I’d like some critique, please.
I find myself wanting a service where I upload a JPG/GIF/PDF/whatever, pick a couple options (speed, size, captions), and pay a little money. The company prints it in color and mails it to me an hour or so later.
(A cool gimmick would be to calculate the actual amount of toner/ink required by analyzing the picture itself, and charging only that.)
By “color” I at first was only thinking about a good color laser printing on decent/glossy “brite” paper, like the really fancy stuff that costs a nickel a sheet. Because really, the new color laser printers are awesome.
It would only make sense to also offer photo printing on a fancy inkjet. However, I’ve learned why photo printing is much more expensive:
- Photo inkjet ink is more expensive.
- Photo paper is more expensive.
- Photo paper is heavier (more postage)
- Photo paper requires a stiffer/more-durable envelope (more expensive packaging, still more postage)
Besides, http://www.shutterfly.com already does inkjet photo printing pretty much at-cost already.
So when it comes to offering something cheaper and pretty-decent, it’s all about the color laser.
The site could also up-sell stuff like picture frames, supplies for hanging/sticking to the wall, etc.
It’s so simple that it’s kinda retarded, really, but I would have used it by now if I had the chance. Instead, I just use the color laser at work and sneak stuff home in stolen Fedex mailers. Still, if I had a way to get it all done without getting up from my chair then I would have gone for it by now.
Eh?
Longshot City 
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