Comments on: Setting-up a Cheaper Digital Photo Printing Business

By: elaine

elaine — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:24:53 +0000

hi im in digital printing business im looking software that easy to use in printing all size pls let me know if you have i will buy for reasonable price..tnx

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:15:13 +0000

@ricachu, thanks for the valuable inputs!

By: ricachu

ricachu — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:54:36 +0000

i’m into this business for 4 years now and this is what i can say… if you really want hassle free digital photo printing, go for a minilab like the one used by kodak, fuji or noritsu.. the price is rather expensive but the quality of prints are far better than any inkjet photo printer… maintenance wise, it is also less hassle…

as with using inkjet printers, setting up the entire thing does not ensure a smooth operations. not unless your costumers are not so picky and they are ok with pictures which are sometimes bluish, reddish or with some fine lines showing, then you can go ahead. but otherwise if you want quality and professional results, you should know how to set the hues and intensity of the ink against the model and brand. first of all you have to know how to install or repair ciss yourself while in action because sometimes just a wrong twist of the tubes inside will cause the printer to function abnormally. you should also learn how and when to clean and deep clean your printers or else you will end up wasting so much ink smudging many photopapers. it is also a must that you know how to reset your printers. printers have built in counters such that when the counter reached the maximum print count, it will automatically give an error message and will refuse to print.

i can’t say it can’t be done but based on experience, it’s not super easy at all. so if you really have the capital, go for the minilabs. meantime, if cash is not readily available then i guess inkjet will do fine in small volumes.

By: cris

cris — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:15:09 +0000

hi .. good day may I ask what is the best printer in this business and is it okey if by refill ang inks or it has to be original ink? …. I wanted to try this business .. thanks you !!!! u can email me through … christine_bumacod@yahoo.com

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:22:27 +0000

HI Leo, thanks for sharing, your info is so helpful. I am interested in this business as well, would you please give me a little bit more info? thanks

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:25:10 +0000

@Lhiza, most of small digital printing shops i know uses epson printers for ciss. the printer cost 2,500+2,800 CISS conversion with ink na.

By: Jan Quintans

Jan Quintans — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:02:08 +0000

Hello Lhiza Corral,
May i know where you in Los Baños and i will try to visit you to your place and talk about your problem in photo printing or you can send me a message on my YM ID jqkiller_smile to give details. thank you

By: Lhiza

Lhiza — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:02:39 +0000

Good day!Sir I have started my photo printing services in my computer shop..I have used HP K5300 with CISS kaya lang po in 2 months nag mulfunction na un CYAN color nya so di ko na siya nagamit sa photo printing, then I used Brother DCP-150C with CISS pero lagi nman siya nagpe paper jam. ang dami ko po photo paper na nasasayang… Meron po ba kayong maire recommend na photo printer with ciss na pde kong gamitin at magkano po kaya un.

thanks,
Lhiza Corral
UP Los Baños

By: alex

alex — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:58:40 +0000

gd day! I’m planning to install CISS on my EPSON CX2900… How much it cost? Ask ko lang din, ano pag kk iba ng UV DYE at PIGMENT ink? … for personal document and photo printing po application ko… free ba ang intallation? pls. advise. alexarriega@gmail.com

By: Rolando Vargas

Rolando Vargas — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:27:21 +0000

we have added photo printing to our internet cafe started small as demand grows
we will add the info above is legit and it works do not forget to advertise i get my paper from CD Ring every SM has one and we make a good profit/ thanks joel brutas for the great info

By: infokardz

infokardz — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:59:48 +0000

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By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:51:00 +0000

@Pabs Repita, there are a lot of free/opensource software for printing photos. you can download it freely from this site

By: Pabs Repita

Pabs Repita — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:19:32 +0000

Hi, sir Leo
Greetings;

I’m intested on mini lab photo printing can you recommend or supplied me the software for printing Various sizes ex. 3R, 4R also with template and how much is the CD.

Thanks more power

pabs

By: neah

neah — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:34:51 +0000

im planning to put up business… and i think its perfect for me cause i love photos and maybe i will love this business .. pa send naman po ng detail pano ko makakapag start.. thanks.. send details to neyah_marcos@yahoo.com thanks po

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