the persnickety story

Fussy about the small details since 2010

Persnickety Prints started with a mom who couldn't find prints good enough for her family's scrapbooks. Sixteen years later, the same darkroom in Orem, Utah is printing memories for families across the country, one carefully checked print at a time.

Real darkroom prints Eyes on every print Made in Orem, Utah
A spread of colorful photo prints
Founder Chari Pack at the front counter of Persnickety Prints
how it started

A mom, a camera and a better way to print

In 2006, Chari Pack was a mom of three little boys making digital scrapbook pages. Every print she ordered was either poor quality, too expensive, or both. So in 2010, she opened a lab of her own.

Persnickety grew more than 500% in its first three years and was named one of Utah Valley's Fastest Growing Companies two years in a row.

what makes it persnickety

Quality you can see, prices you can print with

A darkroom printer exposing photos onto silver halide paper

Real darkroom prints

Photos are printed the way film always was, on silver halide paper. No ink. Fade, scratch and water resistant for 100+ years.

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A hand holding a freshly printed family photo

Eyes on every print

Every order is checked by a real person before it ships. If something looks off, the team reaches out to you before it goes out the door.

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A stack of mini photo prints

Priced to print them all

Persnickety started with scrapbookers who print in bulk, so great quality has always come at prices that let you print every favorite.

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always something new

Ideas that get photos off your phone

From photo strips to retro prints, Persnickety keeps finding fun new ways to turn the camera roll into something you can hold, plus project ideas and tutorials to help you use them.

A vertical photo strip print

Photo strips

Photo booth style strips for fridges, frames and journals.

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A fan of retro prints with white borders

Retro prints

Instant-camera style prints with a classic white border.

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A poster collage of dozens of small photos

Insta posters

A whole year of phone photos on one big poster.

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the next chapter

Persnickety Prints 2.0

In August 2026, founder Chari Pack came home to Persnickety Prints. Same darkroom, same obsession with the small details, and a fresh list of ideas for what comes next.

The mission hasn't changed: helping people connect with themselves, their families and their communities through print.

The Persnickety Prints shop in Orem, Utah
from one family to yours

Your pictures matter

Persnickety Prints began with one mom's love for her family. Every order still gets that same care.

We're not printing photos for today, but for the next generation.