Online Digital Pro-Labs

Hey guys,

 

I am curious as to what you all recommend for for a digital Pro-Lab I

can use either via sending a CD, or uploading the images. The only

two that I know of are Adorama and pictopia.com, but honestly I don't

think I like either. I see nothing but complaints about Adoramas Pro

lab, as far as the eye can see, and pictopias prices are SO far out

of wack, im not even willing to try them out.

 

Is there anybody else out there that is usuing a high level digital

pro lab? Maybe something that better then adorama, but cheaper then

pictopia?

westcoastimaging.com

 

Great lab, great people,quality work, and first class service...and no I don't work for them, but they've really impressed me, and I'm fussy.

Thanks for the tip, but their prices are INSANE. Much more expensive then even pictopia. Would be cheaper to buy your own 7600 printer, and print for 1$ a square foot.

Here is a list of US labs that we have built printer profiles for that support FTP uploads. All have ICC profiles available either directly from the lab or <a href="http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Frontier/FrontierDatabase.htm">via our profile database</a>.

 

<br /><br />California:

<br /><a href="http://www.isgophoto.com/">Isgo Photo</a>, Burbank

<br /><a href="http://www.nccamera.com/">North County Camera</a>, Escondido

<br /><a href="http://www.30minphotos.com/">30 Minute Photos</a>, Irvine

<br /><a href="http://www.alphafotoworks.com/">Alpha Fotoworks</a>, Lake Forest

<br /><a href="http://www.fromex.com/">Fromex</a>, Long Beach

<br /><a href="http://www.phototime.com/">Phototime</a>, Palo Alto

<br /><a href="http://www.fromex.net/">Fromex</a>, San Diego

 

<br /><br /><br />Florida:

<br /><a href="http://www.chromatekphoto.com/">Chromatek</a>, Ft. Lauderdale

<br /><a href="http://www.hqis.com/">HQ Photo</a>, Miami

 

<br /><br />Georgia:

<br /><a href="http://www.chatsworthsalesphoto.com/">Chatsworth Sales Photo</a>, Chatsworth

 

<br /><br />Illinois:

<br /><a href="http://www.imperialcolor.com/pegasus.html">Imperial Color</a>, Chicago

 

<br /><br />Kansas:<br /><a href="http://www.mypictureperfect.biz/">Picture Perfect</a> (two locations), Wichita

 

<br /><br />Louisiana:

<br /><a href="http://www.connect2phototek.com/">PhotoTek</a>, Lake Charles

 

<br /><br />Maryland:

<br /><a href="http://www.severngraphics.com/">Severn Graphics</a>, Glen Burnie

 

<br /><br />Montana:

<br /><a href="http://www.f11photo.com/">F-11 Photographic</a>, Bozeman

 

<br /><br />Nebraska:

<br /><a href="http://www.amatocolorlab.com/">Amato Color Lab</a>, Omaha

 

<br /><br />New York:

<br /><a href="http://www.adorama.com/digitalprints">Adorama</a>

<br /><a href="http://www.alkit.com/">Alkit - 3rd. Ave.</a>

<br /><a href="http://www.alkit.com/">Alkit - Park Ave.</a>

 

<br /><br />Oregon:

<br /><a href="http://www.photovsn.com">Photovision</a>, Salem

 

<br /><br />Pennsylvania:

<br /><a href="http://www.philadelphiaphotographics.com/">Philadelphia Photographics</a>, Philadelphia

 

<br /><br />Texas:

<br /><a href="http://www.flash-back.com/">Flash Back</a>, Dallas

<br /><a href="http://www.rgbphotolabs.com/">RGB Photo Labs</a>, Dallas

<br /><a href="http://up1.internetimagingnetwork.com/costco/control/main?account_type=prof">Costco</a>, most locations online, but need to pick up prints in store.

 

<br /><br />Virginia:

<br /><a href="http://www.magna1hrphoto.com/">Magna One Hour Photo</a>, Leesburg

<br /><a href="http://www.atlantisphoto.com/">Atlantis Photo</a>, Norfolk

 

<br /><br />Wisconsin:

<br /><a href="http://www.phopar.com/">Phopar</a>, Appleton

Brandon - "Their prices are insane"... I might have mentioned that I always use the preflight order, meaning that I do all the scanning, color correcting and ps work myself. If I buy two prints at a time, I get my huge 12x35 pan prints done on crystal archive or epson papers for $19. That's the furthest thing from "insane", especially considering their quality. Have you ever tried printing a 35" image with alot of solid blue without getting one tiny spec of dust that falls on the paper before printing and then falls off. I have. Good luck, because you'll end up burning just as much money in ink and paper to get it right AND you'll be doing all the work.

Yes dana I have. I have had direct access to a 7600 for the past year, but no longer. At the prices this website sells prints for, a 7600 would pay for itself in a year, granted you do enough printing.

 

15$ for an 8X10 is EXTREMELY high. In order to make any money on such a print, you would need to sell taht for 30$.

 

I hate to break it to you, but those prices are rediculous. I know, it never feels good to get burned.

Thanks for the links Ethan! Fromax in San Diego looks PERFECt. A great balance between "pro" and price. Can't wait to try them out.