Home printing vs sending out?

6 years 11 months ago #527437 by Rob Cline
Aside from larger size needed, when are you sending vs printing?  


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6 years 11 months ago #527453 by KCook
For a quickie 4x6 to share with friends and family I use my inkjet. Everything else gets sent out.

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6 years 11 months ago - 6 years 11 months ago #527476 by effron
I print all of my own unless I need larger than 19" x 13"......

Why so serious?
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6 years 11 months ago #527514 by No Show
Depends on if I want it on the wall

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6 years 11 months ago #527548 by Joves

effron wrote: I print all of my own unless I need larger than 19" x 13"......


Same here. If it is just something to hang on my wall then I do it myself. If I was doing this for a sale then it is better to farm it out. I am still trying to justify owning something that will print larger than 19x13.


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6 years 11 months ago #527555 by D-76
  
My photo quality inkjet printer died two + years ago and haven't missed it a bit.  Cheap prints can be had at Costco, pro lab isn't too far and size isn't a concern ( 9' print for a boardroom no problem)Granted I don’t make a lot of prints so it seemed ironic every-time I needed to make a print(s)  through cleaning etc  I would need to replace an ink well.  Then I would need to buy a box of paper that I would never finish - still have a collection of different sized papers including two rolls of paper in the attic.  Sometimes I think you could compare owning an inkjet print to owning a motor boat.  Just an object to throw money at every time you want to use it.Friends can’t ask “you’re good at Photoshop can you touch up my vacation pics and make some 8x10s for me”  (for free?:unsure: ) would love too, oh don’t have a printer are you willing to pay for the lab costs?  No???:rolleyes  Now my table is open for use with only a small laser printer taking up a corner 


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6 years 11 months ago #527609 by Karen Comella
If I'm selling to a client or exceeds the printing size of my printer, then I send out.   


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6 years 11 months ago #527702 by Kenta
Personal use - I print
Clients - send out to professional printer 


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6 years 11 months ago #527724 by Pettigrew
:agree: pretty much the same here.   

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6 years 11 months ago #527765 by Finn
No response that is much different from what has been posted so far, it's all boils down to size for me.  Client or something that will go on my wall.  If it exceeds what my printer can do, I send it out.


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6 years 11 months ago #527853 by Trisha.M
+1  same with me


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6 years 11 months ago #527950 by Paris Gal
My printer isn't all that great, so pretty much anything I want printed get's done at a print shop.  

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6 years 11 months ago #527951 by Paris Gal
Speaking of which, what printer are you all using?

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6 years 11 months ago #528115 by Chris Yates
I've got a Canon Pro 100 and don't print past 13x19 here. Anything bigger is too much of a pain to try out on my own.


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6 years 11 months ago #528195 by Karen Comella
What is the largest home printer that isn't the size of a VW?


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