Roo Recommends Kodak's EasyShare Gallery, (formerly Ofoto), 
an Online Digital Printing Service.
  
Approximately 98% of our clients use Kodak's EasyShare Gallery online printing service with rave reviews for it's affordability, quality, and convenience.  Benefits of choosing Kodak's EasyShare Gallery  with your Roo session include faster turnaround time from your session (since we immediately upload your pictures upon completion), cleaner, sharper prints due to direct, computer-to-computer transfer of your digital files  and easy photo sharing with family and friends.  Not only can family members  view your photos, they can order and pay for their own prints without having to go though you.  Everyone can join and store photos online for free, simply place one order per year.   It's easy, affordable, high-quality and fast!  You receive your prints in about two days.  Roo has absolutely no affiliation with Ofoto nor do we receive any monetary incentive from Ofoto.  We just love the quality and our entire family is hooked as well. 

Most companies require a PHOTO RELEASE form for printing.  I am including two:  One for Kodak's Gallery, and a generic one should you care to take your photos elsewhere.

1.  Kodak Gallery Printing Release Form Click Here

2. Standard Generic Printing Release Form Click Here

There are several very important things you should be aware of when you place your order with Kodak’s Gallery: 

1. Check matte finish for better looking photos. Of course, this is your personal preference,
but we find that photos look much better with this finish.

2.  ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, uncheck the “zoom and trim” and “Kodak’s Perfect Touch” options!!!  

These features will crop your photos and corrupt the work we do in Photoshop.  This can be found under Advanced Print Options, located to the left of your order’s subtotal button.  Click on “Edit Advanced Print Options,” and check to make sure you turn these features OFF.

Click on the Kodak Icon for more information on Kodak's EasyShare Gallery - If you do not have an account, click "Join Here".



For disk printing, Studio Roo recommends The FUJI Frontier Printing System:

I do print at Costco from time to time and I must say that I am ABSOLUTELY THRILLED with the results, so if you are a member, take advantage of their SPECTACULAR printing system.

The photographic digital revolution has arrived and Fuji's new Frontier 370 Digital Lab is the leader in continuous tone digital output, and has set new standards for true photographic prints. Bridging digital and photographic technologies, the Frontier makes photographic prints from negatives, slides, and digital files. Color, black & white and sepia prints are available in sizes from 4x6 to 10x15. The Frontier 370 prints exclusively on Fuji's acclaimed Crystal Archive photographic paper in either matte or glossy finish. In accelerated lab tests Crystal Archive paper has been proven archival for 60-70 years! Getting high-end digital archival prints has never been easier or more cost effective.

Fuji’s “Hyper-Tone Image Processing” software automatically performs localized density adjustments for high contrast and backlit scenes, essentially burning and dodging the images, while the “Hyper Sharpness Image Processing” creates crisper images by improving edge definition of objects, shadows, and colors. There is also an automatic “Grain Control Processing” function that reduces unwanted film grain.   The newest Frontier model, the 330, employees Fujifilm's proprietary scratch and dust elimination system that uses an infrared scan to pinpoint film defects and then digitally removes them from the print. 

All models use RGB lasers to expose the photographic paper, and process the prints in a modified RA4 chemistry. The CP-48S chemicals have been optimized to improve the print D-max for richer blacks. Fuji Crystal Archive paper is a fine material to print on, and when matched with a Frontier printer the results can be outstanding. Fuji currently has four Frontier models on the market. Models 330 and 390 are capable of making prints up to 8” x 12”, while the models 350 and 370 can print up to 10” x 15”.

WHO USES THE FRONTIER SYSTEM?

Houston:

· Adtech Photo Imaging: 110377 Stella Link Rd., Houston, TX 77025 
Phone: 713-667-6777 
Store info: Frontier model 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 
This is the true matte (N finish) Crystal Archive paper. 

· Costco #680: 1150 Bunker Hill Rd. (Katy Freeway/Bunker Hill), Houston, TX 
77055 Phone: 713-576-2058 
Store info: Frontier model 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 
Note: This printer uses our enhanced accuracy custom profiles. 

· Costco #675: 12405 N. Gessner Rd., Houston, TX 77064 Phone: 832-912-2358 
Store info: Frontier model 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 
Note: This printer uses our enhanced accuracy custom profiles. 

· Sam's Club: 2827 Dunvale Rd., Houston, TX 77063 Phone: 713-780-3494 
Store info: Frontier 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

· Sam's Club: 7950 FM 1960, Houston, TX 77070 Phone: 832-237-4160 
Store info: Frontier 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

· Sam's Club: 10488 Old Katy Rd., Houston, TX 77043 Phone: 713-468-5146 
Store info: Frontier 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

· Sam's Club: 5310 South Rice Ave., Houston, TX 77081 Phone: 832-778-9736 
Store info: Frontier 390, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

· Sam's Club: 12205 West Rd., Houston, TX 77065 Phone: 281-955-2071 
Store info: Frontier 390, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

· Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market: 11242 S. Gessner Rd., Houston, TX 77071 Phone: 713-771-8316 
Store info: Frontier 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

· Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market: 4810 Hwy 6 North, Houston, TX 77084 Phone: 281-859-0085 
Store info: Frontier 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

· Wal-Mart: 9555 S Post Oak Rd., Houston, TX 77096 Phone: 713-551-9157 
Store info: Frontier 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

Friendswood:

· Sam's Club: 155 W El Dorado Blvd., Friendswood, TX 77546 Phone: 281-286-4471 
Store info: Frontier model 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

Pearland:

· New Walmart. Store information not available but they use frontier system. 

Katy:

· Sam's Club: 20424 Katy Freeway Katy, TX 77449 Phone: 281-578-7846 
Store info: Frontier model 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

Kingwood:

· Wal-Mart: 2165 Northpark Dr., Kingwood, TX 77339 Phone: 281-358-9992 
Store info: Frontier model 370, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

HPI Printing: 
5250 Gulfton, Houston, TX 77081
Phone: 713.666.0282
Store info: Frontier model 390, Fuji Crystal Archive paper. 

ONLINE PRINTING SERVICES:

Kodak's Gallery
5900 Hollis Street, Suite S
Emeryville CA 94608
510-229-1200
800-360-9098
www.kodakgallery.com

Ofoto is an online photography service whose core mission is to provide top-quality silver halide prints for digital and film camera users. Ofoto.com gives photographers a new and easier way to store and share their pictures with family and friends. Once online, these photos can be easily edited, cropped, or enhanced with borders and special effects, by using Ofoto's free online tools. Customers can have prints, enlargements, photo cards, frames, albums and other photo-related merchandise delivered to their doorstep with the click of a mouse. Best of all, so can their friends and relatives.

SHUTTERFLY
2800 Bridge Parkway, Suite 101
Redwood City, CA 94065
Phone: (650) 610-5200
Fax: (650) 654-1299
www.shutterfly.com

The latest in technology to help prints last a lifetime.  We use Fuji Crystal Archive paper along with Fuji chemicals and equipment to ensure that your pictures will last for years. Our exclusive VividPics® technology ensures that all your pictures are adjusted for color automatically.

PhotoTime
138 Stanford Shopping Center
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/326-7687
www.phototime.com