The processing services here for professional rolls leave much to be desired. I came in with a…read moreKodak 400 TX roll and they not only couldn't process on site, but also claimed it would take a month to digitize the proofs in Cd format. However Fotomax is designed more for tweeny Polaroid services so my complaint is an edge case. The self service machines are great if you bring your own storage device and the interface is easy enough to understand if you can't read Chinese characters (like myself). The prints also turned out well and are far cheaper than getting them developed in the states.

I had to laminate something, so thus the original reason I popped in here. Later on, I then had to…read moremake a bunch of copies, thus the second reason I had to pop in here. The third time I dropped by being to ask about making a holiday card, which they do not have that service, but were helpful in kind of pointing me in the right direction for a solution. Very small place, but for general office needs (copies, faxing, scanning, photos, etc), they are a good spot to start.

The best place for business cards…read more E-Print is a small print chain making business cards, banners, brochures, stamps (as in chops, not postal). They have a number of convenient locations including Sheung Wan and Wan Chai, as well as an online service, but some ordering processes are only in Chinese. The best thing about E-Print is its simplicity. Yes, you can get business cards printed on textured cream paper using specialist inks - remember that scene out of American Psycho? However, unless you are CK Leung, who cares what the paper texture on your card is like, so long as it has your name and details! The best E-Print service is their standard business card service. For HKD55 you can get 300 matt cards, or for HKD70 the same quantity but laminated so they are slightly waxy. I go crazy and spend a whopping HKD90 for 300 UV spot laminated cards, which have my company logo artwork glossy and raised - fancy! Check out their website for the prices, they are very very good, but do be mindful of where the price breaks come (and check the costs which are not per box but per order). You may for example be better off buying 5 boxes or 10 boxes, but nothing in between, as the cost of 6 boxes is the same as 10 boxes. Turn around times are fast at 1 or 2 working days, depending on whether or not you take the UV spot. More complex designs with die cutting or folding etc. cost more and take longer. As mentioned they do loads of other printing services, so do check them out. I have ordered many times from them and always found their work exemplary.

If you need anything printed, e-print is the best option you have, in terms of speed and price. I…read morehave worked with many times, and more recently on a regular basis. They have shops all over town, if you haven't noticed. They are linked with another company called bannershop - clearly only doing banners. How e-print works, is that they are online, and you can download a program and submit everything online. Once you have submitted everything you need printed, someone from e-print will give you a call to confirm your order, you pay, then the stuff you need will be ready in just a few days. I think their printing facilities might be in china - not sure exactly, their call centres are definitely in china though, which is why they can support such low cost printing. I have had a few problems with the people i dealt with in the past, basically you have to yell at them to get the stuff done.. frustrating, i know.. but has to be done. After everything is confirmed, you can pick up in just a few days. It makes life so much easier, being in hk, everything needs to be done asap, and this is the exact service they provide - asap! They print everything from pull up banners, flyers, promotional material, posters, business cards, basically anything you can think of, they can do. quite amazing in my opinion.

Great high quality service every time I have made any printing orders with this company. I have…read moreprinted business cards, menus, posters, and various event materials at this shop. They work very quickly and efficiently.

Terrible service! walked in to place order to print Name cards but stuff or owner of this shop was…read moreeating noodles, she just put her head up while continue eating noodles and asked to come back as she is so busy with her lunch..... btw it 3:00pm which not really lunch time hours!

In this day of iphone and digital technology, there really isn't much reason to have to go to…read moresomewhere like Fotomax any more- photos are rarely printed out anyways. To think of the last time I actually had to go and run my photos, I think it must have been something 10 or more years ago. Back then even though I had the short lived APS camera, you still needed somewhere/someone to actually print the photos out. With the advent of facbook, iphones and professionals turning to digital cameras, I thought that most of these photo printers would be out of business by now. their numbers have certainly dwindled compared to the old days when they were everywhere and you always had to wait for ages for your photos to be done. I recently had to update my passport and found that there is still a reason for these shops to carry on- passports do not accept digital photographs. I found myself running around like headless chicken for somewhere quick passport photos and I came across this place. They were cheaper than you would get at photo booths and the fact is more care is taken as opposed to the booth where you are your own photographer. To keep up with the times though, they have expanded what they sell here- accecories for digital cameras, service to burn photos and data onto CDs, small electronics on sale at cheap prices. For the time being they may still survive but come the day when digital photos are accepted everywhere I would presume they will die off as well. It is only the enthusiast who print their photos now and I suspect that number will fall eventually as well.

If you want to get your job done, use e-print. Simple as that…read more I was in a hurry to get my business cards ready for a cocktail reception on Wednesday night, and only until Tuesday morning I received the softcopy of my business card layout. Not the most ideal situation, as the "business card" culture in Hong Kong is still boringly but undeniably strong, just like Japan or other Asian countries. Everyone can undoubtedly find each other online within a few clicks of Google/LinkedIn search, but if you don't have a business card, you won't be treated seriously. Oh well, the lucky thing is, Hong Kong is most famous for its efficiency (or second most famous, just behind the food here). A lot of other print shops only had retail outlets on the Kowloon side, so e-print was my best bet. I called Tuesday morning as soon as they opened at 9:30. Unlike your average credit card / telecom CS, e-print had a real human being picked up my call right away. After reassuring the business cards can be printed within 24 hours (that's not an urgent request, by the way. It was the standard time of delivery), I registered an account online, chose the type of paper I preferred, uploaded my design, and everything was seamlessly done within 15mins. I called again, to make sure everything looked fine. Someone picked up the call and had my order on her screen already. We talked through some details, and I paid for the cards online while having her on the other end of the line. Both credit cards and PPS options are available, and it took me just another 5mins. Note that the "ready by 24hrs" only starts counting when you have paid. You could see the progress online too, from "received your order" to "ready to pick up", you wouldn't miss a thing. I checked again Wednesday morning, and it was ready (thanks god!). The retail outlet was nothing less than efficient, too. All I needed was to present my phone number, and the cards were in my hands. And when I was just about to leave, the staff noted that I was a first time user, so she reminded me of an offer to have free business cards printed from their mobile app(!). The offer would expire by the end of Oct, so it was really nice for her to remind me of it. There are a lot of other stuff you can print at e-print, and its sister shop e-banner. I'm sure I will come back very often in the future.

A perfect showcase of how, in Hong Kong, I have been guilty of tolerating poor and unreliable…read moreservice (because it was cheap) and how it has costed me far more in the long run. It is not worth it!!!! Before you order, consider how much it will cost you if the order is not delivered. I've used them many times... in fact this latest non-delivery hasn't been the only one; just the straw that broke the camel's back. And it is not like there are not competitors like printshop.hk (so far so good). I guess e-print is just better marketed. --------------- 1) If they have questions, they don't leave messages... they just will not print. So stand by your phone in case you miss it. Otherwise you won't know until it is too late that you don't have what you need. 2) They had the audacity to suggest paying a few hundred dollars more to make up some lost time, (rush so they will not be AS LATE), which would also require me to pick it up at a distant location in Kwun Tong. 3) Getting a refund for a non-delivery / cancellation is not easy, they will require you to fill, stamp with chop, and scan back a claims form so make sure you have your order # and customer # so they can send you a refund cheque in 10 business days (or so they claim). The person cancelling your order won't help you with the refund process either.

Came here at 9am on a Friday morning. They probably opened earlier..I wanted to have a print out…read morefrom my usb device. They don't offer this "instant" service so they told me to go to the copy shop just two stores down. I'm guessing this place is more of a print shop for businesses such as fliers, promotional materials, business cards, etc. it looks like they would do a good job. I wouldn't know though. What I only found out was that they don't do "instant" projects such as photocopies or digital prints.

One thing that Hong Kongers love, is their chops. I don't mean meaty eaty chops, but the self…read moreinking stamps that they bash on to every and any bit of paperwork to hand. If there is empty white space on a page, "chop" it! However, I have found getting these chops a bit tricky - maybe it's just me? For ages, it seemed to me to only be the back alley dudes in the wooden shacks that do them, like the chop trade was something much more illicit. However, I am completely wrong, as I have now found a number of print shops that do them - hurrah! Special mention must be made of Print Shop. They kinda do exactly what the shop name suggests; they print stuff, like business cards, post cards, invitation, photocopying, you get the idea. They also make chops, offering a variety of different sizes and ink colours. What is good about their chop making service, other than the chops coming our really well, is that they can make them from a jpeg file. A lot of the other print shops can print from jpegs (despite really only wanting AI files), but most can only make chops from AI (Adobe Illustrator) files. Many of us don't have access to these pro softwares, so being able to give them a consumer format was very useful. The shop has recently moved to a bigger premises (unfortunately they moved all their junk with them too, so it is a bit like a self storage locker in the shop), which is not as convenient as their old location under Wan Chai MTR bridge, but still close enough. They do have an extensive website, but it is only in Chinese - boooo.