Is it more conventional to print photos at home or in a store? -

I recently bought an inkjet printer that allows me to print 4x6 photos, but I wonder if it will save me money on the long run or will it just make me spend more money buying ink.

You will probably spend a lot of money on ink and good quality photo paper. It is so cheap now to get photos printed online or at stores (like Costco, Target, Walmart, etc.), and they can be of better quality than your printer might produce.

The average cost for using a photo printer at home, including ink, and paper comes out to about 12 cents per print. The cost for purchasing prints at target, walmart, etc, is usually about 15 cents a print. The cost of the printer is usually about $200 to $400. If ur going to print larger than 4x6 the savings are definitely yours to be had on your own printer, as stores charges quite more for 5x7s and larger, but if ur printer prints 5x7s and larger, you ll save money printing these at home, and if ur printing these at home anyway, then go ahead and print your 4x6s at home also. Of course, one other convenience is that by printing them at home, if your printing anything of a discreet subject matter, you don t have to worry about the idiots at walmart or wherever seeing and possibly copying your prints for themselves. good luck, whichever route you take.