best place for prints?

[Jezebel]

i'm sure a thread has been started on this before, but i did a quicky search and didn't see anything right off. so i'm starting a new thread!

i'm wanting to sell prints of my work and i want to know if anybody has good experiences with places for prints. i'm looking for high quality, fair prices, decent turnaround time. this is for digital work.

thanks!

[lightimages]

Pounds in Dallas www.poundslabs.com

[David_3]

Here ya go...

http://www.texasphotoforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=10687

[Wes]

If you're looking for a web site that can host, print, and ship your photos I would recommend http://www.exposuremanager.com. As for simply asking for straight print jobs I've never had a problem with http://www.mpix.com. I've also heard that Costco does a decent job.

[Clint_Smith]

Originally Posted by xmenporsche

I've also heard that Costco does a decent job.

*SHUDDER*.......Fuji Crystal Archive papers....YUK!

[LoungeLizard]

MPIX does a very nice job. I use their "pro" side (Miller's) for all my work - even some of the personal stuff.

Now, no matter what Clint says, my local Costco does a very nice job for some of my less important personal stuff. I've become friends with their lab techs and they know EXACTLY what I want and I get it.

[Clint_Smith]

Originally Posted by LoungeLizard

Now, no matter what Clint says, my local Costco does a very nice job for some of my less important personal stuff. I've become friends with their lab techs and they know EXACTLY what I want and I get it.

stuff I shoot to hang on my fridge on is one thing....prints I am *selling* is another. I just don't sell prints on consumer grade crystal archive paper...it just feels cheap to me. especially when I can get better quality it at a competive price from Millers and sometimes Mpix.

[haraki74]

Like Jesus said, millers for the pro type prints and mpix for the latter. And believe it or not, Sams, who uses a Fuju Frontier machine for the everyday stuff.

[Jezebel]

Thanks so much, everyone! I'm really eager to get some of my work printed up. Hopefully in the future I can get a gallery showing going. :D

[jeffkohn]

Originally Posted by Clint_Smith

stuff I shoot to hang on my fridge on is one thing....prints I am *selling* is another. I just don't sell prints on consumer grade crystal archive paper...it just feels cheap to me. especially when I can get better quality it at a competive price from Millers and sometimes Mpix.

But doesn't the Fuji Crystal Archive paper have a better archival rating than the Kodak paper? That's what I've heard anyway. I know a lot of people were complaining when WHCC switch from Fuji paper to Kodak.

Personaly I find both unimpressive; RC "photo" papers pale in comparison to fiber-based papers.

[Daniel Bates]

Mpix rocks!

[Silvernic]

Originally Posted by Clint_Smith

*SHUDDER*.......Fuji Crystal Archive papers....YUK!

No kidding, If they would just change to a better paper, I'd probably spend half my life there.

[bfphoto]

For stuff I sell, I use Pounds Labs in Dallas. Great quality and Texas owned. For personal stuff or when I am in a big hurry, I use Sams. The lab techs know me and my monitor is calibrated to their printer. They know not to try and color correct my prints.