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lalPOOO · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 7:46 pm

I'd like to get prints made of one of my "peices of art", where do I go and what do I need?

smalbrain · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 8:57 pm

here in aus for cheapala printing just go to a do it your self place like 'kinkos' i think theres some in canada. its about AUD$2.25 for an A4 sheet of colour. or if you dont have a place like that you can go to a bureau which will cost a bit more for their services ($20 or so).
I think the best way but a bit hacky is to put a note up at a design school or uni asking for cheapala printing - there is always a kid there that has a oversize epson 800 willing to do it for $10 (cheap!).

lalPOOO · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 9:07 pm

ok..if i go to kinkos or whatvers closest, what kind of paper should I be getting if i plan to frame it, and make it fairly professional looking? (to the point where, not considering the quality of the picture, you/general public would buy it)

smalbrain · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 9:13 pm

ask the printer and they'll give you some print samples to look at - its really up to you - and depends on the work... there isnt much or a price difference between papers - a few cents usually.

Zwaeback · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 9:22 pm

If you plan on making many prints during the years to come think about buying an inkjet and glossy film. The prints look great.

Phil

smalbrain · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 9:37 pm

yeh its pretty amazing how a $200 inkjet can do photo quality these days.
but I still love my 'canon bjc 210' 'bubble jet printer' (I still have 2 years worth of ink refills if anyones interested).

[ January 31, 2002: Message edited by: smalbrain ]

egerie · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2002 12:08 am

smalbrain : What ?? Two years ?! You stole a truckful of those or what ?

I just got an old(?) BJC-5000 myself. Got to get more high gloss paper and ink cartridge$.. I actually got this one as it doesn't work under windows XP (aaaaahahahaahaha thanks again sis) !

Micket · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2002 7:58 am

Hmm, anyone got any tips on where to go if you live in sweden? is there any place where you can get some larger poster-sized prints?

lalPOOO · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2002 11:44 pm

well, i was out and about today, and i found out that blacks does it, so I'll probalby go with them. Yes I have a nice bubblejet (hp 970)printer that prints almost photoquality, but it's currently out of colour ink (except for blue, it likes printing everything god damn blue...) and the colour catridges are $50 each, plus I'd rather have it look really proffesional cause I'm planning to try and sell some on the street!

Zwaeback · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2002 9:33 am

I am using an epson 880. Bought it for less than $80. The cartridges are around $15 each. They also have generic cartridges for half the price, although i've only tried rhinoteks version so far. i just checked buy.com. only $12 per black cartridge.

Also....the reason why i bought the 880 is because the prints turned out color perfect or very close to it. My epson photo ex isn't quite as good. i would also assume that the epson 1270/1280 is great, except i didn't need the added advantage of making prints larger than letter size.

Just some thoughts....for general use i think the hp is king....for specific photorealistic printing the epson seems to be ahead.

@ Kinkos you can make some slick prints although you may need to work on color calibrating them there. That may turn out to be costly.

Phil