Until recently, I've been printing my digital photos at home, with an HP printer. Quality is excellent, but it can take a long time to make each print.I needed a big batch of prints to show to relatives on a recent 3,600 mile road trip, and uploaded a bunch of images for next-day printing at Costco. It was easy, fast and inexpensive, but a lot of the prints lacked the overall sparkle that I could achieve with my own PC and HP.
While on the road, I wanted to make some prints of an Ancient Aunt I had photographed in New Jersey on Day One, to show to a cousin in Maryland on Day Fifteen. I stopped in a Wal-Mart in Virginia to get see how long it would take to get some "one-hour" photos.
I noticed a group of Kodak Picture Kiosks in the department -- the same machines I had seen and ignored in countless other stores -- and decided to experiment.
I was quickly amazed. The print quality was absolutely spectacular. The prints popped out fast, and the cost was just 28 cents per 4-by-6. They have a protective coating to resist finger crud, and you can choose from several print sizes. It's possible to crop, zoom, correct red-eye and make other improvements; but I didn't need those features.
When I mentioned to the photo department guy how great the quality was, he admitted that it was better than he could make with the zillion-dollar minilab in the store.
There are more than 70,000 Kodak kiosks at retail locations worldwide. You can print from a wide range of digital media, camera phones, or even scan existing paper photos. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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