Archive for the ‘Photo Printing’ Category

I’m always looking for opinions and advice on the best place to print digital scrapbooking pages.  For anything 8 1/2″ x 11″ or less, I print at home on my Epson Artisan 810.  I actually try to avoid printing digital layouts at 12×12 because it’s just so hard to find a good source for printing.  I hate spending the money to have pages printed and then getting back results that are less than satisfactory.  My most common compliant is colors that are too dark.  I thought for a while that maybe my monitor was to blame, but even compared to my in-camera monitor (on a Canon Xsi), my 4×6 prints come back too dark at many color printing companies.

At the Daily Digi, there is an excellent review of digital layout printing.  Steph sent the same layout to several difference printers and compared the intimidation factor (site navigation), ease of upload, photo colors, and paper and embellishment colors. I was really surprised to hear her results from Scrapbook Pictures, because I’ve heard so many digital scrapbookers rave about that service.  It seems she liked Persnickety the best overall.  That’s a company I haven’t heard of until now.  This is definitely a post you should check out if you plan on printing digital scrapbooking pages.  This review actually confirmed the decision I made to invest in a good printer.  I’d rather pay the cost of ink at home and have good results than waste time and money trying to find a good outside printing source.

The Daily Digi: Layout Printing Reviews