Comments on: Print From Home or Print On Demand?

By: Stephen Bolts

Stephen Bolts — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:52 +0000

I do a bit of both - print at home for my family photos, and POD for work stuff that needs to have that extra sheen.

But then, I’m hopeless with Photoshop, so I would say that!

By: John - All Printer Reviews

John - All Printer Reviews — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:09:06 +0000

Hi, I am both a writer for a printer site + a hobby photo enthusiast (”only” with a the Canon 450 though ) . So sort of in the middle of both grounds. I’ve had some terrific results using different printers in the Pixma series - seems like the Canons with the Canon ink gives slightly better colors for me vs most other brands though technology are pretty close in HP + Epson these days.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:31:37 +0000

I do both home and online pod if I really want quality then I’ll go online. If not i’ll do it from home.
It’s a matter of priorities

By: Scott Ward

Scott Ward — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:50:01 +0000

Aaron,
American Frame did not supply me with the ICC profiles for their printer and paper, but they told me what Epson printer they use and so it was easy enough to find the correct profiles on Epson’s website.

I have been extremely satisfied with what I am getting, plus if you buy the matte and frame, they will matte and frame it for you for free.

I also order all my framing material through them.

By: Aaron Boot

Aaron Boot — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:31:42 +0000

That’s great Scott! I use an Epson R2400 and was always searching for a good place that delivered me the same quality in larger sizes. I will definetely check them out.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:12:43 +0000

We have a local printer that we go to for everything, by bulk. We should do it more often. So many photos wasting away in our hard drives. Tsk.

By: Tim Solley

Tim Solley — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:07:20 +0000

I currently have prints made for me. However, soon I’ll be buying a professional printer and will be doing all my own prints except for the really large stuff.

By: Scott Ward

Scott Ward — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:58:17 +0000

I print everything up to 13×19 at home on my Epson 3800.

Anything larger I use http://www.americanframe.com. They simply use a larger Epson printer.

By: libeco

libeco — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:28:55 +0000

The problem for me is that I don’t print as much as I should, but when I print, I do it at home. When I bought my camera I got a coupon for 10 free A3 prints at that shop. The result was not that good.

When I print at home on my Canon Pixma IP4500 I use A4 glossy photopaper (I usually just buy cheap bundles at the local supermarket). The paper is usually somewhere in the range of 180 grams/m2 to 240 grams/m2 and costs about €5.

The result is absolutely fantastic. Although I never calibrated the printer (I do use Canon ink because my last Epson printer with other brand ink totally screwed up the colors) the colors are almost exactly the same as on the screen (as far as possible with the colors on white and colors on black difference). Best of all: printing an A4 at the highest quality takes less than two minutes.

By: the_wolf_brigade

the_wolf_brigade — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:09:14 +0000

Most of the time I support local businesses when I want some prints, but the recent offers by Snapfish (a POD?) were too good to pass up. I’ve got some 4×6 and an 8×12 on the way now. Providing the quality is good, I’ll be using them a lot more.

I like tangible items. It goes hand in hand with film