect. They
just get 'em in the neighborhood of a usable print and toddle off to the next place.
If you saw the movie "One Hour Photo" you saw (according to a friend who runs a "one hour
photo place") a very realistic depiction of the "techs" they send out to service the
machines.