Need Quick Prints

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Posted by Scott Borger on May 2, 2007 at 10:30 AM

Does anyone know of a place where I can have a few (5) 8x10's printed without having to drop them off and pick them up. I need these done ASAP (as in this morning/afternoon at the latest). I usually go to the SlidePrinter, but they have a queue...and I don't have a good printer at my house. The pics are for a contest submission.

Posted by Tony Litschewski on May 2, 2007 at 10:38 AM

Costco.

Posted by Jody Grigg on May 2, 2007 at 10:39 AM

Costco prints on Fuji Crystal Chrome Archive Paper. Cheap too. Plus you can upload and they will be ready in about 2 hours.

Posted by Scott Borger on May 2, 2007 at 10:41 AM

How is the color accuracy at Costco? Any specific Costco better than the others? Do all of the Costco's have printing centers.

Posted by Tony Litschewski on May 2, 2007 at 10:43 AM

You can dowload the color profiles for any Costco in the country at drycreekphoto.com. Color accuracy is dead-on if you use a calibrated monitor.

Posted by Scott Borger on May 2, 2007 at 10:44 AM

Thanks alot. I'll upload them now.

Posted by Tony Litschewski on May 2, 2007 at 10:50 AM

Here are the detailed instructions for printing on their machines. Unless they've changed machines in the last 6 months, you'll want 320 dpi and jpg.

http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/using_printer_profiles.htm

Posted by Les Barstow on May 2, 2007 at 11:04 AM

I usually send 100% quality JPEG. See Dry Creek's "Using ICC Profiles with Digital Printers" page for details on how to prepare your work. There are some tricks to it - Fuji and Noritsu printers aren't very tolerant of incorrectly formatted image.

Posted by Scott Borger on May 2, 2007 at 11:22 AM

Thanks again for all the prompt info. I'm uploading them right now.

Posted by Richard Voninski on May 2, 2007 at 11:34 AM

costco