printing photos? online?

[Breezy]

For scrapbooking I go with who ever has the best deal at the moment, like snapfish, winkflash, shutterfly etc...
For clients I go through adorama. I am very pleased with them

[kenw]

Mike, I have to agree. Printing your own is something that I gave up on years ago once I calculated the actual costs (ink, paper, time and effort, let alone the initial printer costs, re-do costs (more ink, paper, time, effort...).

If I don't like what the lab prints, it costs me nothing, zip, nada, zilch....and they will reprint immediately and continuously until i am satisfied.

[lancemoreland]

My wife is a scrapbooker and may get hundreds of prints at 4x6 at a time and she uses winkflash at 6 cents each. They look as good as anyone elses. For enlagments to frame and hang on the wall, I always use a custom printer if larger than 8x10 which I can do myself on my dyesub.

[mike.strock]

My comment was off topic, for which I apologize. The OP asked who to use as an online printer, I still suggest MPix or BayStatePhoto.

Mike.

[JPalmer]

Printing yourself is a pure quality control issue. Cost effective or not.

For proofing, I usually let MPIX run a batch of them or so...but if I'm printing a handful of 8x10s or 11x14s, something I can do myself for a client...I know exactly how they are going to look.

Plus...if you are taking the time to print them yourself, you can pass that cost on to your customer to some extent.

[mike.strock]

JPalmer - That makes sense and I see your point. I guess cost-effectiveness was all I was thinking about. :)

Mike.

[brianmcho]

wow...thanks guys for all the input.

seems like mpix is getting quite a few votes.
and winkflash too (moreso for the cost).

i might just end up going w/winkflash if they have 6cent prints with flat 99cent shipping.
i'm going to print a bunch of photos after family vacation...and sounds like they get the job done well enough.

i'll use mpix (or adorama) if quality becomes an issue.

thanks again!

[rmonty]

Pretty sure you have made up your mind, but here is another vote for MPIX.