Printing digital photos update

[bjarvis]

Back on Jan 27, I asked where folks where I should consider printing my digital photos now that I'm the proud owner of a digital camera, an xmas gift from my wookie sweet hubby.

A couple of days ago, Clark Color Labs sent me an e-mail --I'm on their list-- promoting a printing special: $0.02 USD per 4x6 print, matte or glossy, down from $0.11. Procrastination is occasionally a good thing, especially if we retroactively refer to it time spent in research.

By now, I have 213 photos to print so this dropped my processing price tag by $9. Including shipping and a CD-ROM with index print and sales tax, the total is $26.65. The lot should arrive in no more than 10 business days so we'll see then how good/bad they look.

BTW, the promotion code is C2CENTSL, expiring March 5.

Comments

[lovesongman.livejournal.com]

Wow... glad to hear you found a good deal for your prints! I print my here at home, probably a little more expensive, but I enjoy being able to do it immediately. Have a great weekend. Will be up in Boston,MA sunday through friday this week.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Enjoy Boston! I'm long overdue for a return trip there. We're off to Harper's Ferry, WV, tonight to see friends. Whee!

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

As lovesongman has said, and I agree, you can print from home even if a bit more expensive but well worth it. For starters, if you have any kind of a halfway decent photo editing software handy, you can crop, etc the photos and then print what you need and discard the rest or simply store on CD-ROM.

All it takes is a decent color printer, computer and photo editing software.

I do that too when I need to print, which isn't all that often at the moment but with some frames I have to fill, that'll change. :-)

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

I still crop & manipulate my photos, but printing at home typically costs $0.35-$0.50, depending on the cost of the ink & paper. I'm much too cheap for that, esp. since I typically take ~100 photos/month. At the moment, it's more economical for me to do the manipulation at home, then send the photos elsewhere for printing. Presuming, of course, that I like the results when they come back...