Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-05 Thread mike wilson
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: By the time you count the cost of wasted ink, paper etc. what do you end up paying per 4x6, 8x12 and 12x16 print? Or alternatively, what would it cost for 50 8x12s and 100 4x6 per month? In comparison, Costco prices, before tax are: $0.13 4x6

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-05 Thread mike wilson
William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ? William Robb wrote: What isn't working in my favour is that I'm not doing as much printing as I thought, so I have a $2.5k bookend sitting

Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
I'm satisfied with the quality of prints I can get at Costco, though if I were willing to spend the time to do multiple tests, optimize paper for the shot etc, I could probably get slightly better quality doing it at home. However, now that I've started printing my shots, I'm spending a fair

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ? By the time you count the cost of wasted ink, paper etc. what do you end up paying per 4x6, 8x12 and 12x16 print? Or alternatively, what would it cost for 50 8x12s and 100 4x6 per month

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Miserere
On 4 May 2010 14:21, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I'm satisfied with the quality of prints I can get at Costco, though if I were willing to spend the time to do multiple tests, optimize paper for the shot etc, I could probably get slightly better quality doing it at home. However, now

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/4/2010 12:01 PM, Miserere wrote: On 4 May 2010 14:21, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: I did the math a long time ago, and it's store prints all the way. Maybe when I'm selling prints for $20,000 I'll consider doing them myself, but for now I much prefer sending the files off to be

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread paul stenquist
Financially, store prints are the best deal. But as a photographer, I find printing to an integral part of the hobby. Mastering the print is the ultimate challenge, and leaving that to someone else doesn't work for me. Paul On May 4, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 12:01 PM,

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Sam L
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Do you do any BW printing? If so, I can recommend a very good printing store that specialises in BW. They offer Resin Coated and Fiber paper printing. Feel free to share as I'm interested in getting some BW done. Thanks!

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/4/2010 12:12 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Financially, store prints are the best deal. But as a photographer, I find printing to an integral part of the hobby. Mastering the print is the ultimate challenge, and leaving that to someone else doesn't work for me. Paul I feel very similarly,

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Miserere
On 4 May 2010 15:15, Sam L samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Do you do any BW printing? If so, I can recommend a very good printing store that specialises in BW. They offer Resin Coated and Fiber paper printing. Feel free to share

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-04 14:40, William Robb wrote: I expect that if I added everything up, I'd be paying 4-5X to print a 16x20 at home than what the most expensive printing service local to me would charge. I don't at all doubt that's it's cheaper overall for me to use a printing service for a print.

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 12:25:02PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 12:12 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Financially, store prints are the best deal. But as a photographer, I find printing to an integral part of the hobby. Mastering the print is the ultimate challenge, and leaving that to

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread P N Stenquist
On May 4, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 12:12 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Financially, store prints are the best deal. But as a photographer, I find printing to an integral part of the hobby. Mastering the print is the ultimate challenge, and leaving that to someone else

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Doug Franklin Subject: Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ? On 2010-05-04 14:40, William Robb wrote: I expect that if I added everything up, I'd be paying 4-5X to print a 16x20 at home than what the most expensive printing service local to me would

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/4/2010 4:53 PM, William Robb wrote: What isn't working in my favour is that I'm not doing as much printing as I thought, so I have a $2.5k bookend sitting behind me that drinks ink the way I drink red wine. With 7up? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread P. J. Alling
On 5/4/2010 7:53 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin Subject: Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ? On 2010-05-04 14:40, William Robb wrote: I expect that if I added everything up, I'd be paying 4-5X to print a 16x20 at home than what the most expensive

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ? On 5/4/2010 4:53 PM, William Robb wrote: What isn't working in my favour is that I'm not doing as much printing as I thought, so I have a $2.5k bookend sitting behind me that drinks ink the way I

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: What isn't working in my favour is that I'm not doing as much printing as I thought, so I have a $2.5k bookend sitting behind me that drinks ink the way I drink red wine. I'll trade you a case of red wine for your printer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread paul stenquist
On May 4, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: William Robb wrote: What isn't working in my favour is that I'm not doing as much printing as I thought, so I have a $2.5k bookend sitting behind me that drinks ink the way I drink red wine. I'll trade you a case of red wine for your

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ? William Robb wrote: What isn't working in my favour is that I'm not doing as much printing as I thought, so I have a $2.5k bookend sitting behind me that drinks ink the way I drink red wine

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: paul stenquist Subject: Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ? What isn't working in my favour is that I'm not doing as much printing as I thought, so I have a $2.5k bookend sitting behind me that drinks ink the way I drink red wine. I'll trade you