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Gatepc
10-09-2008, 08:39 PM
Ok so I have photo's I want to print at the best quality I can get for a good price, but I don't think I have a very good printer ( I may I don't know its just all in one I bought for a $120) any way what would be the best way to print? should I go to the store and use there machine ( does it matter on store?) or should I use my $120 all in one printer? which is the best option or is there any other options, besides buying a new printer lol

tirediron
10-10-2008, 02:56 AM
Ok so I have photo's I want to print at the best quality I can get for a good price, but I don't think I have a very good printer ( I may I don't know its just all in one I bought for a $120) any way what would be the best way to print? should I go to the store and use there machine ( does it matter on store?) or should I use my $120 all in one printer? which is the best option or is there any other options, besides buying a new printer lol

Get them printed on-line. Wal-Mart, London Drugs, and any major photo store will do printing at prices which compare favorably to doing it yourself.

PKMax
10-10-2008, 05:11 AM
Have to agree with that too.

I've had lots of printers, and my grandad has invested a ton of money in printers too, including some large A3 printers, but none of them seem to compare to the "professional" printers.. although I have had problems with Snapfish (online), in that the photos I got back from them had banding in them. I tend to now send a few prints off to each one that I'm interested in to get a test back of quality before deciding if I'll really use them.

The other problem I have with a lot of them is cropping. lots of them will crop your photos if they are not the same ratio as the printed paper. I use Boots in england at the moment (in store) because I can select each picture on their wizzy computer screen and tell it not to crop my pics, and leave white space. with a lot of the online ones I have to send the image complete with white space at the correct size in order to avoid cropping.

Gatepc
10-10-2008, 10:03 AM
thanks guys for your help! i didint think of doing it online lol just have to watch out for that croping :)