Walgreens Photo Online Ordering vs
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo Online Ordering Review
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We ordered the same 10 photos from Walgreens Photo and Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo, scanned them all in, and created this guide just for you.
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
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Pricing, shipping, paper quality, and other juicy details
When we tested | August 2020 | August 2020 |
Summary | While Walgreens pick up is consistently reliable, we recommend ordering online for higher quality prints. Walgreens local labs use DNP Photo Paper and what's known in the industry as "Dye-sublimation" printing. This type of printing is typically used for photo booths and events. While the prints are good quality, you'll get a much higher quality by ordering from Walgreens online as they use Fuju paper and ink for web orders. For online ordering, we suggest Walgreens over CVS. | While Office Depot has potential to be a convenient local photo lab option (there are only a few such as CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart), it falls short. Locally, the print quality is terrible: The prints are more of a postcard or cardstock print, not a photo lab print. Several of our test prints had visible flaws, such as the balloon print. The color has an orange glow. Their online prints are far superior in vibrancy but the use far too much packaging, while also being the most expensive shipping of all we tested. |
Print quality (local pickup) |
10 Photos: $2.30 $0.23 each |
10 Photos: $2.90 $0.29 each |
Print quality (online orders) |
10 Photos: $4.29 $0.23 4x6s + $1.99 to ship 7-9 days |
10 Photos: $12.85 $0.29 4x6s + $9.95 to ship 7-9 days |
Local pickup available | Yes, see review | Yes, see review |
Cost per 4x6 print (local pickup) | $0.23 | $0.29 |
Formats available for pickup | 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 4x5.3, 4x4, 8x8 | 4x6, 5x7, 6x8, 8x10, 11x14 |
Finishes available for pickup | Glossy | Glossy |
Paper type for pickup orders |
DNP Premium Digital Paper 0.2399999999999999911182158029987476766109466552734375 millimeters thick |
Unknown cardstock 0 millimeters thick |
Pickup speed | Same day | Same day if ordered by 2pm |
Order pickup | Order pickup | |
Online ordering available | Yes | Yes |
Cost per 4x6 print (online) | $0.23 | $0.29 |
Formats available online |
4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 4x5.3, 4x4, 8x8 |
4x6, 5x7, 6x8, 8x10, 11x14 8x12, 8x8 |
Finishes available online | Matte,glossy | Matte |
Paper type for online orders |
Fujicolor Crystal Archive 22 millimeters thick |
Fujifilm Quality Dry Photo Paper 24 millimeters thick |
Cheapest shipping option |
$1.99 To ship 10 photos
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$9.95 To ship 10 photos
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Delivery speed for cheapest shipping option | 7-9 days | 7-9 days |
Order online | Order online |
Walgreens Photo vs
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo
print quality comparison
Walgreens Photo lets you order prints for local pickup and online for delivery to your door.
Check out our review for Walgreens Photo local pickup or compare Walgreens Photo Online vs. Local Pickup.
On 2/13/20, we ordered the following photos from Walgreens Photo. On 2/13/20, we ordered the same photos from Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo.
We scanned in both sets of prints without color correction.
Here's how Walgreens Photo compares to Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo.
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo (Test: Glossy)
Office Depot / OfficeMax Photo (Test: Matte)
Walgreens Photo envelopes
When you order photos from Walgreens Photo, here's what you can
expect the envelope to look like.
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