[ale] OT: printing digital photographs

[Sean Kilpatrick]

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On Tuesday 19 August 2003 08:32 am, John Wells wrote:
> Anyway, Wolf Camera is making a small fortune each week from my wife's
> visits to print out the photographs she's taken.  I think on average, a
> 4x6 runs about 40 cents.


At that price, stay with the photo store!

I've got an Epson Photo 1270 and it is capable of
"photo-quality" prints. But they aren't cheap.
The paper is expensive, and you will go through a
lot of that expensive paper getting the printer
calibrated so the prints match what you are seeing
on screen.
Then, if you are printing your own, you will be
tempted to "print-'em-all" and your potential savings
will go down the drain.

What I now do to contain costs is use the printer only
as a proofing device. When I want or need hard copies
of images, I use Genuine Fractals (a Photoshop plugin)
to create a file at 300 dpi at the needed size and burn
that file(s) to a CD and carry that off to the photo
store. For best results, you want to use a print shop
that uses Fuji's equipment as that creates an actual
photographic print -- much better looking than that
produced by Kodak equipment.

Sean

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