Jack,
For what its worth, here's what my lab (Chromatics in Nashville, TN) does:
http://chromatics.com/Serv-PhotoPrints.htm
You can see pricing by scrolling down.
I can FileFlow them a file pretty easy and its ready in short order. Their pricing is somewhat higher than what you are writing about but not much. Their profiles are dead on. I get what I want pretty much first try. But I also don't use them so much since I have a 24" printer.
I did just do a couple of big 40"x40" prints for a client to hang in a public building. They were sent on Tuesday then printed and delivered by courier on Thursday while I was out of town. None of this was real cheap, but the service was available to me.
I like your idea and I think it might fly but mostly in places where there's not a strong local lab. I wonder how many people are under-served these days with labs bonking out left and right? I suspect there's quite a few. Which may be what got you thinking this way, I dunno.
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