Long Story Short » cost http://blog.trlong.com a place for talkin' story Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:15:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 To Print at Home or an Online Service http://blog.trlong.com/2009/07/to-print-at-home-or-an-online-service/ http://blog.trlong.com/2009/07/to-print-at-home-or-an-online-service/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:09:03 +0000 Tom Long http://blog.trlong.com/2009/07/to-print-at-home-or-an-online-service/ Continue reading →]]> Not everyone has a photo quality printer at home.  Even those of us that do, don’t always have a printer that can handle larger sizes of photos.  I haven’t ordered prints from any of these services and so can’t recommend any one of them.  But I thought I probably wasn’t the only one interested in what the best deal would be if I were to want to get a picture printed.  If you have experience with any of these services, please share that with us in the comments. 

Check the numbers for yourself, but here is what I found when comparison shopping from whom to order photo prints online:


  Kodak Wal-Mart Snapfish Shutterfly RitzPix  
Wallets $1.69 $0.54        
4×6 $0.15 $0.09 $0.09 $0.15    
5×7 $0.89 $0.58 $0.79 $0.99 $0.99  
8×10 $2.99 $2.84 $2.99 $3.99 $4.99  
8×12         $3.99  
11×14   $5.86 $6.99 $7.99 $10.99  
12×18   $8.86 $9.99      
16×20 $14.99 $12.86 $14.99 $17.99 $19.95  
20×30 $18.99 $16.86 $19.99 $22.99 $29.95  
24×36         $39.95  
shipping $1.50 $0.00       <$4.99 order
shipping     $0.99     Print
shipping     $1.99     small poster
shipping     $2.99     large poster

Don’t forget other fun services like Zazzle for art prints or Big Huge Labs for fun activities with your digital photos.

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