I was going to recommend that you try and get a HP B855[0,3,8] printer.
Unfortunately they're discontinued but when researching Matte papers I
found quite a few advertised for sale in the $100-150 range. Pretty much
the price of full set of inks for an 8 color printer. HP also used to
give, a 50 rebate with any inkjet printer, no matter what make returned
to them with proof of purchase of an HP Printer,moot point in this case
but I wasn't able to find the form for that.
It's an excellent printer for the price capable of producing 13x44"
prints. Once again unfortunately on delving a little deeper I found
that all of those low prices were more or less web zombies. The only
places that still have this printer in stock are Amazon which is selling
it for close to its original MRSP and a site which had me ROTFLMAO, with
an asking price of get this $9999.91.
<http://livehotdeals.com/hp-photosmart-b8550-inkjet-printer_9340/compare-prices?utm_source=google_ad>
I guess that they'll have that baby in stock for a long time.
On 3/24/2012 12:07 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote:
In all honesty, it's because I'm as broke as the Ten Commandments. I'm
in a bit of a catch-22 where I can't afford to do my own prints unless
I sell enough prints to be able to do them. It's going to be
hand-to-mouth for the foreseeable future, so I'm forced to do things
in the least affordable way in order to have any hope of ever being
able to do it affordably.
But, if I ever do get to that point, I'll be sure to look into those
options. But, for the time being, it's beyond my grasp until I can
claw my way within reach.
-- Walt
On 3/24/2012 10:55 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Why not invest in a decent printer? Printing is, to my mind, an
essential part of the photographic process and digital tools give you
complete control. When you leave the printing to someone else, they
are free to alter your vision. You can now get the superb Epson
Stylus Photo R3000 for $599 at B&H, after rebate.They still have the
earlier R2880, which is nearly as good, lacking only the
auto-selecting of black cartridges for matte or glossy. Its $449.95
after rebate. I paid nearly double for mine a couple of years ago.
The R2000, which performs best on glossy papers is $389 after rebate.
All can print up to 13 x 19 borderless or 12 x 18 with a border. And
they deliver superb prints.
P)aul
On Mar 24, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote:
I'm planning to start relatively small -- not going over, say, 8x10
at first. My main concern is that the prints look nice and are on
appropriate paper. Wally World seems to offer a range of services
from "Here's your picture" to "Give us a couple of extra days and
then you can have a glossy picture". I'm mostly looking to simply
get prints that are suitable for framing for the time being, and
then stepping up to gallery-type prints if/when I start producing
work that justifies it and there's any kind of demand for it.
As of now, my composition is such that I still do more cropping than
I'd like, and I'd hate to get a large print made only to discover
that the resolution is sub-par.
-- Walt
On 3/24/2012 10:24 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
Can you afford a pro lab? I do all my own printing up to 16X20.
I've found the price for having these larger prints done (from
CD's) significantly less expensive than they once were. Example
16X20 'prox $35 these days. Had been about twice that, back in the
film days, when that often included a scanning charge.
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: Walt Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:53 AM
Subject: OT: Advice& recommendations on selling prints
Hi all,
As I mentioned in another thread, someone recently inquired about
buying a print and I was wondering if any of you might have any
suggestions for good resources to help figure out who to use for
the printing, what to charge and all that jazz. I really haven't
the first clue as I've always just had small prints made up at
Wally World -- occasionally an 8x10, and the resulting print is
about as predictable as you might expect.
Thanks for any help anyone can offer!
-- Walt
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