[Theodoric]

I get the impression that once you get above about 8" x 6" prints, processors make an extremely large jump in the price. For example, Asda charge 15p for 6"x4", 20p for 7"x5" , 25p for 9"x6" but then make an astounding jump to £2.28 for a 10"x8" print. At first I thought that it was something to do with the price of the paper, but for reprints and enlargements they charge 32p, 64p, £1.14 and £2.28 respectively, which is roughly linear with respect to size. I can only assume that it is related to making the more popular sizes loss leaders. Any other suggestions?

Re Asda. I've got to say that their policy (unlike, say Boots) of allowing you to do a single print, even a 6"x4" one, is excellent; where else can you get the single print you might need for 15p. The only downside is the 1 hour wait. If you don't intend shopping at Asda, you have to come back.

One other point, someone, I think it was LooeyB, complained a while ago about customers asking for help. All I can say is that I can understand them having to do this. I do not consider myself a technological illiterate, but I found the Asda machine somewhat less than user friendly. For starters, it took a while before I realised that you had to touch the screen to start the whole shooting match (I assumed that pushing my Zip disk into the slot would start things rolling - it didn't). Then, if you only want a single print, you have to select 0 films then touch the print you want. Again, once you know what to do, no problem, but working out the system without any instructions is not intuitive. I didn't try any of the editing functions as I'd already carried those out on my PC, but they didn't look clear to me as far as I could see.