Decent place to get photos printed

Post by **cnosni** » Mon 09 Aug, 2010 6:12 pm

Does anyone know where i can get decent prints of pictures that ive taken on holiday.I do have a good printer,but paper and ink is at a premium when you have 250 pics,i only print off the more important ones on this rather than the day to day ones.Trouble is is that ive just come back from Boots and for the second time even the bog standard pictures they have printed are absolutely pants.I dont mind paying a bit more for better qualityAny suggestions?PS will remove this thread when it comes to a conclusion,as it isnt really in the spirit of the site

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Mon 09 Aug, 2010 6:19 pm

Try the flickr Leeds group as well Chris.There's over 2000 photographers in there.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Mon 09 Aug, 2010 7:04 pm

ASDA's pretty good and cheap

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 09 Aug, 2010 8:30 pm

cnosni wrote: Does anyone know where i can get decent prints of pictures that ive taken on holiday.I do have a good printer,but paper and ink is at a premium when you have 250 pics,i only print off the more important ones on this rather than the day to day ones.Trouble is is that ive just come back from Boots and for the second time even the bog standard pictures they have printed are absolutely pants.I dont mind paying a bit more for better qualityAny suggestions?PS will remove this thread when it comes to a conclusion,as it isnt really in the spirit of the site The other problem with diy printing Chris, is that you are likely to be using ink-jet rather than laser printing - which is a water based ink, with the inevitable risk of the ink running id they get damp.....Never used them but you can order from flickr. The finished item will only be as good as the resolution of the file remember, a low quality image looking ok in small format can be disapointing when blown up

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 09 Aug, 2010 9:36 pm

I have used the Kodak shop on Vicar Lane at the Markets for 2 or more years now and find that photos printed there have always been fine. It's a beauty of printing digital photos that if they are not satisfactory then having them done elsewhere can be tried (which I had done before using the Kodak shop).

amber · Post by **amber** » Mon 09 Aug, 2010 11:22 pm

Have a look at Aldi website .5p per print for any amount + £1.33 pp I use them often and you get them back in 2 days. Good quality prints

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Mon 09 Aug, 2010 11:58 pm

In the 90's I came back from USA with about 25 x36 35millrolls of film.was able to negotiate something like 10% discount with I thinkProntaprint.Worth shopping around/asking.

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 10 Aug, 2010 1:40 pm

many thanks everyone,will take a look

carith · Post by **carith** » Wed 11 Aug, 2010 6:24 pm

hi cnosnihave you tried to copy the photo's to a cd, the cd image should be the same quality as the original downloaded photo's

Post by **cnosni** » Thu 12 Aug, 2010 12:22 am

carith wrote: hi cnosnihave you tried to copy the photo's to a cd, the cd image should be the same quality as the original downloaded photo's I back up all my pics onto cd as i have a digital camera.I then take the everyday sort of shots to boots for printing,howevr they dont appear to calibrate their machines well ,and on the last two occasions ive had poor results.I print the more specila ones at home,i have a relatively decent printer.