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Message from discussion Suggest UK digital printing service

Roger Matthews

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More options Jan 3 2006, 4:36 am

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From: "Roger Matthews" <r...@aber.ac.uk>

Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:36:55 -0000

Local: Tues, Jan 3 2006 4:36 am

Subject: Re: Suggest UK digital printing service

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"David J Taylor"
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> Joel Dorfan wrote:
>> I am in SOuth Africa and want to send some digital images to a
>> printing service for delivery in London.

>> Prices I have seen range from 4p to 10p for a 6x4. Why such a big
>> range?
>> Can you recommend one over the other (eg. pixdiscount,
>> directfoto,photodeal etc.).

>> Images are about 3-4 MB from a Canon 350D. I want to send the
>> smallest image size for a 6x4 print, by how much must I reduce the
>> original image size?
>> Thanks

>> Joel

> I would recommend PhotoBox:

> http://www.photobox.co.uk/

> but I haven't done a comparison, simply that these people have a good
> reputation and have provided good service. We've been sending 5 - 8MP
> images, using JPEGs where the file size is typically 1 - 2 MB.

> If you /must/ push the file size further, I would recommend at least 250
> pixels per inch, so a size of 1500 x 1000 pixels, with a JPEG quality of
> 25 in Paint Shop Pro. Perhaps 200KB per image.

> David

I would recommend PhotoBox as well (and have to many friends). I have used
them for a number of years and have never had a problem. These labs seem to
always do well in Amateur Photographer (a popular British Camera Magazine)
surveys also.

Roger

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