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| Photo Service | PCW Rating | Overall print quality | Print pricing |
| Kodak EasyShare Gallery Best Buy |
80 Very Good |
4 by 6: Very Good 5 by 7: Very Good 8 by 10: Good |
4 by 6: $0.15 5 by 7: $0.99 8 by 10: $3.99 |
| Bottom line: Kodak's easy-to-use site makes a good range of features available and earned the highest print quality ratings overall. | |||
| Snapfish | 77 Good |
4 by 6: Good 5 by 7: Good 8 by 10: Good |
4 by 6: $0.12 5 by 7: $0.79 8 by 10: $2.99 |
| Bottom line: This well-designed site came through with good prints and reasonable prices, plus the option of fast pickup at Walgreens. | |||
| Shutterfly | 75 Good |
4 by 6: Good 5 by 7: Good 8 by 10: Very Good |
4 by 6: $0.19 5 by 7: $0.99 8 by 10: $3.99 |
| 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. | |||
| Yahoo Photos | 74 Good |
4 by 6: Fair 5 by 7: Fair 8 by 10: Very Good |
4 by 6: $0.15 5 by 7: $0.59 8 by 10: $1.99 |
| Bottom line: This service's sparsely designed site offers numerous editing features and good prices, but print quality was inconsistent. | |||
| Wal-Mart Photo Center | 69 Fair |
4 by 6: Fair 5 by 7: Fair 8 by 10: Good |
4 by 6: $0.12 5 by 7: $0.58 8 by 10: $1.96 |
| Bottom line: Low prices and in-store pickup options don't make up for this service's lackluster site tools and dismal print quality. | |||
| Canon Pixma iP6600D | Not applicable 1 |
4 by 6: Very Good 5 by 7: Very Good 8 by 10: Good |
4 by 6: $0.65 2 5 by 7: $1.05 2 8 by 10: $1.12 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 "Top 5 Photo Printers" chart. 2Vendor's estimate of cost per print. | |||