Paper and services for printing color?

[nightfly]

I generally print black only using a Ink Supply Eboni cartridge on Epson Enhanced Matte however I've got some color slide film that I had cross processed and scanned and I'd like to try and coax some color prints out of my Epson 1280. The first test prints I've done didn't look too great on the matte paper so I was looking for a good glossy paper to try for color proofs. I have zero experience with printing color.

Also would love some suggestions for online services where I could send tiffs or jpegs for printing as I don't really want to learn all the ins and outs fo color printing since I do so little of it. I know there are a million places but you guys must have favorites.

Any suggestions for either? I'd love the capability to go really big if there is something I like. If they also did quality, large black and white prints, that would be a big bonus for bigger prints than my 1280 can handle.

 

[jaapv]

I generally print black only using a Ink Supply Eboni cartridge on Epson Enhanced Matte however I've got some color slide film that I had cross processed and scanned and I'd like to try and coax some color prints out of my Epson 1280. The first test prints I've done didn't look too great on the matte paper so I was looking for a good glossy paper to try for color proofs. I have zero experience with printing color.

Also would love some suggestions for online services where I could send tiffs or jpegs for printing as I don't really want to learn all the ins and outs fo color printing since I do so little of it. I know there are a million places but you guys must have favorites.

Any suggestions for either? I'd love the capability to go really big if there is something I like. If they also did quality, large black and white prints, that would be a big bonus for bigger prints than my 1280 can handle.

I always send my prints to Kodak Germany, for classic (chemical/laser) printing of my Jpegs. The results are astoundingly perfect. I our country their services are handled through a number of photo-chains,I use -of all places- Dixon's (!! 😱 ) I don't know which ones do it in your area, but the Kodak website should tell you more.