I have masses of holiday etc.photographs to print off my camera. Is it cheaper to use my own printer or take them to perhaps ASDA.

I think it is cheaper to go to somewhere like Boots who usually offer a very good service. I think when you weigh up the cost of the photo paper and all the ink that you will use for 100 photos it will probably be a lot cheaper to get them processed elsewhere. You can edit the photos online and download them onto a disc and then take them into the shop to do. Boots do offer a limited editing service in store though.

ASDA are offering 40 free prints, so I would think they would be cheaper when you take into account ink and paper costs. There are others that offer free prints to new customer, so you could join a few, get the free prints and pay postage for all your prints

There are quite a few sites that offer printing and many of them have introductory offers of 40 prints when you sign up and create an account. You usually have to pay postage but this is about £1.50 so is pretty cheap. Try Snapfish, Pixum, Jessops, Asda and use Google to find others.

ASDA have a cheaper rate for printing in bulk if you have 100+ photos to print its 5p per print in store with next day pick up. Also check out Jessops.

I think that it is almost certainly cheaper to get them printed by either an online company or at Asda or Boots. Check for special offers - there are usually some going during the holiday season. Home printing is expensive especially if you use the correct branded cartridges to get the best colour quality (worth doing for photos) and proper photographic paper... and I usually waste a couple of sheets setting up the printer properly (because I forget the settings when I haven't printed photos for a while!)

Why print them? I save them on a disc so that I can still show them to friends and family. I also got one of those photoframe things that you put a chip in and it shows your photos.
Much easier on storage, and cheaper.

As previous answers have suggested, try boots, thats where i get mine printed, i usually check out the points kiosk too as sometimes you get extra points for printing photos which means you will get some points and can then use the points to buy some of the photos.

Boots wold be a cheaper option as suggest by members below. However, it's great to edit your own pictures on iphoto, etc..

If you are using a laser printer with glossed paper, I would suggest using boots, but if your an using ink jet printer with the same paper, then go ahead.. - but pound for pound I am unsure which would work out financially better.

My daughter swears by Sainsbury's print service.

this could be a stupid answer so if it is my apoligies but why dont you edit them your self, save them on a memory card and get them printed off in one of the machenes/boots. i tend to use a local shop which i like. it could be worth checking to see if there are any smaller shops that do a good service?

There are so many companies which offer free prints at the moment. The best one is by Aldi, where they give you 100 free photos, followed by Asda, pixum, trucolour, and many more. All you have to do is pay for the P+P. People have mentioned some of these below, but I do really think you should consider them. I've used them and have found nothing wrong with them. How much is a new set of cartridges for your printer then?? Thankfully my printer ink isn't too bad.

I agree with Katkity... if you enjoy editing and may be you can retouch too then you will have a great picture and then a cheaper way to reproduce if you use the suggestions below. Sounds like a plan!

http://www.lovemoney.com have a comparison of prices for 6x4? photo prints as follows:
Snapfish 9p
Photobox.co.uk 10p(8p each for 150 photos)
Kodak Gallery.co.uk 15p(9p each for 150 photos)
Bonusprint.co.uk 10p(7p each for 150 photos)
Asda.com 15p (5p each for 150 photos)
Boots.com 20p (6p each for 150 photos)
Tescophoto.com 15p (5p each for 150 photos)

You therefore need to compared this to the cost of print paper (at about £15 for 100 A4 sheets = about 300 photos) plus cost of print cartridges.

If you enjoy printing then if you get your inks refilled instead of originals then you can do them reasonable, but also if you like to have photo's done profesional then there are a lot of deals i got 20 free prints last week from photo box all i had to pay was £1.49 for the postage.

Have you decided what you're going to do with your photos now?? Will you be taking them into store? Or are you tempted by the online deals?? I did go to boots to do them in store, but they really aren't worth it, so stay away from there!

Magzi I have also just noticed on the Groupon email received today that you can get a £30 photo book through photobox for just £8 which is really good value. My sister has used photobox loads of times for albums and they are fantastic. If you are not registered with Groupon it is very easy to do but if interested you would have to to it today to take advantage of the offer with photobox.

You can use the following sites to print photos for free at home. By signing up to these three photo galleries you can get yourself 105 free digital photo prints:
- PhotoboxPixum give you 50 free prints - look out for special offers and discounts on personalised gifts
- Snapfish give you 20 free prints - they cost 9p each after that
- Photobox give you 40 free prints - get prints from just 5p each plus 1GB free space to store your photos.

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do you need them printed, can you not sort them digitally? Any you want to display could be put onto a digital photoframe, meaning you have a backup of photos and a way of showing them to friends.