Photo printing kiosks: Got what you paid for?

By David Braue on 17 May 2006

Tags: digital | kiosks | photo | printing | prints

Introduction Skip the queues
Kiosks aren't kiosks The results
Worth the full thousand words? Proof in the pictures
 

Skip the queues

Kiosks may be convenient, but that doesn't mean everybody uses them quickly. In fact, the range of image adjustments can be a downright pain if the person in front of you insists on cropping and colour-correcting each of the 200 birthday party pictures they're printing.

Fortunately, the big chains offer online printing services for people who just want to get their prints and get out the door. It will cost a little more per print, but all you have to do is log on, upload your prints, then pick them up from your nearest store when you have a spare minute.

Here's where to go:

Agfa http://www.agfaphoto.com.au
Big W* http://www.bigw.com.au
Camera House http://www.camerahouse.com.au
Fuji http://www.fujicolor.com.au
Harvey Norman http://www.harveynormanprints.com.au
Kmart http://www.kphoto.com.au
Ted's http://www.printed.com.au

*Also offers massive prints in four sizes up to 92cm x 122cm

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barrie harrop
11/11/2006 08:42 PM

Try Kodak kiosk killer coming to Aust www.pxidigital.com

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Sue Taffel
25/02/2007 06:24 PM

Bravo! This is obviously a larger version of something I discovered last year. Such a shame about the Agfa machine. It was by far the best value for money and quality. Here's a curly question: all machines add brown, presumably for 'richness'. How can I compensate for this so that grey stays grey?

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tommie
14/10/2007 09:43 AM

Photo kiosks over 75,000 hits on our web site fro www.pxidigital.com sue we can fix your problem at pxi.

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Hammer11
29/10/2007 09:26 AM

You comment about inks at the end of the piece which is funny because photolabs do not print your regular 4x6 on anything except true light sensitive photographic paper. The only difference is the exposure is done by laser rather than a lamp like anologue machines used to

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stuart
16/03/2008 12:07 PM

there was no comments on what format the photos are required to be in? ie do they need to be in jpg, tiff, bmp etc?

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