Systems and methods are provided for uploading image files such as photos for printing to a photo printing service using a printer driver. A typical system in one aspect includes a client device having one or more processors, one or more memory devices for storing image files, applications and other computer readable instructions, a network interface device, and one or more I/O ports for communicating with various I/O devices and an external display device such as a monitor to access a photo print service through a virtual printer driver. In another aspect, the computer readable program code instructions include a printer driver module that provides virtual photo printing services to a user of the client device.