Ease of Use - Ordering Process:  

ClarkColor Labs uses the same simple step-by-step interface as Snapfish and York Photo. The design is intuitive and any computer user can upload and order prints from ClarkColor.

You can upload your photos in a variety of ways including choosing one-by-one from your desktop, you can upload multiple images by downloading Clark’s easy uploader, or you can download Clark’s PhotoShow Express, an external desktop application that helps you manage and organize your photos while offline.

We also like that ClarkColor suggested we adjust our print size from the standard 4x6 to a more digital camera friendly 4x5.3. In the end, it minimized cropping.

Quality of Prints:  

We sent the following three digital photos to each printing service in this review. As a whole, we did not feel that one company in our review merited a perfect score; however, our top three came close. The prints developed by ClarkColor are almost identical to York and Snapfish.  These prints are well done and the average user would have minimal criticisms.

• Sunset: We were pleased with the sunset photo that Clark produced. On its own, it looks great; it’s only when you compare it to the results of some other services, that you see minor imperfections. We felt the red and yellow hues looked great in the background, but one of the models seemed just a tad dark. Take a look at our comparative shots from ClarkColor.

• Black and White: Across the board, the differences in quality varied most in the black and white photo sample. Like York and Snapfish, ClarkColor’s black and white photo came with just a bit more yellow undertone than we would have liked. However, the image was not quite sepia. Take a look at our comparative shots from ClarkColor.

• Aerial: ClarkColor managed to clean up our foggy aerial shot well. Of the three photos, we felt this print was the best. However, there is a slight amount of yellowing on the buildings. Take a look at our comparative shots from ClarkColor.

Note: To compare quality, we took each set of prints received from the online photo developer and laid them down, side-by-side next to each other to compare quality.