[BUGS] making photos

[HarryWoodward-Clarke]

Hi Jerahmy,

> I'm interested in, what do you do with the digital images when you
> want prints of them? I'v experimented with various ink jets and gloss
> paper, the quality can be fairly good, but the image seems to fade
> really quickly.. Like the ink is very light reactive or something?

"nah, nah, naaaah - look at da handle!"`(anyone remember that ad? ;')

Ink jet printing of photos is a mug's game. It costs an arm, a leg,  
and a pound of flesh to boot! The paper is 'not too dear', but the  
ink. I read somewhere that ink for inkjets is 'litre for litre' is  
much more expensive than the world's most expensive champagne. Colour  
Ink is doubly-so!

The "cheapest" method is to drop the piccies you want to CD - one for  
each print, and drop them to your local chemist who may do them for as  
little as 15c per print. You *need* to specify that they "do not crop"  
the picture. Remember, the typical format for a digital image is about  
4:3 (think TV) whereas a 'standard' picture is about more rectangular  
(wider than high - almost 'widescreen format'). So, if you let them do  
what they do, they will print the image so it fills the print, and  
crop the top and bottom. Telling them not to crop leaves you with  
black (or white) 'bars' down each side. Or you could modify your  
images beforehand to do this.

The chemist road is a little slower, but cheaper. The '2 hour' shops  
are more expensive, but more convenient.

But inkjet is dearer than poison!

Not tried a colour laser yet - this may be a way of doing it 'cheaper'  
at home - if I ever score one :')

.h

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