Printing Services - Which one?

Bucket · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:17

Hi Guys,

I've been contacted by email today from someone asking for a print of one of my photographs.

Been pretty new to photography, I'm quite pleased with this!

However, I have never had to get a photo printed before, nor know the costs. They are willing to pay, so I will either charge them the price it costs me to get it printed, and perhaps add a little bit on top, perhaps not.

However, my question is, what are the different ranges of prints etc, what are most popular sites to get them front, and what does the price range from?

I was thinking perhaps it would be around 10-25 pounds?

The photo in question is:

balls · 28 Jan 2010 at 13:16

Well depends on a few things. Size is probably biggest concern.

I've recently ordered a few biggish poster prints from Pixum.co.uk 24"x32" were £20 each

Paul11 · 28 Jan 2010 at 18:33

found these guys to be very good

http://www.intelligence-direct.com

BruceLee · 29 Jan 2010 at 17:24

I've just had some largeish prints done from photobox this week and they look great, can't fault the service, 10"x15" was only £3 each.

iGiDK · 29 Jan 2010 at 18:35

I sell prints, these guys are my supplier - top quality

http://www.onevisionimaging.com/

For a budget option try http://www.dscolourlabs.co.uk/

Usher_Jones · 21 Jul 2011 at 11:27

I usually use online printing services from Print-Print. I print there my brochures and posters (in matt and gloss). Quality is very high and prices are reasonable.

Goliath · 21 Jul 2011 at 13:22

Paul11 said:
found these guys to be very good

http://www.intelligence-direct.com

Another vote for these guys, I've used them for prints and canvases and they are superb, really helpful and easy to deal with. Officially the website is now:

http://www.technoprint.net/ - all the Intelligence-direct business is handled by them now.

Derek W · 21 Jul 2011 at 13:29

Usher_Jones said:
I usually use online printing services from Print-Print. I print there my brochures and posters (in matt and gloss). Quality is very high and prices are reasonable.

joined this month. first and only post is promoting a local business in shropshire and bumping a 6 month old topic......looks like spam

neil_g · 21 Jul 2011 at 13:47

as said depends on size.

sod charging them what it costs to print, anything up to A3 will be less than £1. make some profit on it if they want it that bad.

we use ds colour labs with good results, a 30x20 will cost you 16+postage for example.

Schizophonic · 1 Nov 2011 at 22:59

Sorry to bump this thread but just some other feedback with Photobox. I've been using them for a few standard 6 x 4 photos and they come out fine. I've recently had a slightly larger picture printed and its come out quite dark compared to what I thought it would be and on my screen it looks well. My screen is auto calibrated by a Huey Pro and need to ask if Photobox's printing standard is off or should I take my business elsewhere?

englishpremier · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:33

Do you guys resize the photos yourselves in photoshop/gimp or do you leave it up to the printer?

I presume the printer has better software than the Sinc or Cubic scaling that might be used at home.

neil_g · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:29

englishpremier said:
Do you guys resize the photos yourselves in photoshop/gimp or do you leave it up to the printer?

I presume the printer has better software than the Sinc or Cubic scaling that might be used at home.

crop it to the correct aspect before sending (otherwise theyll squash or chop) but give them as many pixels to work with as possible.

simpletom · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:46

DS Colour Labs have always been spot on for me.

Side5wipe · 27 Jan 2012 at 16:25

I use peak imaging alway very good quality

Donk · 27 Jan 2012 at 18:26

Snapfish has always been pretty good for me.

If you want something a bit different or special try http://uk.whitewall.com/ . They do a whole range of types of surface prints and sizes and prices!