Baboo Digital

My organization has been working with Baboo for 4 years now. Their products are always beautifully printed, and having worked with other printing services before, I can attest to Baboo’s professionalism and high quality. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for easy to work with, professional printers.

Kumar and Doug have done a very good job.
From the first minute of our conversation until the end of the process, I experienced a very high level of client-​oriented service. I satisfied with my order of acrylic print (aka plexiglass print). It is done in the best possible way and on time.

Very glad I decided to use Baboo. The costumer service was beyond my expectations. Neil will make sure EVERYTHING goes smoothly and exactly how you want it. Very experienced and very professional. I used them on 2 separate occasions and each time was out of this world. Highly Recommend them!

Baboo has been a reliable neighborhood establishment since I first became a photographer. I rely on them for developing film and making enlargements as well as printing family photos for my albums (yes I still make paper 4×6 prints) and I love their high quality large presentation options for metallic paper and acrylic plexiglass mounting. Highly recommended. Very good customer service.

Baboo turned my regular digital photo into a gorgeous (and huge) framed canvas print that is now the centerpiece of my master bedroom. The quality is great and everyone I worked with there (Neil, Julia) was amazing – super-​helpful and loaded with great ideas to ensure I got EXACTLY what I envisioned. I will definitely be back to create more artwork for my walls.

Great quality print and fantastic customer service. They’re my new go to for printing. Very surprised to see any negative reviews. My experience couldn’t have been better.

The guys at Baboo are top notch. I work with a few international photographers who send them their files directly, and the end product I receive for exhibitions is impeccable and fulfills myriad specifications given. Great printing and mounting quality all around. Have returned to them and will continue to do so.

I had Baboo make a sign for the front door of my office. They did the graphics, manufactured the sign and mounted it on plexi. They did a great job and I loved the hands on service. Would definitely use them again.

I’ve always had a great experience with getting prints made here, film put onto a disc (including black and white). Very good staff as well. Love these guys.

I took a picture of an orchid on my iphone in Mexico this summer. Since my mother loves orchids I decided to frame it and send it to her. I just googled map searched a digital printer close to my office and Baboo was 2 blocks away. Even though they were super close I never had to step foot in the store. I sent them my orchid picture options via email and they recommended the one that would print the best because it had better color and lighting. They also recommended a gorgeous plexiglass mount which really enhanced the photo and it was not the most expensive option– they cared about the finished product more than making money. They were very upfront about pricing and options. I got the quote in an email and paid online. Last but not least, they shipped the framed print to my mom in Boston via fedex and it arrived on her birthday, as promised. Like I said, I never stepped foot in the store but they made me feel well taken care of and it was really nice to work with a team who executed this project for me reliably, professionally, and on time. I paid just under $ 200 for everything– printing, framing, shipping and I think I paid a fair price. I would definitely use them again, maybe I’ll even make it into the store next time.

The finished product was amazing and amazing service. One of the employees was sick in unbeknownst to me he was taking phone calls from his house because I’m a perfectionist .I couldn’t believe this occurred. This place has amazing customer service

If I could give zero stars, I would. I never write reviews, but in my brief experience today dealing with two Baboo employees on the phone, I was so displeased that I actually felt compelled to write a review. I was shopping around to get large foam-​core prints done, and was asking a handful of businesses for price quotes. Every business that I spoke to asked me what I wanted to get done and were able to give me a quote on the spot … every business but Baboo. First, the lady (her name is Sheetal) told me she’d give me a call back in 15 minutes with a quote. Then when I finally spoke to her again (more than 15 mins later) she asked if I could text her my email address so she could email the quote to me, so I happily obliged. Shortly after, she began texting me asking how the prints were going to be hung, then started sending suggestions and even sent a photo of a potential mounting idea. I mean, I see that she’s being proactive, but I didn’t ask for mounting options. JUST GIVE ME THE DANG QUOTE LADY. Another 15 minutes passed, and still no email with a quote, so I had to call AGAIN to follow up and ask if she had the quote ready, and she finally did (literally 35 mins after I had asked the first time). The quote was much higher than all the other price points I was getting, so I said thank you but I’d be going with another business. Sidenote: I ended up going with
and paid $ 451 for my order, when Baboo was quoting me at $ 1,619. After I kindly and respectfully declined their business, they asked me how much other companies quoted me at, and I said «Around $ 600». A man then got on the phone and proceeded to try and ridicule me and put me down, saying that I needed to check my facts because no one would do it for the price I stated. After his attempts to make me feel stupid I just said «Alright well thank you anyway», and hung up the phone. Shortly after (this is where it gets really good), they texted me from the lady’s phone and said this: «No one will do Lambda digital C Prints and ½″ foamcore mounting for $ 600.00. Please check your fact, next time don’t waist anybody’s time like this. Just ask simply if it’s possible to do this job for $ 600.00 and we will have told you yes or no in one second, instead of pulling people from work to give you prices. Not nice.»
I’m sorry, but I didn’t realize that quoting people wasn’t actually a part of your job description and I was «pulling you from work» to do this. I didn’t ask for any specifics as far as printing or what kind of foam-​core either, so I was confused as to why they even got that specific in their text. ALL I WANTED WAS A QUOTE, simple and easy! Instead they made it seem like it was a terribly hard and tedious thing to do and I was inconveniencing them. RIDICULOUS. And don’t even get me started on «waisting» people’s time, because making me wait 35 minutes for a ridiculous quote is by no means an efficient use of my time. And lastly, don’t text me with your personal strifes, you don’t know me.
Anyway, that’s all. Moral of the story: BABOO IS TERRIBLE. Don’t «waist» your time here people, they clearly don’t enjoy their job. REVIEW DONE, RANT OVER. ;)

I just called them. My project: 44 mounted, color slides to be scanned into digital photos onto a disc. The price she quoted was $ 13. Thirteen dollars for… wait for it… each slide. I had her repeat that price twice just to make sure we didn’t have a bad connection. Then I realized, she’s got a bad connection alright. I actually laughed heartily at her, poor thing. Not her fault. She just works there.
Personally, I have no problem with paying a little more for a service or a thing that’s extraordinary or rare — but anybody who pays that price for the conversion of a slide into a digital picture is… well… an idiot.

These guys have, sadly, gone down hill. Very rude and way overpriced. But I guess being part of a dying industry makes you bitter and angry. I don’t blame them, but it certainly doesn’t help business to charge ridiculous prices. But again, Im sure they have to pay a fortune for all that space that they have. I havent been in awhile. I just can’t afford it anymore.

I had a great experience here. I’m glad I didn’t listen to the bad reviews — and after such a great experience it actually makes me never want to listen to reviews at all.
I had just renovated my place and needed to frame a bunch of different types of art work. Neill spent over an hour and half with my designer and me to help us determine what to do since we were framing non traditional art work from my travels. In one case, he blew up snapshot photos from over 20 years ago.
He did a great job and I got the work back quickly. Neill knows this business. I can’t say enough about the service and quality of these guys and wouldn’t hesitate to come back.

This is one of my favorite service bureaus, of anywhere! Their quality is insanely precise and immaculate — I’ve had gallery prints of 24″, 36″, 60″, and 72″ made at Baboo, and their pre-​press guy actually phones me if he finds a defect in one of my photos before printing it. Normally I wouldn’t trust anyone to touch my work, but I’ve found their color correction, sharpness, resolution adjustment, dust-​and-​scratch removal, etc., to be even better than my own compulsive attention to detail.
It makes me sad to see them slammed by complaints here on Unilocal; I think those reviewers may be misunderstanding the difference between a museum-​quality shop and a discount print from someplace like Adorama. (I also love Adorama, but I use them for my vacation snapshots, not for museum-​quality artwork ready to sell for the thousands of dollars my prints fetch in galleries and private sales.)
Baboo is one of the cheapest places in the neighborhood, AND is consistently better quality than the other three shops I tried. (Only Duggal can compete on quality, and they’re WAY more pricey). Anyone who thinks they’re expensive must be comparing them to a lower tier of service. Regarding completion dates, it’s a good idea to communicate clearly if something’s time-​sensitive. Normally I don’t care when a job is processed, but when I’ve been in a rush, they’ve bailed me out multiple times.

If you like to throw your money and your cherished memories away you should go here!
i used to go to gps, but it closed and i tried this because its hard to find a good place to develop black and white film…
they processed my b&w film as slide film, realized it before cutting and mounting that they did it incorrectly, and threw the negatives in a box and pretended not to know anything.
i called the shop no one knows their policy for when they mess up except the manager KUMAR, who is a serious DICK. He basically told me that it was my fault for not backing up my film! I mean really? Can someone please tell me how one might backup a roll of undeveloped film.
no refund, a free roll of film and free development, because i’m definitely using them from now on.

Was in a rush so I went here without checking out the reviews. Big mistake! This place is just awful. I got some very bad scans of film there that were so contrasty and had dust marks all over it.
And forget about getting your work on time. They will do it whenever they get around to it I guess. Save your time and money and go around the corner to Duggal.

This place is really great. Some of the reviews are pretty negative, but I had a great experience. Neil, one of the owners, is awesome. He was so friendly and helpful.
I got a few photos developed and framed, and they came out beautifully!
Right in the Flatiron district, they are very convenient, and eager to please. In fact, one of my photos had a flaw, and their design department was able to touch it up and make it perfect.
They even gave be advice regarding how to take better pictures! They are pros who are passionate about their work.
I hope this review helps.
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I had a really good experience at Baboo. Connected with Neil one of the guys there and met him in house to take a look at a headshot I needed printed. He took tons of time to look at my photo with me, edited it with me (converted the file, resized it, and color corrected it) and then gave me feedback on the two proofs I got.
THEN I ordered 30 prints, and they came out ready for me in less than 10 minutes. I definitely have never had this prompt service before, and although don’t expect it every time (if they are busy) it was amazing to have my shots in my hand the DAY I went in to edit the photo, etc.
Everyone was super nice to me. I would recommend this to my friends, and fellow actors, the quality of my print is great.