gsgary
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I wouldn't be surprised if the 120 page will need stitched binding especially if you want it to last. Put 120 sheets of photo paper together to see the thickness. If you are using photo paper cheap binding will fall apart very quickly.It's not necessarily the size of the paper that will make the most difference, be it A4/A5 etc, but the weight of the paper. It's your life, but I wouldn;t want to be printing that many pages even on my Canon 9000 pro (although I have printed hundreds of individual shots.) For photos to look good it will need to be at least 170gsm.
Is the reason you wouldn't want to print the pages on your Canon 9000 the time involved?
If so, you've seen the dollar figure I was quoted. If I even cut it in half, I will spend from here to eternity hunched over a printer.
I could buy a new computer and 2 good camera lenses with those savings. And I still think $1700 is outrageous for getting these printed...
If you have other reasons, I'd be interested in hearing what else I'm overlooking...
I printed out pages on a relatively thick matte paper for another project that looked pretty good. About 100 pages was just over an inch if I recall... I paid a printer through the nose for that as well...
$1700 is only just over £1000 which is peanuts for what you are asking for, thats £200 each for something that can be past on down the family