Persnickety Prints
Film lab 4.7 ★★★★★ 351
Develops film
Online, small-business print shop for custom photos, invitations, cards and art prints.
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Photo printing in Orem, UT
3 businesss in Orem print photos, out of 4 camera businesss listed here. Printing is confirmed from each shop's own service list or from customer reviews — never assumed from a Google category.
Before you drive over
For a stack of 4x6s, the drugstore is cheaper — Walmart is around $0.09 a print and CVS around $0.39, against $0.29–$0.59 here. Use a Orem camera store when the size or the surface matters: 16x20 and up, giclée on fine-art paper, stretched canvas, mounting, and colour that holds.
theFINDlab
Film lab 4.9 ★★★★★ 268
Develops filmCamera repair
Lab, also selling film, for developing and scanning photo negatives.
What printing costs in Orem
| Product | Size | Typical price |
|---|---|---|
| Reprint | 4x6 | $0.29 – $0.59 |
| Reprint | 5x7 | $0.99 – $2.99 |
| Reprint | 8x10 | $3.99 – $6.99 |
| Reprint | 11x14 | $9.99 – $14.99 |
| Giclée, print only | 8x10 | $10 – $20 |
| Giclée, print only | 16x20 | $25 – $50 |
| Giclée, print only | 24x36 | $60 – $120 |
| Stretched canvas | 16x20 | about $100 |
| Stretched canvas | 24x36 | about $240 |
| Mounting | 16x20 | about $25 |
| Oversize | per square foot | $10 – $40 |
Same-day printing in Orem
These Orem shops advertise same-day turnaround in their own material. A shop running an in-house minilab can print while you wait; a shop that sends work out to a lab cannot, however urgent the job. Confirm your size is one they print on site.
One trip, two errands
Getting the print you expected
Prints coming back darker or flatter than the screen is the most common complaint, and it is nearly always fixable before you send the file:
- Embed an ICC profile. An untagged file makes the printer guess. sRGB is the safe default unless the lab asks for something else.
- Turn your monitor down. Factory brightness is roughly double what it should be for print work. Calibrate to about 80–120 cd/m², D65 white point, gamma 2.2.
- Soft-proof. Preview the file through the lab paper profile to see which colours the paper cannot reach — usually deep blues and vivid reds.
- Judge the print in daylight. A warm indoor bulb will make any neutral print look yellow.
Photo printing near Orem
Questions
- How much do photo prints cost in Orem?
- Camera-store reprints run about $0.29–$0.59 for a 4x6, $0.99–$2.99 for a 5x7, $3.99–$6.99 for an 8x10 and $9.99–$14.99 for an 11x14. Fine-art giclée is priced separately — roughly $10–$20 for an 8x10, $25–$50 for a 16x20 and $60–$120 for a 24x36. Stretched canvas is about $100 at 16x20 and $240 at 24x36.
- Is a Orem camera store cheaper than Walmart for prints?
- No. Walmart is about $0.09 for a 4x6 and CVS about $0.39, well under camera-store pricing. The reason to use a camera store is everything above 11x14 — giclée, canvas, mounting and color accuracy — not the cost of a snapshot.
- Can I get same-day photo printing in Orem?
- Persnickety Prints, theFINDlab advertise same-day turnaround. Shops with an in-house minilab can print while you wait; shops that send work out cannot. Call ahead with your size and quantity before making the trip.
- Why do my prints look darker than they did on my screen?
- A monitor emits light in RGB; paper reflects it in CMYK, so a print can never match a backlit white. The usual fixes: embed an ICC profile instead of sending an untagged file, calibrate your screen down to roughly 80–120 cd/m² at D65 and gamma 2.2, and soft-proof through the lab paper profile before you send the file.