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 http://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 http://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 http://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 a he 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."
About Fujifilm
Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. is a subsidiary of Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. and delivers technology solutions to meet the imaging and information needs of retailers, consumers, professionals and business customers. As a global leader in digital imaging, Fujifilm pioneered the development of digital medical systems, and today is the leader in digital minilab systems. The company was ranked number 15 for U.S. patents granted during 2004, employs more than 75,000 people worldwide and in the year ending March 31, 2005, had global revenues of more than $23.6 billion.
In the United States, Fujifilm is a leader in delivering high quality, easy-to-use imaging and information solutions in the following categories: Digital Imaging Systems, Film and Imaging Systems, Recording/Storage Media, Motion Picture Film, Graphic Arts and Printing Systems and Medical Imaging and Diagnostics Systems. Fujifilm is an environmentally friendly, humane enterprise and an exemplary corporate citizen.
For more information on Fujifilm products, consumers can call 800-800-FUJI or access the Fujifilm USA Web site at http://www.fujifilm.com.
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About Longs Drug Stores Corporation
Longs Drugs offers a broad assortment of cameras from the top manufacturers in the industry. Longs stocks more than 20 cameras that range from under $20 to over $200 at retail, including Fujifilm, Kodak, Olympus, Minolta, Vivitar, and more. In addition to a full-service digital processing center, Longs is the one-stop-shop for film, batteries, memory cards and photo CDs.
Longs Drug Stores Corporation is one of the most recognized retail drug store chains on the West Coast and in Hawaii. Through its 476 stores located in California, Hawaii, Washington, Nevada, Colorado and Oregon, Longs Drug Stores serves the health and well-being needs of consumers with customer- oriented pharmacy services and convenient product offerings that include over- the-counter medications, photo and cosmetics. Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Longs also provides pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services through its RxAmerica subsidiary. Additional information about Longs Drug Stores Corporation and its Internet prescription services is available at http://www.longs.com.

Source: prnewswire