Adam, this is what I've been doing,
for the last several years, I've been doing calendars using bound blanks
purchased from Photographer's Edge (blanks cost around $5.00 USD each -
cheaper in quantity).
The blanks take 13 4" X 6" prints that I print on my 8 year old Epson
Stylus Photo printer ($ 300 USD in 97).
The images are placed on the pages and retained by double sided tape,
supplied already attached to the pages. I buy 50 sheets of Epson Glossy
4"X6" Photo paper for around $9.70 USD.
I get around 50 4"X6" prints from each color ink cartridge (around $15.25
each).
So each calendar costs me around $11.50 USD each. I've sold them for $20.00
USD
Most People that I give them to or purchase from me tell me that they
frequently will remove the images after the year runs out and
individually frame them.
Many comment about the personal nature of these calendars.
I get people asking in mid year if I'm going to do a calendar next year.
They really make nice gifts.
I would not hesitate to reccommend any Epson Photo printer.
Kenneth Waller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam McKenty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printers and $tuff
Pentaxians,
In your experience, which is a less expensive way to produce cards,
prints, calendars and such: buy ink and photo paper and use an inkjet
printer; or get them made at a lab/print shop? I would have thought the
do-it-yourself method cheaper, but then I ran across Dan Heller's most
excellent web page (www.danheller.com, www.danheller.com/biz-postcards),
and he thinks otherwise. (I'd take his word for it, but that his math is
bad. In the same page he bases a lengthy cautionary tale on the following
calculation: 1.5 x 100 = 1,500.)
Which brings me to my second question: what inkjet, if any, can make good
prints, take paper up to 8.5 inches wide, and be had for around $200? What
good/bad experiences have you had with various printers? It's a rather
broad subject, I know, but any suggestions or comments would be
appreciated.
I'm making photo calendars to foist on all my relatives as Christmas
gifts, and I'm wondering how to get least broke in the process. In the
future, my brother Francis and I plan to peddle some similar products to
the mobs of summer tourists that pour through the local craft market (in
exchange for a little dough, of course).
Cheers,
Adam
PS: Francis is wondering if any of you received his last post (about an
online photo competition), since he didn't receive any replies (whimper).
