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Low Overheads
Since our test marketing, with the explosion in the
digital camera business quality of printers has certainly increased
much further and prices have been lowered again, so it pays to keep abreast of the market
and therefore, rather than recommend any particular printers which is a
task far more properly suited to a computer store, we suggest
you shop around.
The key factors are versatility, quality, speed and
economy both in price and replacement ink cartridges. Although most
cartridges may seem expensive initially the per print overhead is actually
relatively low and easily built into your print costing).
Non-Branded
On the latter subject
however, we would not recommend many non-branded colour cartridge
versions as the colour balance is sometimes inadequate and it needs to be
tried first. Black may be a
different matter generally, although we have not tested many ourselves.
One non-branded type may be worth trying if you want to save money as it
seems adequate in the limited trials we have given it. Details of
this, together with paper hints and tips also, come with the 'Quick Start Guide' accompanying any Publisher
Package.
A Quick Word About Paper
The above question is often coupled with
another: "...and what type of paper would you recommend?" Again,
there is no particular need to use the best (branded) unless you are
fastidious and generally the heavier (thicker) the better as long as it's
at least photo quality.
With a little shopping around we discovered that of the various
non-branded versions on the market the range of both low cost glossy photo papers
and old 'print' type paper marketed by one major chain was quite suitable as well as being
economical (info on printing and paper types and sources come with our
customer
purchases).
Further printing and marketing tips
are included with the purchase of a Timecamera Publisher Pack in the
20-page
"Quick Start Guide"
provided, although please note with our low
price structure we are unable to offer individual business /
marketing advice and cannot provide info on prices/sources for items such
as frames. There
are a myriad possible ways to sell Prints so apart from our good kick
start, as with any wholesaler, we simply provide the stock (the images), the
business part is up to you within the Terms
of Use (copying or
distribution of our digital files/disks is of course prohibited and
carefully monitored).
OVERALL therefore, unless
you are already a professional Printer, equipment and materials can be as
economical as a Publisher Package price itself - and easily and quickly absorbed
by your retail sales and within the prices you decide to set.
It's a first class
business based on sound reasoning. So, simply, go for it while our very
special price offers are still available - and start a great business
today for peanuts!
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For more guidance about panorama printing, please go
HERE.
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Larger
Size Prints?
WE are often asked 'how big can I print
these images'? Throughout the site we
have pointed out (with the exception of England Photochroms, 'Large Format Engravings',
High Res. Panoramic Maps,
Humorous Lithos,
Seaside Scenes Vol.2
and Euro Street Scenes) that the range is mainly marketed for standard size home printer
users,
which is an area we are happy to specialise in.
The images are mostly supplied in that size (and they are bargain priced
for that market. We make no claim to be a picture library -
neither do we charge their usually high rates. Although our images may be
manipulated to print any size, and no doubt many of them will
also be suitable
for larger printing, we cannot bend the law of physics which
governs that the larger the print then the lower the quality.
What also constitutes sales quality is a matter for
individual taste unless sales-tested.
Successfully Sold
Therefore we had to set firm limits when
doing our own prints test marketing to be sure of a fully viable business product. Our
prints were very successfully sold in the sizes supplied (mostly
10x8inches plus panoramas) and on that basis that is the market we are
very happy to aim at for the
business package on an image wholesale basis.
No Uniform Resolution
Having said that, when our range has been
expanded sufficiently subject-wise and we have time to go back
over everything once again (there isn't just one standard resolution throughout
except for those subjects specifically described as being 300dpi)
we do intend to begin the long chore of testing
each of the many hundreds of images for suitability sales-wise for making
one or more further large prints collections. These will then be packaged and sold separately. See our info page Here
for resolution/dpi info.
Does What is Claimed
In the meantime, our business product is
extremely successful as is and it undoubtedly does what is claimed for it in the size
niche market it is largely aimed at, as many happy customers will testify.
Accordingly, due to the large amount of
time it takes to answer e-mails on the subject of size we no longer have the resources to answer
questions relating to various non-standard usage.
A Fraction of the Cost
Consider
our current extremely low prices. As you are
probably aware they're a tiny fraction of usual image library
prices, to the chagrin of some (with often up to hundreds being
charged for a single image) and if you do require larger sizes it
may therefore make sense to take pot luck at these low prices and to
go ahead and test image suitability yourself in the
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