Comments on: The Best Photo Printing Services

By: Elizabeth @the Natural Capital

Elizabeth @the Natural Capital — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:30:17 +0000

Thanks for this review — I had never heard of mpix, but am am going to try them out now. As an added bonus, they’re actually cheaper than Snapfish for 8×10 prints.

By: John Goerzen

John Goerzen — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:06:56 +0000

In the article, I’m discussing paper under longevity. Quality, to me, means color accuracy. Aside from visible differences in that, differences in paper come down to a matter of longevity.

By: John Goerzen

John Goerzen — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:54:41 +0000

I specifically was looking at photo printing services only in this review. For photo sharing/storage, I heartily recommend Flickr. The photo printing sites, snapfish included, are nowhere near as good.

As far as backups go, I most certainly do not endorse using any random web service as your backup. There are no guarantees what policies they will have or what their longevity will be. Even Yahoo has closed Yahoo Photos; Google has discontinued various web apps, and there’s no guarantee HP wouldn’t do the same. A safe deposit box at a bank is cheap and you can put DVDs or a hard disk in it. That said, if you’re going to do this, I still recommend Flickr. Snapfish and most of the other photo printing sites don’t let you download your high-res original uploads. Or, if they do, they charge you for it.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:33:31 +0000

This article is useful but there’s a lot more to consider than quality and cost. I am happy with Snapfish quality and cost and I also am happy that they are going to be around for a long long time. When Katrina victims lost their photos in the floods, Snapfish gave them free prints of their photos they uploaded to Snapfish. If I lose my hard drive or backup, I know HP’s Snapfish is not going out of business and I will be able to get my photos.

Of course there are lots of other Snapfish perks that I love like group rooms.

By: PrintedProof.com

PrintedProof.com — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:35:05 +0000

I recently used snapfish and was pleased with the quality of print and paper. For the average joe and its price it was a good deal. There are many otyher services out there where you can pay more for a higher quality.

By: Chris Stork

Chris Stork — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:39:28 +0000

Be careful with snapfish. They sell your email address. I experienced this myself since I hand out unique email addresses for each company. See http://lifedistilled.com/?p=331 for a discussion of this.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:28:45 +0000

I don’t know where you get your information that Snapfish is often at the top in terms of quality. Their base Kodak paper is used for one reason – it’s dirt cheap. Their goal is to be the price leader which means quality is not job one. They don’t mention the specific type of paper so that they can change it to whatever is cheapest when it’s time to buy.

Oddly enough, here is something taken directy from their FAQ (http://www.snapfish.com/helpsearch/st=kodak) where they admit that their paper stinks:

q: What do I do if I am disappointed with the new Kodak Paper?
A: We are sorry that you are dissatisfied with the quality of paper used in your order. Our print vendor recently changed the type of paper used and you are not alone in your opinion of the new paper, so thanks for sharing your opinion. [snip]