Printing Digital Photos

dengelman · Post by **dengelman** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:55 pm

Any recommendations for good quality printers? I see some awful looking photos come out of some of those self-service machines.

I'm looking for:
1. Quality
2. Inexpensive price for large numbers of standard prints/ few enlargements
3. Accessibility/ease of transfer with online upload etc.

Cheers!

Shadowgames · Post by **Shadowgames** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:56 pm

http://www.snapfish.com.au/

Post by **lynt** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:00 pm

What's the source? Digital?

dengelman · Post by **dengelman** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:10 pm

lynt wrote:What's the source? Digital?

Yeah. Nu-Skool.

Post by **lynt** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:15 pm

Like photo size prints I'm guessing? hmm...

dengelman · Post by **dengelman** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:18 pm

Can I add some more criteria?

4. Ability to print at 4x5.25" (10x13.5cm) rather than just 6x4/10x15 to avoid cropping my perfectly composed masterpieces.

And what do people prefer re matt vs gloss? Are there situations where you would choose one over the other?

Thanks!

SoulWhiteMan · Post by **SoulWhiteMan** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:18 pm

harvey norman

no shit, they come up fantastic

aspekt · Post by **aspekt** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:29 pm

matt

you can print stuff online from ted's.
they can post it too you as well.
I organised some prints for a client. came out a little washed out but i'd put money on the fact that it came from a happy-snap digital.

i've used a self serve machine to print stuff from my d70s and the pics were great

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:37 pm

Sammy got a photo printer free when she bought her digi camera, it's a Canon Selphy. (I think they're only about $100 to buy)

Prints directly from your camera, but only Postcard size (6in x 4in). Prints look awesome, sharp as a tack.

re: gloss vs matt, it all depends on the pic. Usualy I prefer B&W shots on Matt paper with a White border, but that's just me

dengelman · Post by **dengelman** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:41 pm

thanks.

i was thinking of going with teds. a bit more exxy (29-33c) but high quality is important to me.

bRb: how much does paper and ink work out to be or still going on freebies? obviously convenient as, but i thought price-wise would be similar or even more than retail.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:52 pm

Gloss paper for the printer is about $20 from Officeworks for 50 sheets. Might be cheaper elsewhere

A friend of mine has the Sony photo printer, which was rad. I could be wrong, but I think you could use different sized paper in it.

*catalyst · Post by *catalyst » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:17 pm

we do em at work, 6x4", 19c if over 100.

www.vanbar.com.au

numz · Post by **numz** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:55 pm

bond imaging?
quality...

aspekt · Post by **aspekt** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:03 pm

*catalyst wrote:we do em at work, 6x4", 19c if over 100.

www.vanbar.com.au

I bought a camera and a CF card from there. The CF card died about 6 months later and despite the promise to replace the card written on the back of the receipt written by a manager, it still took over a month of emails and phone calls before they would acknowledge that it was actually faulty. That and the fact that the manager I dealt with at the time said something to the effect of "I'm not sure why that promise would be written on the back, we've sold heaps of these and have never had a problem with them". After a few weeks of frustration I rang the distributor to check the progress of my warranty claim and they couldn't tell me because they had several of those cards being looked at that vanbar had sent in....
all that drama for the replacement of an $80 card when the total of the receipt was well over $2k. terrible terrible terrible customer service.

I would never recommend that place to anyone.

Spherix · Post by **Spherix** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:01 pm

theres a joint just near st kilda junction they can print up to 10x15" full quality aweosme prints for something like 7 beans a print
theres a student discount too of like 20%
i forget the name of the place, will find out

aspekt · Post by **aspekt** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:09 pm

Spherix wrote:theres a joint just near st kilda junction they can print up to 10x15" full quality aweosme prints for something like 7 beans a print
theres a student discount too of like 20%
i forget the name of the place, will find out

is that lab X?

Spherix · Post by **Spherix** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:29 pm

yeha that sounds about right