Snapfish prints your Flickr photos (but only your own)
Popular Yahoo-owned photo site Flickr announced today that through a deal with Snapfish (itself owned by HP), users around the world can now print the photos they’ve uploaded into the site, turning them into prints, books, calendars, and more.
Printing seems like it could be a big money-maker, and in fact Flickr previously had more limited partnerships with services like QOOP and TinyPrint. The company now says that Snapfish, with its locations in 22 countries, is “our go to partner for all your printing needs.” After clicking on the “order prints” button above photos and albums or selecting a custom set of photos through the”print and create” feature, users are transferred to Snapfish where they place their order and pay.
One drawback in the launch version — users can only print photos from their own accounts. So if you find and want to print out someone else’s cool phot, it’s off limits for now. There were some problems getting Flickr’s permission settings to transfer to Snapfish, so Flickr says, “we’ve disabled the ability to print other members’ photos for the moment.”
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