<p>Has anyone here used an online service to order prints from their digital camera? Or, how do you get your prints. I tried something online, and it kept freezing while uploading. I am quite ignorant about this, so, help? please?</p>
<p>My daughter has used kodakgallery with great success; we have high-speed Internet, but it is still a surprisingly slow process to upload the files. I suspect if you are trying to use dialup that may be why it freezes.</p>
<p>I use walmart.com It’s pretty easy, my mom even figured it out. You can pick them up at the store closest to you within an hour.</p>
<p>We love Shutterfly- the photos are still up from five years ago and I can print them when I want.They have great editing services and extra stuff to buy with photos when you want (like calendars!)
My son just uploaded his camp photos, took 3 days, but there were 1800 photos with 35 of their pages!</p>
<p>hey choc!!~</p>
<p>I like printing my own at home! I bought I very nice Canon printer, and it prints beautiful pics (I use Canon paper as well). I love being able to get all kinds of different sizes, borders, no borders, etc. with the touch of a button and within a few minutes. ~berurah</p>
<p>I have used a couple but love Shutterfly a little more than others – they are very quick and I think the site is easy to negotiate.</p>
<p>I’ve used both costco and snapfish. It helps to have a high speed internet connection.</p>
<p>I love shutterfly. Been using them for a long time. Prices are very good and the delivery is fast. High speed internet will help. Also, if you plan to print a lot of pictures, the bulk packages at shutterfly are great since the per print prices are only about 10 cents.</p>
<p>i also have an epson picture mate for printing at home that came with my digital camera. i only use it if i want to make a few prints here and there.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I am up and running. For now, I am using Costco, since I can pick up pictures today. Ofcourse, they have been in my camera for 6 months, but, now, I want the prints today!!</p>
<p>Really liked Shutterfly and Snapfish, and am going to use them next time, when I am not so impatient.</p>
<p>I print at home using photoshop and lexmark printer.</p>
<p>Cost is slightly cheaper (photo paper and print cartridge) but the biggest advantage is I print when I want, and controls the size. There are probably other cool photoshop features I haven’t used either.</p>
<p>My own problem is: even after using lexmark paper (might be a scam that all printer makers say their paper is optimized for their printer), I find dry time a real problem. Unlike real photo-processing, the ink doesn’t dry out completely, and feels still gluey even aft a week. That means I can’t insert them into albums including those special non-stick celluphane. They still stick.</p>
<p>Any advice? I thought of buying dark-room squeegy thingy that one wipes over developed photos. Need advice. Thank you.</p>
<p>I don’t think that would make any difference- you might try different paper- or it could just be the ink</p>
<p>I have always used Epson printers- but for photos I usually just take the digital card to the drug store and use the Kodak printer there</p>
<p>kodak ofoto… amazing. I just ordered 170 photos for $30. Had it shipped to a CVS two blocks away from me (avoid shipping costs). Picked the photos up two days later. It’s definitely worth it to print professionally. I used to print photos myself - for the deal you get for professional photos, the lapse in quality is not worth the 10 or so bucks you save.
<a href=“http://www.ofoto.com%5B/url%5D”>www.ofoto.com</a></p>
<p>Anyone else found ink drying a problem when printing your own pics ? What is your solution ?</p>
<p>Calif_dad~</p>
<p>I use a Canon printer (Pixma iP6600D) with good quality Canon paper (if not the “pro,” then then the plus (glossy)), and I have no problems with drying times. On those occasions when I have used different paper, I did not seem to get the same quality. ~berurah</p>
<p>I’ve never had any problems with drying on mine - on my epson or my HP. I printed photos on my old Lexmark photo printer which did take like a week to fully dry, but they were okay after that… it eventually broke, (no offense) but I don’t think Lexmark makes very high quality printers, so it may just be the brand. Don’t buy the squeegy thing because you will smear the ink. It’s not like a darkroom print.</p>
<p>I second sending them to walmart. I used them for all of my prints when I was in my digital photo and layout classes, and they never messed up on a print. Their prices are good, too!</p>
<p>If you use a commercial service like Costco or ofoto, the prints will be on actual photo paper. The new gear (Fuji makes the best) can use the same console for old fashioned film prints and digital prints. Pretty nifty.</p>
<p>And, for you photoshop control freaks, some Costcos, and I suspect others, allow you to download color correction profiles for the specific machines in a specific store. Then, if you properly calibrated your monitor, you could be sure the print would look the same as your monitor image.</p>
<p>I like Costco from a quality standpoint. I get the prints on Fuji paper, and they use a Fuji Photo Printer that must cost 10s of thousands of dollars and is as big as a small car. Its only about 5 miles away. </p>
<p>Plus, you can get roughly an 11x14 glossy print for about $2.99</p>
<p>The one drawback to me is that their software/server for uploading to them and making selections is stunningly slow. The actual uploads take place very quickly, but moving around the windows on the server to make selections among the pictures is remarkable slow for a place that is in business to make money.</p>
<p>thanks for info, unfortunately my printer is a lexmark. I was comparing printer and heard one rep really tell horror stories about Epson cartridges breaking down and ruin the whole print assembly so I avoided Epson. Sounds like a lot of hot air. Nothing like that ever happen to your Epson, right ?</p>