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hampers · Apr 3, 2010

Can I ask for a bit of help printing. Had some images printed at Jessops and whilst OK there are not a 100% (and I didn't expect them to be, good vlaue for the cost). Are there any recommendations for either online printers or where I can send the files to. I'm more interested in the final quality than the cost. For the number of prints I want it is not economical to buy a decent printer.

Many thanks.

Phil

postcardcv · Apr 3, 2010

I use http://www.peak-imaging.com/ they aren't the cheapest but the print quality is outstanding.

hampers · Apr 3, 2010

postcardcv said:
I use http://www.peak-imaging.com/ they aren't the cheapest but the print quality is outstanding.

Thank you. Phil

paul goode · Apr 3, 2010

Another vote for peak imaging. Definitely not cheap but excellent quality.

hampers · Apr 3, 2010

paul goode said:
Another vote for peak imaging. Definitely not cheap but excellent quality.

Again, thank you. Phil

BarryH · Apr 3, 2010

Can I ask, once you've got your prints home, how do you display them?

Album, framed, mounted?

hampers · Apr 3, 2010

BarryH said:
Can I ask, once you've got your prints home, how do you display them?

Album, framed, mounted?

To date I have never had any printed, always use slideshow on TV and I don't intend stopping that. Just wanted to get some prints done of better photographs, have them mounted and see what they look like. Have had a couple of the ones that I had printed at Jessops mounted and they look good.

If there are any that look ok may put some on the wall, although I may have a problem with that considering all the other bird art on the wall (sadly prints not originals) and previous comments of 'you are not putting any more bird pictures on the wall'.

herrry.james · Apr 9, 2010

Some printers can be hooked straight into your router via ethernet cable, if yours can (you would be able to tell by it having a jack on the back of it that looks like a big phone jack), just plug it into your router and you should be able to access it from any computer on the network.

hampers · Apr 9, 2010

herrry.james said:
Some printers can be hooked straight into your router via ethernet cable, if yours can (you would be able to tell by it having a jack on the back of it that looks like a big phone jack), just plug it into your router and you should be able to access it from any computer on the network.

Herrry, thanks for the response. Think may be a confusion on terminology, or I've not made it clear. By online printers I meant a company where you can download the files directly to them for prints to be produced. For the number of prints I want to do I don't want to buy a decent printer as I feel that the purchase cost plus the consumables far outweighs the cost of using a commercial printer. I use a standard laser printer for day to day use. Many thanks for replying.

Regards

Phil

wolfphotos · Apr 9, 2010

When you say the quality was not consistant in what way do you mean? If its a problem with colours then the problem could be with your equipment not Jessops ( I never thought I'd hear myself say that) If your monitor is not calibrated then the colours you see may not, necessarily, be the colours you get back. There are a lot of printing companies out there some are good, some are bad and some are indifferent but but if you don't have a calibrated system then I would recommend using a company that will colour correct your prints for you this usually adds a little to the cost but is worth it.

hampers · Apr 9, 2010

wolfphotos said:
When you say the quality was not consistant in what way do you mean? If its a problem with colours then the problem could be with your equipment not Jessops ( I never thought I'd hear myself say that) If your monitor is not calibrated then the colours you see may not, necessarily, be the colours you get back. There are a lot of printing companies out there some are good, some are bad and some are indifferent but but if you don't have a calibrated system then I would recommend using a company that will colour correct your prints for you this usually adds a little to the cost but is worth it.

Thanks for the reply. For the cost the Jessops prints are fine. The slight problem is there is an area where I don't like the reproduction. Give that they were only 39p for a 9x6 I didn't have high expectations and in all honesty I'd say they far exceeded what I expected. My monitor hasn't been calibrated which is one of the reasons I was asking for other people's experiences and I'm going to give Peak Processing a go.

Regards

Phil

paul goode · Apr 9, 2010

If your monitor isn't calibrated I'd certainly tick the optimise images box

hampers · Apr 9, 2010

paul goode said:
If your monitor isn't calibrated I'd certainly tick the optimise images box

Will do, thanks. Phil

Marcus Conway - ebirder · Apr 9, 2010

I notice they can also mount the images which is pretty handy to know

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