Review of Snapfish - Photo Printing Service by HP

Review of Snapfish by HP
by Loreena Walsh (579 pts ) , published Jun 29, 2009
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It can be difficult to find a photo printing service that offers quality and convenience. Thankfully Snapfish by HP offers reasonable quality prints and photo gifts that allow you to order from the comfort of your own home, with a great selection and great quality for the price.

Price to ValueRating Good

For regSnapfishloginular quality photo printing and a great selection of photo gifts such as mugs, calendars, puzzles, ornaments and even bags, Snapfish is a service I can recommend. Owned by Hewlett Packard, they offer competitively priced photo prints and a complete section of photo gifts and accessories to over 22 countries worldwide and are the largest international photo service of their kind.

While the quality of photo prints would fall short of impressing a professional photographer, for the most part the photos are great for use in family photo albums or even framed enlargements.

Getting started with Snapfish is easy, there is just a very simple sign up form that asks for your name and email address and also to create a password and that's it, you can get started straight away with uploading your pictures.

Current pricing starts at just 9 cents for a 4x6 print, with your first 20 prints free. You can also receive 20 prints free for each person you refer to Snapfish who places an order, and there are almost always coupons available for great deals on Snapfish products.

Ease of UseRating Excellent

createalbumUploading your photos to Snapfish is easy. Photos within your Snapfish account are organized into albums, which allows you to divide photos based on an event, by date, by person or any other way that makes it easy for you to sort your photos. One downfall is the inability to easily move photos between albums which can make sorting hundreds of photos difficult, but would not be of concern to the average user.

Similarly, placing an order for prints is an easy task that is as simple as a mouse click on the photos you require. Once your chosen photos are selected, you simply add them to your cart and are given a number of orderprintsoptions that really make Snapfish good value. You have the option of borders, matt or gloss and sizes ranging from wallet size to 8x10. Within their photo gifts area you can even print large posters!

The photo gifts area and the huge choice of photo gifts to create is possibly what sets Snapfish apart from other online photo printing services. Snapfish are regularly introducing new photo gift products, having created photo books via Snapfish, I can honestly say that I was happy with the quality to use the book as a general family memoir. Drink coolers and mouse pads are just a couple of examples of other great products I have used as gifts and would highly recommend.

All products in the photo gifts area are easy to create by choosing the photo or photos you wish to use, and viewing the online proof of the gift that will be created. You have plenty of time to rotate, crop and move your photos, and lots of great templates to choose from.

Wondering about the quality of Snapfish products? Read on to find out.....

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