Printing your photos??

[Golfcart]

Hello guys, just wondering what option you use for printing out your photos. I mostly use costco for my own stuff, but when I print for clients I'll use Adorama. Does anyone know the difference between the 2? Why is Costco so cheap? Is it worth using them? Why or why not? Thanks!

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[Rotanimod]

I too am interested in good places online to order quality prints. What should you expect to pay for quality prints at different sizes as well? today I paid $32.00 for 16x24 lustre print from a local photo store. I've never looked online for printing services.

[KmH]

Here you go - Online pphoto printing services - Bing

I recommend the Miller's family of print labs Mpix.com, MpixPro.com, Millerslab.com, plus HHcolor.com, bayphoto.com, nationsphotolab.com, whcc.com. You would have to complete an application for some of those.

[hopelaurenphotograph]

I use Photo Books, Holiday Cards, Photo Cards, Birth Announcements, Photo Printing | Shutterfly for all personal and customer prints. Great customer service, great quality, and great selection of products.

[Golfcart]

So would these labs offer something Costco would not? What's the difference?

[southrndarlin]

Here you go - Online pphoto printing services - Bing

I recommend the Miller's family of print labs Mpix.com, MpixPro.com, Millerslab.com, plus HHcolor.com, bayphoto.com, nationsphotolab.com, whcc.com. You would have to complete an application for some of those.

I would highly recommend Mpix.com!! I ordered my father in law's christmas present through them and was pleasantly surprised with how great their customer service was when i contacted them with a small issue I had with my order. The issue was handled in under 24 hours and i had my order re-shipped and received the very next day. They usually have good offers on their packages/books.

[AmberNikol]

I use to use Mpix.com for all my prints till I found NationsPhotolab.com Nations prints are OUTSTANDING, the prints come out so sharp and clear. They do an amazing job and customer service is the best I have ever received from a company. You can find them on facebook too. They are out of MD. I suggest checking them out, they are great.

[KmH]

Mpix is now in Springfield Missouri.

They used to be in Pittsburg, Kansas, so they didn't move very far, but Springfield is a lot bigger town than Pittsburg is.

[BlueMeanieTSi]

I too am interested in good places online to order quality prints. What should you expect to pay for quality prints at different sizes as well? today I paid $32.00 for 16x24 lustre print from a local photo store. I've never looked online for printing services.

That's about what I charge for that size of a print on that paper.

[Ballistics]

Hello guys, just wondering what option you use for printing out your photos. I mostly use costco for my own stuff, but when I print for clients I'll use Adorama. Does anyone know the difference between the 2? Why is Costco so cheap? Is it worth using them? Why or why not? Thanks!

I literally just used Costco for the first time for little league team photos, and they are one of the best for cost:quality. Costco is easily just as good as Mpix and cheaper.

[KmH]

For T&I stuff like Little League team photos, Miller's Professional Imaging's pic-a-pak service is really hard to beat. www.millerslab.com

[ewick]

While every one had great suggestion nobody was able to answer one of the OP main question: "what makes these other places better than costco?"

[KmH]

And neither did you.

In many respects Costco makes pretty good prints. Part of the difference is that most online labs offers services, products, and support Costco lacks.

[jowensphoto]

^^ That was going to be my answer as well. I do my family scrapbook prints at Costco, or even Walgreens, but anything that gets sold or hung on the wall comes from a pro lab.

WHCC has contacted me about color casts and crop ratio problems before they shipped my prints; for a small charge, they fixed the problems and saved me a lot of time. I'm pretty sure that's something Costco doesn't offer. In addition to custom DVD cases, press printed products, and high end albums.

[Ernicus]

I set up with WHCC for when my time comes to print. I was sent there by a local portrait photog I hooked up with. The service is excellent. He had nothing but great things to say and has been a customer for years.

I sent them 5 photos they printed for free to use for testing output and calibration. They sent me also samples of their paper and a nice packet. The packaging of the photos was very good. As a new customer, I was happy with service and set up and products offered, and a pretty neat online account system which makes things easy.

I don't have a lot of experience with them yet, but word of mouth is nothing but great things. He stated the cost is very profitable for him. Is it better than others listed? I have no idea. I would definitely trust any site recommended by a trusted member though, and you can't go wrong with KmH's suggestions.

I think the main difference between a lab and say costco, wal mart, etc, is that the latter uses inkjet printing. I could be wrong on that, I know wal mart does. The "self serve" stuff you can get just will not ever compare to a lab...a lab that is of good quality.

Oh, also one thing that attracted me was guaranteed 48 hour. You get your prints back in 48 hours. To me, that was a win. I don't know about turnaround on the others listed...but I'd rather wait 48 hours for a high quality product than get my instant gratification with a crap product.