* Ted Guild <
[email protected]> [2002-12-01 11:50-0500]
> I can generally deal with the lack of prints and find the online photo
> albums easier, not to mention cheaper, to share with friends and
> relatives. However, I get asked for prints from time to time.
>
> I went with a middle of the road inkjet printer (Lexmark Optra 40
> Color with some added memory, works well under Linux and CUPS) and it
> can do some ok photo prints.
I bought a piece of junk Epson 480SX color inkjet a couple years ago
(impulse buy because it was only $80 CAD and I read that Epsons
are generally well-supported by Linux), but it turned out to be
one of the very few Epsons that wasn't well-supported at the time.
I finally dusted it off and got it working last week, but I don't
expect to use it much for real photo prints, mainly for office
paperwork and goofing around.
> I'm leaning towards batching up prints to produce and outsourcing the
> operation instead of getting in a circle of camera and printer
> upgrades for years to come. Someone recommended [2] as a decent
> service.
> Anyone else have a good reasonably priced service they're happy with?
I have seen a lot of online print services but haven't tried any of
them since most of the American ones don't seem to ship to Canada.
I have had prints made at a local photo lab (Ginn Photo [3]) that
I really like because they allow uploads by FTP and email [4],
not just HTTP. So I can make a zip file of a bunch of files and
do a single FTP upload, then email them to let them know what I
want done.
I paid $.45 CAD ($.29 USD) per 4x6 print, and I was amazed at the
output: prints made from my old 1.3 megapixel Olympus are almost
indistinguishable from normal 35mm film prints. (at 4x6")
My girlfriend has had some 8x10s made at PhotoLab.ca [5] and they
also look very good, even one that was taken with my 2MP Canon S200.
I want to try getting some 12x18s done with the output of my 4MP
Canon G2.
I just found a survey [6] of various Canadian photo printing places,
but haven't read it yet.
> I'd ideally like the whole transaction to be electronic
> except for the snail mail of the prints for future scripting
> (e.g. so my mom can order herself a hard copy of a picture she wants
> without any action required on my part).
Yeah... I have seen a number of sites like this (general user
photo galleries with 'click here to buy print' buttons), but
haven't investigated setting it up on my site yet.
I'd like to add buttons like that to each of my pics online,
skimming a few extra bucks for myself from each transaction,
unless it's one of my friends or family.
I'd also like to add 'license this photo' buttons to many of my
pics. Dan Heller's site [7] has a lot of great info on the photo
licensing biz [8]. (and some excellent photography)
> 2.
http://www.photoworks.com/
[3]
http://www.ginnphoto.on.ca/
[4]
http://www.ginnphoto.on.ca/ftp/ginn_ftp.html
[5]
http://www.photolab.ca/en/default.asp
[6]
http://www.notjustjay.com/photo/
[7]
http://www.danheller.com/
[8]
http://www.danheller.com/license.html
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