Online Photo Services Shootout
Plenty of Web-based companies will make prints of your favorite pics, but which service is the best?
By Tom Mainelli , PCW Print
Photo Services: Features Comparison Chart
Photo Service PCW Rating Overall print quality Print pricing Best Buy 80
4 by 6: Very Good
4 by 6: $0.15 Bottom line: Kodak's easy-to-use site makes a good range of features available and earned the highest print quality ratings overall.77
4 by 6: Good
4 by 6: $0.12 Bottom line: This well-designed site came through with good prints and reasonable prices, plus the option of fast pickup at Walgreens.75
4 by 6: Good
4 by 6: $0.19 Bottom line: The interface is a joy to use and print quality is solid, but high prices and lack of pickup options hurt the final rating.74
4 by 6: Fair
4 by 6: $0.15 Bottom line: This service's sparsely designed site offers numerous editing features and good prices, but print quality was inconsistent.69
4 by 6: Fair
4 by 6: $0.12 Bottom line: Low prices and in-store pickup options don't make up for this service's lackluster site tools and dismal print quality.Not1
4 by 6: Very Good
4 by 6: $0.65 2 2 2 Bottom line: This $200 photo printer matched the print quality of the top-rated Kodak EasyShare Gallery service--without the wait.1 This printer's PCW rating was derived from noncomparable test measures; see "2 Vendor's estimate of cost per print.
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