By Eamon Hickey and Aimee Baldridge
(June 15, 2005; updated October 6, 2005) 

The short list of sites on this page provides advanced photographers with the printing tools they need to get exactly the results they want. The special tools they offer include ICC color management, watermarking, and back printing. These sites will print the photos you upload on high-quality paper, as well as on gift items. Some let you set your own print prices so that you can make sales to clients and fans of your work. We uploaded a variety of good-looking and problematic pictures to each site and evaluated the prints we received on color accuracy and vibrancy, sharpness and detail, and brightness and contrast. Remember, photographic printers can adjust their equipment for better or worse any time, so order a few sample prints and see if you like the quality before you order that 16x20 portrait.

Web site	Print sizes (in inches) and paper surfaces available	Print tools and special offers	Print quality rating	Pricing
Dot Photo Pro  Print/share site oriented toward pros.	• Wallet to 24x36 • Glossy and matte	• Advanced crop; red-eye removal; rotate; color and brightness adjustment; borders; back printing • Greeting cards; frames; film processing and scanning; photo CDs and DVDs; gifts	7.5	• 4x6: 19 cents • 5x7: 95 cents • 8x10: $3.75 • Bulk pricing and custom pricing for photo sales available.
EZ Prints Pro  Primarily for ordering prints.	• 3.5x5 to 20x30 • Glossy and matte in all sizes • Lustre up to 20x30	• Basic crop; rotate; autoenhance; ICC color management • Frames; greeting cards; panorama prints; calendars; broad selection of gifts	7.2	• 3.5x5: 27 cents • 4x6: 29 cents • 8x10: $2.45 • 20x30: $17.95
fotki.com  Advanced sharing and community features, plus competitively priced prints.	• Wallet to 48x48 • Glossy and matte in all sizes	• Basic crop; rotate; flip	7.2	• 4x6: 15 cents • 5x7: 40 cents • 8x10: $1.50 • Custom pricing for photo sales available.
MyPublisher  Makes small coffee-table and pocket books from your photos, but print quality disappoints.	• N/A	• Crop; rotate; autoenhance; text and caption adding; title page; cover photo	5.0	• paperback: $9.95 • linen hardcover: $29.80 • leather hardcover: $39.80 • deluxe linen hardcover: $59.80 (20 pages each, additional pages extra)
PhotoSite  Desktop client software designs and uploads sophisticated albums.	• Wallet to 8x10 • Glossy	• Advanced crop; red-eye removal; brightness and contrast adjustment; rotate; selectable autoenhance; ICC color management	7.3	• 4x6: 29 cents • 5x7: 89 cents • 8x10: $3.79
PhotoStamps  Lets customers create valid U.S. postage stamps featuring their own photos.	• 1.4x1.8	• Advanced crop; rotate; flip; colored borders	N/A	• $16.99 for a sheet of 20 first-class 37-cent stamps
Printroom  Standard print/share site geared towards serious and professional shooters.	• Wallet to 40x60 • Glossy and matte all sizes (24x30 and larger are LightJet prints)	• Advanced crop; rotate; ICC color management; retouching • DVD archiving	7.4	• 4x6: 39 cents • 5x7: 99 cents • 8x10: $2.99 • Custom pricing for photo sales available.
Shutterfly  Clean, polished standard print/share site that works well and offers both consumer and pro features.	• Wallet to 20x30 • Glossy and matte to 8x10 • Glossy only 11x14 and larger	• Advanced crop; red-eye-removal effects; edges; borders; back printing • Photo books; index prints; calendars; greeting cards; gifts; photo CDs; scan from film	7.5	• 4x6: 29 cents • 5x7: 99 cents • 8x10: $3.99 • Custom pricing for photo sales available.
Smugmug  Oddly off-putting name belies high-quality sharing site with advanced printing features.	• Wallet to 30x40 • Glossy, matte, and lustre	• Advanced crop; rotate; color effects and autocorrection; ICC color management; selectable autoenhance • CD and DVD archiving; gifts	7.2	• 4x6: 29 cents • 5x7: 99 cents • 8x10: $2.99 • Custom pricing for photo sales available.

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