Opinion on online printers...

Chris_ND

I'm looking for a reliable, and quality printer for proofs/along with prints of multiple types of pictures from, Senior pictures, to a whole wedding set. Along with ability to include a proof book of some sort.

Right now on my mind are the fallowing...

ezprints/mpixs

But then, smugmug has also caught my eye, with the backprinting option, and being a service that costs money. Should pay itself off right?

What are all of your honest opinions of printing pictures. Printing from my home has been slow and quite expensive...let alone a headache.

What do you all use?

Information is greatly greatly needed/appreciated!!!

Art Scott

Chris_ND wrote:

I'm looking for a reliable, and quality printer for proofs/along with prints of multiple types of pictures from, Senior pictures, to a whole wedding set. Along with ability to include a proof book of some sort.

Right now on my mind are the fallowing...

ezprints/mpixs

But then, smugmug has also caught my eye, with the backprinting option, and being a service that costs money. Should pay itself off right?

What are all of your honest opinions of printing pictures. Printing from my home has been slow and quite expensive...let alone a headache.

What do you all use?

Information is greatly greatly needed/appreciated!!!

I use a local PRO Printer....DPI........
DOUGLAS PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING......
they have FTP ability also.....not dirt cheap but nothing in this town is..............

I have tried many out of town and seem to always come back here due to the care they take with all clients photos..........

MrBook2

Smugmug uses EZPrints to do their printing (see the section about softproofing here: http://www.smugmug.com/help/display-color ).

I do all of my printing that matters through Smugmug. I have never really been disappointed. You need to make sure that your work flow is color calibrated (see that link above ) because if you select "true color" on Smugmug when it comes time to print, you will get exactly what you uploaded. And if your monitor calibration is off, the print will be too. There are numerous threads here on dgrin about calibration if it is a problem for you.

The Smugmug/EZPrints combo is fast and they make a really good product. There are (or at least were in the past) some products that EZPrints offered that Smugmug did not, most notibly they used to have a panorama print that was priced by the inch of the long dimension. This used a different printing process than the normal prints, so you could only get to it through EZPrints. It still looked great. I bring it up because I ordered this print once and the print arrived damaged. It was bent when it was packed in the mailing tube. I contacted EZPrints and they immediately sent a replacement at no cost. So, much like Smugmug, EZPrints has great customer service.

If I need something faster than that, I have a local place that does a nice job, but I suspect you don't want to drive to Michigan to pick up your prints...

--Aaron

Chris_ND

ezprints in my expirence, has just been a hard site to deal with.

mpix *i think* Has some pretty cool products that they offer...

But smugmug also has a few great products, and I do really like the back printing idea they have going with smug mug.

so I think im going to go with smug mug.

Chris_ND

any other opinions?

idoteech

I order everything from smugmug except my wallets. I like the rounded corners, so I order them from Mpix. I have never been disappointed with either.

mike.strock

idoteech wrote:

I order everything from smugmug except my wallets. I like the rounded corners, so I order them from Mpix. I have never been disappointed with either.

I used MPix for a LONG LONG time and was very happy with them. I moved most of my personal stuff to BayPhoto, and have been incredibly happy with the results.

Mike Strock.

Spagboy

I've had great results with both SmugMug and Mpix. Both had great turn around time and good looking prints. I like the die-cut wallets from Mpix and the last order I placed with them arrived on my doorstep 27 hours after I hit the "order" button.

-Geof

swintonphoto

I use smugmug/ezprints for most of my stuff and am satisfied. MPIX is, in my opinion, the other best lab in the country. I have also used Adorama for printing as well and been happy with them, though I have been more pleased with smugmug and mpix. I use adorama when I am not as concerned about the images because they are often cheaper - for things like high school prom photos.

WingsOfLovePhoto

I just signed on with White House Custom Color. WHCC.com They are used by alot of the master photographers. Met them at a trade show. Very nice paper with lots of different options. They are reasonable priced and ship very fast! They will give you 5 free 8x10's when you sign on with them so you can check color calibration with your monitor. They also print very nice cards and such. check them out!