CostCo offered the best quality of the three at the better price. The desire to go to a larger print size led to the consideration of Walmart, Walgreens, CVS and CostCo. ![]() For two years I uses a Lexmark AIO and limited my self to 8X10 prints. Their rules allowed for a liberal interpretation of Print quality and encouraged the use of cheap at home printers. I did not print anything until I joined a Camera club that had print categories in its monthly competition. But getting what I want out of my photos is a priority for me, so I pay the price. A good printer and good paper is not cheap, neither is ink. This way I get exactly the print i want, something I've never gotten out of a photo finisher. I've been printing with an Epson R2400 since 2005, thousands of prints, and have not had any problems with it. Since I only have a Canon Pixma printer that (apparently) needs new ink, looks like I am going to walgreens this afternoon. I use an Epson 3880 and am very happy with the results. The convenience of printing your own is worth a lot to me. Your cost per print is about double what I said above. If you are printing just for casual use then one of the desk top Epson printers work well. I print a couple of thousand 8x10 per year so the printer get regular use. You have to be using your printer regularly or the heads will clog. The ink usage for an 8 x 10 is usually 0.5 ml, cost about 45¢. I buy the paper when Epson offers a deal and it is 24¢ a sheet. Imagefx edited this topic 111 months ago. They do a decent job for proofs and I am also NOT able to print for anywhere near that price even with shipping added (usually 2 to 6 dollars) I use snapfish for my proofs, about 10 cents each (specials are as low as 1 cent each) all plus shipping Will check out the costs for photo paper, but suspect that I might just end up doing what you are doing. ![]() I use CVS for proof's and use MPIX for final prints. Have you looked what 8x10 paper costs now? I gave up printing at home, by the time you get the ink, paper and run tests so your printer will give you the output you are looking for, you will spend way more money than they charge you at Walgreens. In short, when do you print at home and when do you decide it should go out to a NON-professional lab like walgreens? Or should I be spending that money on ink and photo paper and be printing from home? Should I shell out the $12 for three 8X10 photos and about 30 cents apiece for the 24 or so 4X6 prints I will need? ![]() I have some (non-critical) photos that I want to look nice, but don't want to spend a whole lot of money on (like, a couple 8X10s for my kid's homework project, and some photos of stuff to be put onto storage containers because my wife absolutely refuses to READ anything - including labels). Unfortunately, the last decent lab in my area closed up about two months ago :( When does it "make sense" to print at home on a consumer grade inkjet printer versus printing at walgreens?
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