Need to out source some 8x10's

petehalsted · #1 06-27-2001, 10:16 PM

As per my other topic I am having some problems with my P400, for my event stuff its now problem but I just did a picture day for a swimteam that will be real picky. So I need to out source about 50-75 8x10's. Twenty of them will be the same shot, and then the rest will be one up stuff. Hoping to not have to pay a fortune for this. Anyone recomend a good service that can do this without alot of hassle or time?

RogerWilderotter · #2 06-28-2001, 08:10 AM

go to ezprints.com, reasonable prices and quick turn around. I have also been very impressed with their quality.

NorbertBissinger · #3 06-28-2001, 06:24 PM

Pete, Next time go and buy 3 or 4 HP 1215 or the new Epsons wwhich have card readers build in. Save the pictures to a flash card via a Fire wire card reader and put the printers to work. On 4 printers you can do at lest 60 8x10s an hour saving to the cards included.

Norbert

petehalsted · #4 06-28-2001, 07:07 PM

I know you and others say you get as good or better quality out of inkjets as dye subs but I personally haven't might just be me but I don't use them.

petehalsted · #5 07-02-2001, 09:54 PM

Follow-up report. Just got my sample I submited to EZPrints to try it out and I am not impressed. I see print lines in the image especially in skintone areas but elsewhere in the image as well. I would say less quality than what I got out of the P400.

Does anyone know what thier using for printers or is this wet processed?

BTW, it wasn't just my image, I had them send thier sample images for color calibration and see the same thing in thier image.

Can't swing a Kodak or Sony 8x10 right now so guess I'm going to pickup another P400 and save up for something more durable.

mike k · #6 07-03-2001, 07:54 PM

Pete, how much do you want to pay for 8x10s? A lab local to me uses a Fuji Frontier and stuff out of it does NOT look digital. If you want, give Pat Dodd at Photo Production Service in Charleston WV a call, 304/342-7547 and see what he'd charge to make your prints off a CD.

petehalsted · #7 07-03-2001, 08:58 PM

Thanks, I picked up a P400 today and decided to do them myself. Can't swing a decent printer right now so I decided to get another P400 and try to wring 4-6 months out of it and save up for good 8x10 printer.

I love the quality of the P400 but its consumer grade design doesn't hold up to my venues very well.