Best way to archive/reproduce old photos?

cj · 04-17-2005

Miss Eve, put your hand behind your butt and spank yourself for taking on this job LOL

I've been stuck with this job many times in the past which is the price I pay for having all the equipment ;-(

My main suggestion would be to scan them all yourself (4 up fits on the scanner, crop in photoshop) then give each person who wants copies a CD to take and print their own. I'll bet most of those who put their hands up for copies don't *really* want them badly enough to get off their own butts!

OR ....

A cheaper option if you are determined to do them yourself would be to take them all to kinko's or somewhere with a giant a3 color laser printer, get them to do them on an a3 page and gillotine them. glossy paper turns out pretty good.

OR

you seem determine to print them at home on photo paper, so firstly go find a printer that you can buy cheap - the $99 photo printers do an amazing job, but they use a LOT of ink. calculate how many prints you need and calculate how many print cartridges that will be based on how many pages each prints. usually a bubble jet normal ink cartridge will do 20 - 40 pages which isn't much if you are doing 10 copies of each pic. Buy the printer with the view that its disposable - don't bother looking for a 'good' printer as they really all do a great job and the ink and paper is the most expensive bit anyway. I recommend a canon or an epson as their base models are all excellent.

OR

once you've calculated how much this is going to cost in ink/paper, have a look at the price of color laser printers in comparison. if I had a reason to spend $1000 on ink, i'd be buying a color laser printer immediately. especially if you ever do big runs of general color printing at home ....

re paper ... check out the discount bins and piles of damaged paper at your local office supply store ... often if 1 bit of the paper is damaged its 90% discounted ....

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04-17-2005	#1
cj Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Down Under Posts: 5,202	Miss Eve, put your hand behind your butt and spank yourself for taking on this job LOL I've been stuck with this job many times in the past which is the price I pay for having all the equipment ;-( My main suggestion would be to scan them all yourself (4 up fits on the scanner, crop in photoshop) then give each person who wants copies a CD to take and print their own. I'll bet most of those who put their hands up for copies don't really want them badly enough to get off their own butts! OR .... A cheaper option if you are determined to do them yourself would be to take them all to kinko's or somewhere with a giant a3 color laser printer, get them to do them on an a3 page and gillotine them. glossy paper turns out pretty good. OR you seem determine to print them at home on photo paper, so firstly go find a printer that you can buy cheap - the $99 photo printers do an amazing job, but they use a LOT of ink. calculate how many prints you need and calculate how many print cartridges that will be based on how many pages each prints. usually a bubble jet normal ink cartridge will do 20 - 40 pages which isn't much if you are doing 10 copies of each pic. Buy the printer with the view that its disposable - don't bother looking for a 'good' printer as they really all do a great job and the ink and paper is the most expensive bit anyway. I recommend a canon or an epson as their base models are all excellent. OR once you've calculated how much this is going to cost in ink/paper, have a look at the price of color laser printers in comparison. if I had a reason to spend $1000 on ink, i'd be buying a color laser printer immediately. especially if you ever do big runs of general color printing at home .... re paper ... check out the discount bins and piles of damaged paper at your local office supply store ... often if 1 bit of the paper is damaged its 90% discounted ....