Recent content by John Dalton

I've used Directfoto without any problems for a number of years for online printing. Now there seems to be something wrong. Using their software gives an error message about an invalid response received from the server. Phoning them gets the reply that calls cannot be taken and that you can't...

Just for the record, I ended up sending them to foto.com and the results were satisfactory. However, it also proved that you should always read the fine print about p&p first. Foto.com have a particularly complicated system and, for 10 off 10.5" x 8", I ended up paying 67p per print. This was...

I've got an Canon iP4300 and like other recent Canon models it uses chipped cartridges. It seems that nobody is able, or is unlikely to become able, to reverse engineer these chips. You will find third party cartridges advertised, but these rely on you taking the chip off your old, genuine Canon...

Purely cost. An 8"x10" print is getting on for an A4 sheet. I haven't checked the figures, but I'd guess that doing 10 of these would use a fair bit of my ink cartridges (and I've currently got a modern Canon printer which means there aren't any cheap, reliable third party cartridges). And then...

Thanks. I'll leave them on the list, then.

Thanks. I've just had a quick look and they quote 56p for 8 inch format (8x8 to 8x12). They're on my list - I'd rather pay a little extra for something with a personal recommendation.

I've been asked to obtain about a dozen large prints for a birthday party. They're for that old chestnut of posting up photos of the birthday boy or girl as they looked in their wrinkle-free youth. I'm after something around 10"x8". As they'll only be used once and as no one will be judging...