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10-27-2008, 03:45 AM   #1
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best UK online print company ?

well I had happy enough with Photobox but I can no longer email in my pics. Also Photobox used to put the print name and when it was taken on the back, this has also stopped - but was nice to have

I mostly use my work PC to download high data volume (typically 100+ Jpegs a month) but I have no admin rights to my PC here so local software, like Photobox, is a no no

Accept I will have to download from home now but are there any real good quality printing options in UK I should know about ?

Being able to do some 36" x 12" panos and colour accurate B&W (is that an oxymoron?) for a sensible price would be icing on the cake really

10-27-2008, 11:41 AM   #2
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Are you aware that you can use FTP to upload to Photobox?

For regular size prints Snapfish has a very good reputation. How 'locked down' are you at work? Can you install their ActiveX plug-in?

Colab are a professional/enthusiast printer One Vision Imaging - Incorporating Colab and Multiprint Imaging who might do your more ambitious prints.
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how locked down ? not sure, certainly no proper software installs but Google Earth does work

FTP ? yeah had a look at that but couldnt figure out how to do it, and it seemed to need a download/install

Gosh, I remeber Colab from my 80's film days - didnt know they were still going, will have a look
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QuoteOriginally posted by LittleSkink Quote
FTP ? yeah had a look at that but couldnt figure out how to do it, and it seemed to need a download/install
In Windows Explorer in the address box enter ftp://ftp.photobox.com/ a message box will pop up asking for userid and password.

Your albums will then be visible, just drag & drop or copy.

PS. You can also ftp the 'hard way' from a cmd window!!


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10-31-2008, 06:35 AM   #5
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crikey ! doh !!

ok, did the ftp thing in Windows Explorer, not Internet Explorer So it was possibly user incompetence all along

my word that was fast too ! 114 images in but moments

Still not sure who the other good uk online printers are - not enough UK readers in here maybe ? Guess I might have to go the the other pentax site and have a look . . .
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here are a few:

point101

acrylic-pictures

atcanvas

Personally I printed a photo at atcanvas. The dimensions I used were 60x90cm on canvas. The result was quite impressive. In fact I could not believe it could come out that good... But I cannot recommend anything yet. I need to make another two more prints before I make any suggestions...
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