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Inkjet Printers Cheaper than High Street Labs
BBC News are running an interesting article that claims home printing can be cheaper than high street developers. PC Pro Magazine tested 100 (!) printers, including the Epson Stylus Photo R800 (pictured), to try and find out if they produced cheaper prints than your local photo lab.
“Some High Street photo shops can be the cheapest when it came to developing prints that were 6x4in, said Mr Ross, but the test revealed that images 7x5in and 8x10in in size were cheaper to produce at home.
According to PC Pro, producing a print 8x10in on an Epson R800 printer using top quality paper costs £1.87. At Jessops the same image would cost £2.50 and at Snappy Snaps £9.99. A 10x7in snap at Boots would cost £4.99.”
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#1 Fazal Majid
This only shows how many photo labs gouge on large prints, even though they should actually be encouraging digital users to make larger prints, to make up from the lost revenue because digital users print fewer images.
Here in the US, Costco (a big-box retailer) charges $2 for 8x10, and $3 for 12x18. High street stores still gouge at usually around $8 per 8x10.
5:28 pm - Wednesday, December 15, 2004
#2 phule
Of course, the average home user has no clue how to get a color corrected image out of their computer and onto their printer without colors shifting all over the place thus pushing the cost per print for the home user into the stratosphere.
9:06 pm - Wednesday, December 15, 2004