So Ken, We've seen your images, where do we buy this calendar! Regards, Bob S.
On 12/10/05, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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). > > > > > >
