Do You Print Your Photos
Apr 12, 2021 19:44:38 #
If you are not a pro selling prints what percent of your total keepers do you print?
Apr 12, 2021 20:01:35 #
Apr 12, 2021 20:02:14 #
I print several but the (Low) percentage escapes me. I currently have a 3 ring binder to store up to size 8.5 x11. Seems like I use a lot of ink$. Many I use cheap (?) Walmart frames to hang and view. Printer Is a HP 7640 that has given good service.
Apr 12, 2021 20:16:46 #
I print my photos. Usually 5x7and 8x10. Frame them in dollar store frames and change them on a whim. I may print 1 percent of my total photos taken if that. I have a lot of photos that I like but really don't print that many and using Precision Color for ink it is very affordable.
Apr 12, 2021 20:20:57 #
I have about 40 8x10s in 12x14 frames ( not all40 framed) . I have 10 of those in my dining room. I change the pix every few months . when Im tired of seeing one I'll print something new and add it to the frey.
Apr 12, 2021 20:22:43 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
Iron Sight wrote:
I print several but the (Low) percentage escapes me. I currently have a 3 ring binder to store up to size 8.5 x11. Seems like I use a lot of ink$. Many I use cheap (?) Walmart frames to hang and view. Printer Is a HP 7640 that has given good service.
I keep more than most folks, because I use the "failures" for myself and for teaching, and because many of them record things that I want to keep track of, even if it is just something that I want to return and take another stab at.
Right now, I'm sure that I print less than most folks, because I've been "between printers" ever since my really nice oversize 8 color HP printer failed a couple of years ago. That means that anything that gets printed gets taken to Coupralux near downtown Dallas, which is both quite a trip and quite an expense. So making the cut to be printed right now means meeting a pretty high bar. On top of that, not a lot of new material is entering the queue.
I'll not buy another HP printer, because of the "Service Stall" error that put me out of business on the old one, but I also haven't found anything new yet that I like as well.
Apr 12, 2021 20:29:26 #
Not a pro, keep almost all: nostalgia, mementos.
Print and mount some scenics as gifts and door prize donations.
I have absolutely no idea of any possible percentage,
not interested in knowing, but it is VERY, very low.
We have an electronic picture frame with tons in it though.
Print and mount some scenics as gifts and door prize donations.
I have absolutely no idea of any possible percentage,
not interested in knowing, but it is VERY, very low.
We have an electronic picture frame with tons in it though.
Apr 12, 2021 20:30:59 #
Jack
Currently I only print about 10% of my keepers. I have An hp with a ink replacement plan where for $5 / month I get my ink cartridges automatically.
Not sure what to do with them yet
Currently I only print about 10% of my keepers. I have An hp with a ink replacement plan where for $5 / month I get my ink cartridges automatically.
Not sure what to do with them yet
Apr 12, 2021 21:19:46 #
100%. I will never relay on keeping my images on a digital media. Every session I do I print, then keep the images in my hard drives (2), and file away the SD card (just like I always did with my developed roll of film (which I still have. Every single one of them). Digital storage in my opinion is an iffy proposition: you can have it this moment, gone the next. That's why I always print.
Apr 12, 2021 21:31:54 #
smussler
Loc: Land O Lakes, FL - Formerly Miller Place, NY
Rarely print anything. Just view on desktop, with image changing every hour or so. Been thinking about getting a digital frame . . .
Apr 12, 2021 22:03:14 #
Quite a few are printed and framed.
--Bob
--Bob
Curmudgeon wrote:
If you are not a pro selling prints what percent of your total keepers do you print?
Apr 12, 2021 22:08:06 #
vg
Loc: Kansas City area
I print about 10 % for my
grandchildren’s albums. Been doing so for 15 years with Epson photo printers. I’m on my second one now.
grandchildren’s albums. Been doing so for 15 years with Epson photo printers. I’m on my second one now.
Apr 12, 2021 22:13:52 #
Apr 12, 2021 22:45:18 #
smussler wrote:
Rarely print anything. Just view on desktop, with image changing every hour or so. Been thinking about getting a digital frame . . .
My digital frame is my favorite. There's now 10,000 images on the card. I never know what I'm going to see when I walk by. When I finish the edits, I add a few more from the landscape aspect into the LR collection for the frame. Every 100 or so additions, I re-export the entire collection and copy over to the frames SD card.
Apr 12, 2021 23:00:02 #
FreddB
Loc: PA - Delaware County
Keepers? ALL!
My keepers may not measure up to your definition of a keeper.
I have 10 grandchildren and 8 greats - each has their own albums, dating back to 1982.
Most of those are filled with pre-digital prints, mainly 4x6 or 5x7. I have no idea how many.
I do know that I've printed over 3700 8.5x11 "collages" in the past 18 months, probably average
5-6 images per page.
Yeah, I keep track (retired bean counter - have spreadsheet, will travel); it's the only way to know
whose album to put them in.
Don't even want to know how much ink and paper that took. Stopped counting EVERY bean right
after I stopped getting paid to. Killed 2 printers, but the Canon ip8720 is still kicking almost 5 years old.
My keepers may not measure up to your definition of a keeper.
I have 10 grandchildren and 8 greats - each has their own albums, dating back to 1982.
Most of those are filled with pre-digital prints, mainly 4x6 or 5x7. I have no idea how many.
I do know that I've printed over 3700 8.5x11 "collages" in the past 18 months, probably average
5-6 images per page.
Yeah, I keep track (retired bean counter - have spreadsheet, will travel); it's the only way to know
whose album to put them in.
Don't even want to know how much ink and paper that took. Stopped counting EVERY bean right
after I stopped getting paid to. Killed 2 printers, but the Canon ip8720 is still kicking almost 5 years old.
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