If you haven’t sent out your entries yet, it’s not too late… Entries need only be postmarked by the end of the day.
Don’t have a quality printer?
Go to your local Wal-Mart with a CD, and print your images using the one hour service. Or, use the Kodak Instant Picture Maker. Both produce great quality prints, are quite color accurate, and relatively inexpensive. A single print will run you between $3 – $5.
The Kodak machine prints on extra glossy paper which can be a bit hard to view under certain lighting. Given the choice, I’d opt for the one hour service, which prints on a satin Fuji paper. For the first several years that I entered Spectrum (and got in), these are the type of prints I submitted.
Worried about packing your prints?
Use your local post office. The 8×10 photo prints will fit easily into a flat rate Priority Mail envelope.
You can fit a ton of them in there, as well as a sheet of cardboard for added durability, and it still costs just $5.
So go for it!
You’ve got 17 hours left, and times-a-wastin!
Ha! I did a reminder post over on the DrawnToday blog a few days ago about the Spectrum deadline 🙂 I mailed out my 7 on Monday after a fun night of printing at home the night before.
I never would've thought to go to Wal-Mart for prints! Very interesting.. I'm curious to try it out some time. That's a fantastic back up. What sizes can you print there?
Thanks for the reminder, Dan!
What Dan said!
I threw together a ton this year, more than the previous years I have entered — a series entry from one personal project, two series entries from two different comic/graphic novels and one single entry that I did specifically for Spectrum.
Here is to hoping! I had them done at my local print shop but I've used photo printers before, I think it was at a CVS, it's true in my experience the color accuracy wasn't bad at all.
I sent off mine in a rush last week! Didn't realize they only had to be postmarked earlier than the deadline… 😛
By the way, Dan, I love the new site. It's very user friendly and showcases your work really well!