patrick43 Loc: Los Lunas,NM

I used to make albums every Christmas for the kids of the grandkids. I'd put 100 pics not necessarily the best but more a chronology of the year. They were always a big hit. I have also always made an album of about a 100 pics of each vacation we have taken. Again, not always the best but more an overview of the trip though I do edit them and try for quality. Unfortunately, no trips lately but hoping it will be better soon. Maybe this summer!

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

Photography is part of the job so considering, i'm a paid photographer. But i'm using it for our inhouse adverts so technically not selling the prints. For products, shoot about 4-5 each and use 1 so 20% ish? They are mostly edited and collaged plus a lot of reference photos that are only digitally kept, so that would end up 1-2% of the photos going to print....maybe even less.
Some of those go into flyers and are sometimes re-used. So very few photos get to print but thousand copies.

Personally, almost none. I've sent to photo print only 1 photo since 2003.
They are all digitally viewed now.

Laramie Loc: Tempe

Since I changed to digital in the early 21st Century, three, maybe four.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Canon TS6350. Really great 3 in one. I've had Epson and HP but never again.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Quick reply: 8x10 is my choice... to be practical, it is the standard/popular paper size [OK,8.5x11].
So I agree with Dr. Bob for the most part.

I am confused that the small photo specials at the drugstore, at times only 5 cents, are 4x6! Unless you use a program to add an inch of blank the machines will crop your well-structured 8x10 aspect ratio. 4x5 would be great and for Dr. Bob 5x7. Why 4x6???

I am amazed by the people who print huge prints... how many of those can you put on your living room wall? Few.
8x10 Many.

I have found that I like using my leftover floor laminate, sawed to the 8x10 aspect but a bit smaller dictated by the laminate. The On-1 Resize has a wrap program built-in which I use to curl the photo around to the back [spay adhesive on surfaces... Then to stand out from the wall two 3/4" blocks at the top and one at the bottom. Remember 3 leg stools do not rock. Standing out from the wall gives a rich look. The blocks are low coast on eBay. Laminate is very flat and the finished surface behind and the photo on the backside give humidity stability and in general, the laminate does not warp.

Tjohn Loc: Inverness, FL formerly Arivaca, AZ

I probably print 5% for personal use, 7 hanging in the house and 30+ for gifts and fulfilling requests.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

If I get one keeper to print out of 3000-7000 shots I consider myself lucky.

mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

I LOVE huge prints, and I own a 42" Epson that I bought at auction for less than peanuts. The down side is what does one do with them; some are truly lovely scenes - most are landscapes, a few are air-to-air airplane shots or storms.
All I can do is change them around once in a while. I'm not a pro, and I don't want to work at it and turn an enjoyable do-it-when-you-feel-like-it hobby to a grinding must do chore. I've been retired since age 65, now more than twenty years, and photography as a hobby keeps me sane.
As to percentage of shots printed, its tiny. Many or perhaps most of the keepers have gone through time consuming PP, usually in Adobe LR or previously PS.

tcthome Loc: NJ

Have no Idea of the percentage. I print more of one photo trying to tweak it just right. I calibrate my monitor & they come out close enough where most would be satisfied but, sometimes I get anal retentive with it.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

I quit doing my own printing 15 yrs ago, for me it was / is cheaper to have them printed. I used to use a local shop but they went out of business, my last 16X24 I had done at Bayphoto I thought they did a great job and were reasonably priced.

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

I too use the Dollar store frames. They work well for hanging mine on the wall.

Ray and JoJo Loc: Florida--Tenneessee

Visited my Mother 15 years ago, She had a took the advice of a computer repairman (Geek) that told her that her computer was to old, she sat it in the corner and put all her pictures on it and set it to slideshow. She was born in 1919 and now in a nursing home, computer retired and a new one with a 4T hard drive and Myself or my Son goes by to see her and update the pics weekly. It is such a blessing to her to set and watch her pictures (Life) go by.
Remember this when you hear of a elderly person in a nursing home, albums are bulky

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Virtually none.

anotherview Loc: California

Things have changed. I venture to say that most photos for display now appear in the little monitor of a cellular telephone. Photos now have their life therein. Thankfully, however, digital means of photography have made photos ubiquitous.

adedeluca Loc: holbrook ny

I am printing just what I like .
I have been very satisfied with my results

I have practiced with help of Jose Rodriguiz on you tube .
He is the CHG- Canon of printing .
Both ore great guys.

I have been fine art printing for others.

Basically there is a learning curve like any other art form.

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