Portfolio Making and Printing

[mr.invincible]

I am an architect student in the process of making a portfolio for graduate school and I am in dire need of some superfuture advice!

1.where do you guys suggest in printing portfolios? -

lulu.com? Kinkos? Small mom and pop shop?

2. DIY? If so, what printers do you guys suggest in printing?

inkjets or laser jets?

3. What brands ?

Epson, Hp, Samsung, etc.

4. What type and brand of papers.

I'm from Los Angeles area and if anyone guys have any suggestion in printing and also binding from a reliable source, please let me know. My application rests on this portfolio.

lets share and discuss!

[Magsåvningsreserven]

if you're going the on demand printing way, it's widely seen that blurb is of a lot higher quality (and more expensive) than lulu..

[mr.invincible]

oooo thanks magnetic! Do they have higher quality printing and paper than LuLu?

can't rep!

[bencap]

I imagine LA has a lot of small print shops (not copy shops, big difference. fuck kinkos). Dealing with a printer face to face is much better than going through an online service, since they'll be able to show you proofs in person, talk about problems immediately, etc.

[mr.invincible]

^ I hear ya. That's the problem is that theres SOO many