California-based Longs Drugs Stores is offering one-hour prints via the Internet in more than 200 stores. Customers can upload their images to the Longs Photo Center and get prints for 19 cents each. The company points out how easy it would be to have the prints printed at a far-away store for a friend or family member to pick up. Other features that the stores are highlighting includes the ability to upload groups of pictures, no credit cards required, and email notification.
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Longs Drugs Stores Offers One-Hour Service Via Internet on Digital Prints
Pick up holiday pictures or send them to relatives throughout the region in an hour.
Share your holiday memories in an hour using Longs Drug Stores (NYSE:LDG) latest in high- quality, digital processing service. Known for their full-service photo processing department, Longs can already receive prints via the internet in all stores and now, in more than 200 stores, can print digital images in about an hour.
Customers can upload their digital photos at the Longs Photo Center from their home by accessing www.Longs.com, powered by Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc., one of the easiest sites to use. At 19 cents per print, digital internet printing is cheaper than printing at home. The combination of full- service photo labs and trained photo technicians assure the quality of your prints.
One of the greatest features is the ability to send digital images to more than one location for processing so that your friends and family can retrieve the prints you sent them at their local Longs Drugs on the same day. To locate a store near you that provides this service, please visit the Longs Photo Center at www.Longs.com and enter your zip code in the store locator.
Submitting digital images for processing over the Internet is quick and simple to use. The Longs Photo Center at www.Longs.com is one of the easier digital processing photo sites to navigate and upload images.
-- Upload entire groups of pictures rather than one at a time
-- No Credit Card Required -- order can be placed online and paid for at
the store
-- Receive email notification that the order is ready for pick up
"We are excited to offer this added service to our customers," said Todd Vasos, senior vice president and chief merchandising officer at Longs. "We are constantly enhancing our Internet digital processing service to further meet the needs of our customers."
