Mardi_Gras - 3:06 am on Mar 11, 2004 (gmt 0)

Mack - it would be similar but probably more complex. I thought it could all be done server side but the systems I've seen my client's competitors using all seem to include a desktop application component. Photographers use this application to select their photos for uploading (and view each one selected) then assign printing instructions for each photo. These applications are all proprietary as far as I can determine.

As I mentioned, some labs are able to feed all of this data directly into their billing and printing systems, so the packages are run pretty much without any intervention on the lab side. My client would be happy at this point just to give his photographers an easy way to get him their photos and instructions - he can do the rest manually for now.

I don't know if there is a business in the world changing faster than the photo lab business. This is an interesting challenge.