![]() Bonus Print do offer a matt finish for their prints. So in conclusion I would recommend using Bonus Print and although in this test I printed gloss (this was just so it was a fair test as all the companies offer gloss) I would recommend always going for a matt or lustre finish. ![]() However, I was impressed by Photobox and particularly Bonus Print. Obviously none come close to a professional print lab, but I wouldn’t expect them to. We’ve got a neon baby where the colours have been so over saturated and lots of red and magenta – bleugh. The colours had a slight magenta hue, but overall they were pretty good.Ħ = Snapfish (£0.09p/print, £1.49 delivery, arrived second) The colours weren’t as bad as the Tesco print, but the blacks and shadows were so deep, far too dark.ĥ = Photobox (£0.19p/print, £2.99 delivery, arrived first)Īgain in person this wasn’t bad. The colours are practically neon and there’s a very strong magenta and yellow hue.Ĥ = Boots (£0.42p/print, printed in-store) In person this isn’t actually that bad, there’s a slight magenta hue but overall the colours were a good match, as was the contrast.ģ = Tesco (£0.40p/print, printed in-store) I’m not being all cloak and dagger, but comparing the professional printers is a minefield in itself, so I’m just including this as a benchmark.Ģ = Bonus Print (£0.14p/print, £2.99 delivery, arrived third) However the difference between the standard of prints is shocking. I will caveat that all of these prints did look better in person, unfortunately every form of scanning/photographing resulted in degradation. So I picked a photo that I felt would be a good test and sent it to 5 different photo labs to be printed as gloss 6×4 inch prints.Īnd you honestly won’t believe the difference between the prints I received! I decided enough was enough, we need to get to the bottom of this. ![]() The professional print labs are only accessible by professional photographers, so where is the best place for everyone else to print their photos? This is a question I get asked a lot as a photographer.īut having only used professional print labs for the last 3 years, I genuinely couldn’t give an informative answer.
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