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I crop my images and burn them to CD. I drop it off at the nearest CVS using
a Noritsu printer and I get them back within an hour. 19 cents a piece. Why
in god's name are you guys still futzing around with inkjet and bubble jet
and all their woes? Do you honestly think you can tinker your way to better
pictures or you just being stubborn?
 
mark_digital© said:
I crop my images and burn them to CD. I drop it off at the nearest CVS using
a Noritsu printer and I get them back within an hour. 19 cents a piece. Why
in god's name are you guys still futzing around with inkjet and bubble jet
and all their woes? Do you honestly think you can tinker your way to better
pictures or you just being stubborn?
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Hmmm... are you just trolling or are you one of the mindless yahoos
running a CVS photo printer and are trying to improve your job security?
 
Michael Johnson said:
Hmmm... are you just trolling or are you one of the mindless yahoos
running a CVS photo printer and are trying to improve your job security?
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Mind telling me how you sent your message while your head was up your ass?
 
Hmmm... are you just trolling or are you one of the mindless yahoos
running a CVS photo printer and are trying to improve your job security?
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LMAO.. But seriously, I agree (albeit in a touch less confrontational
terms) on the photo printing concept now. I think that the method of
printing at stores such as CVS, etc. will give you a longer lasting
photo. Additionally, it should take a lot less time than spooling them
all to your own printer and waiting for them to come out (think about
printing 150 pictures on an inkjet at home!). Beyond that, just the
amount of savings in consumables is staggering. Just my opinion though.
 
mark_digital© said:
I crop my images and burn them to CD. I drop it off at the nearest CVS using
a Noritsu printer and I get them back within an hour. 19 cents a piece. Why
in god's name are you guys still futzing around with inkjet and bubble jet
and all their woes? Do you honestly think you can tinker your way to better
pictures or you just being stubborn?
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You're probably right for many people wanting 6x4s.
Larger prints and prints on specialty media are a different issue, and
in those cases people who print their own probably have more
sophisticated inkjet printers.
What really sucks is that Epson sell inks and media in Japan at far
lower prices than in the US or Europe. In Japan the total cost of
consumables per 6x4 print using OEM Epson ink and paper can be as low as
the cheap drugstore prints that you suggest.
Epson and Noritsu work together. Noritsu dry minilabs use epson inkjet
technology. That inkjet technology provides display permanence at least
double display permanence of the best wet process colour, Fuji Frontier
/ Crystal Archive paper.
Hp are now also investing heavily in the dry minilab business with
inkjet technology.
 
mark_digital© said:
Mind telling me how you sent your message while your head was up your ass?
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Why are you asking me this question when you seem quite adept at doing
this yourself?
 
Clint said:
LMAO.. But seriously, I agree (albeit in a touch less confrontational
terms) on the photo printing concept now. I think that the method of
printing at stores such as CVS, etc. will give you a longer lasting
photo. Additionally, it should take a lot less time than spooling them
all to your own printer and waiting for them to come out (think about
printing 150 pictures on an inkjet at home!). Beyond that, just the
amount of savings in consumables is staggering. Just my opinion though.
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It depends on the user. If someone uses OEM ink then the costs of
printing at home are higher. For me I use compatible ink and pay good
prices for photo paper. My costs are very competitive to CVS, Walmart
etc. Also, I don't print every photo I take. In fact, I don't print
the overwhelming majority of the photos I take. Why run to CVS to pick
up 2-3 prints? With gas prices being high and the gas mileage of my SUV
being low, that might make prints from from CVS, Walmart etc. MORE
expensive than printing at home. Plus, I have not had any fading issues
with home made prints.

I got a little chuckle from Marky-Mark and his effort at trolling. I
guess he got a nibble from me so he can consider his mission accomplished.
 
mark_digital© said:
I crop my images and burn them to CD. I drop it off at the nearest CVS using
a Noritsu printer and I get them back within an hour. 19 cents a piece. Why
in god's name are you guys still futzing around with inkjet and bubble jet
and all their woes? Do you honestly think you can tinker your way to better
pictures or you just being stubborn?
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If you are printing wedding photos or photos of the kids for an album,
you have a point. However, many people are constructing letters and
articles that are edited with other text and graphics that must be
included. CVS doesn't offer this service last time I checked. So your
rant just shows lack of understanding how computers are used.
 
mark_digital© said:
I crop my images and burn them to CD. I drop it off at the nearest CVS
using
a Noritsu printer and I get them back within an hour. 19 cents a piece.
Why
in god's name are you guys still futzing around with inkjet and bubble jet
and all their woes? Do you honestly think you can tinker your way to
better
pictures or you just being stubborn?
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If you are printing wedding photos or photos of the kids for an album,
you have a point. However, many people are constructing letters and
articles that are edited with other text and graphics that must be
included. CVS doesn't offer this service last time I checked. So your
rant just shows lack of understanding how computers are used.
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There's always Staples...Take a look again at the posts in this group. Color
problems, printhead problems, error messages, etc. Putting up with this crap
was fine when there was no alternative. But after 10 years and many models,
nothing has changed. I don't know who is worst. The manufacturer or the
sucker buyer.

Well, I guess some people are just in denial.

mark_
 
frederick said:
You're probably right for many people wanting 6x4s.
Larger prints and prints on specialty media are a different issue, and in
those cases people who print their own probably have more sophisticated
inkjet printers.
What really sucks is that Epson sell inks and media in Japan at far lower
prices than in the US or Europe. In Japan the total cost of consumables
per 6x4 print using OEM Epson ink and paper can be as low as the cheap
drugstore prints that you suggest.
Epson and Noritsu work together. Noritsu dry minilabs use epson inkjet
technology. That inkjet technology provides display permanence at least
double display permanence of the best wet process colour, Fuji Frontier /
Crystal Archive paper.
Hp are now also investing heavily in the dry minilab business with inkjet
technology.
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Well, there goes to show you convenience, quality and low cost is driving
enthusiasts away from home based printing. If let's say you need a few
5X7's but you're out of two colors and then you won't be printing again for
awhile, doesn't it make more sense to pay the $1.50 per print then to shell
out $70?? and then possibly have the ink go dry? What a freaking hassle. Pay
the man and get it over with!!

mark_
 
Michael Johnson said:
It depends on the user. If someone uses OEM ink then the costs of
printing at home are higher. For me I use compatible ink and pay good
prices for photo paper. My costs are very competitive to CVS, Walmart
etc. Also, I don't print every photo I take. In fact, I don't print the
overwhelming majority of the photos I take. Why run to CVS to pick up 2-3
prints? With gas prices being high and the gas mileage of my SUV being
low, that might make prints from from CVS, Walmart etc. MORE expensive
than printing at home. Plus, I have not had any fading issues with home
made prints.

I got a little chuckle from Marky-Mark and his effort at trolling. I
guess he got a nibble from me so he can consider his mission accomplished.
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It's your fault for having a SUV. You're totally submerged in denial. Both
in home and on the road. You'll learn. Someday.
 
mark_digital© said:
Well, there goes to show you convenience, quality and low cost is driving
enthusiasts away from home based printing. If let's say you need a few
5X7's but you're out of two colors and then you won't be printing again for
awhile, doesn't it make more sense to pay the $1.50 per print then to shell
out $70?? and then possibly have the ink go dry? What a freaking hassle. Pay
the man and get it over with!!

mark_
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I wouldn't use a drugstore for getting prints - the quality is poor and
variable, and you're stuck with limited paper choices.
I don't use pro labs any more either. If you're prepared to put some
effort in to printing and colour management - something you should do
anyway unless you are confident in the ability of the monkey at the lab
to decide best how your photos should look - then you can produce much
better quality prints on an inkjet. If you want a good pro lab with a
higher level monkey - then the price isn't cheap any more.
But if you mean by "enthiusiast" someone who snaps 10,000 images of
their holiday in some horrible tourist trap, then bore their friends
senseless by presenting them with endless stacks of 6x4s - then yes -
you're set up to service that market well.
 
mark_digital© said:
Well, there goes to show you convenience, quality and low cost is driving
enthusiasts away from home based printing. If let's say you need a few
5X7's but you're out of two colors and then you won't be printing again for
awhile, doesn't it make more sense to pay the $1.50 per print then to shell
out $70?? and then possibly have the ink go dry? What a freaking hassle. Pay
the man and get it over with!!

mark_
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Yea, we know you're trolling, but so what.
I'm never out of ink since I have several quarts at the ready and only
pay $1/oz. The quality is adequate for the task and only needs to last
about two weeks at most.
 
mark_digital© said:
Well, there goes to show you convenience, quality and low cost is driving
enthusiasts away from home based printing. If let's say you need a few
5X7's but you're out of two colors and then you won't be printing again
for
awhile, doesn't it make more sense to pay the $1.50 per print then to
shell
out $70?? and then possibly have the ink go dry? What a freaking hassle.
Pay
the man and get it over with!!

mark_
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Yea, we know you're trolling, but so what.
I'm never out of ink since I have several quarts at the ready and only
pay $1/oz. The quality is adequate for the task and only needs to last
about two weeks at most.
 
mark_digital© said:
It's your fault for having a SUV. You're totally submerged in denial. Both
in home and on the road. You'll learn. Someday.
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What does a river in Egypt have to do with inkjet printers?
 
mark_digital© said:
Well, there goes to show you convenience, quality and low cost is driving
enthusiasts away from home based printing. If let's say you need a few
5X7's but you're out of two colors and then you won't be printing again for
awhile, doesn't it make more sense to pay the $1.50 per print then to shell
out $70?? and then possibly have the ink go dry? What a freaking hassle. Pay
the man and get it over with!!
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I don't worry about being "out" of anything. I buy my cartridges for
about $1.70 each shipped to my front door. I have a box with about 70
cartridges standing by. I get 4"x6" Ilford Pearl photo paper off ebay
for about $12-$15 per 100 count box. Ink cost is about $0.01 per print
for me so I pay a total of about $0.16 per 4"x6" print. Throw in the
gas money I save from not driving to CVS and I actually print cheaper at
home. Refresh my memory. Just how does sending my prints to CVS save
me money? My math says I am saving 15% off their price by printing at
home (I didn't add in the gas money).
 
Michael Johnson said:
I don't worry about being "out" of anything. I buy my cartridges for
about $1.70 each shipped to my front door. I have a box with about 70
cartridges standing by. I get 4"x6" Ilford Pearl photo paper off ebay for
about $12-$15 per 100 count box. Ink cost is about $0.01 per print for me
so I pay a total of about $0.16 per 4"x6" print. Throw in the gas money I
save from not driving to CVS and I actually print cheaper at home.
Refresh my memory. Just how does sending my prints to CVS save me money?
My math says I am saving 15% off their price by printing at home (I didn't
add in the gas money).
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