| Author | Thread |
|
|
05/12/2008 02:20:32 PM · #1 |
Does anyone know of a good resource to have double sided postcards printed? Small quantity...maybe 40-50. I have someone wanting to order postcard invites for a graduation party. One side will have the senior portrait / school graphic I have done and the other side will have the party location and other info and space for the address.
I can't seem to find a place that will do a small quantity and do the double side. Thanks for any help!
Judy |
|
|
|
05/12/2008 02:24:29 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by jpochard:
Does anyone know of a good resource to have double sided postcards printed? Small quantity...maybe 40-50. I have someone wanting to order postcard invites for a graduation party. One side will have the senior portrait / school graphic I have done and the other side will have the party location and other info and space for the address.
I can't seem to find a place that will do a small quantity and do the double side. Thanks for any help!
Judy |
Postcards can be 8.5x11 fourth cut. So each card is 4.25 x 5.50. So if you can find a place to print good quality on a cardstock material, you could layout the postcard in sheets of four, print just 13 sheets (get 52 cards) front and back and cut them yourself. I know Kinkos prints on regular cardstock in color, but I've not tried photos on their color printers, just Photoshop stuff. But I have laid out postcards like this and they will even cut them for you.
As for a good glossy heavy photostock, I don't rightly know.
|
|
|
|
05/12/2008 02:34:36 PM · #3 |
Vistaprint has quantities starting at 50. When I use them I leave the backside b&w to save a few bucks.
|
|
|
|
05/12/2008 02:43:01 PM · #4 |
Judy, you can also try amazingmail, where you can upload both front and back images, text, etc. It's not too expensive (pricing). However, I wouldn't send out 50 cards without examining an actual sample first. Their quality can be hit and miss (photos that look great online can be very dark in print, etc.)
|
|
|
|
05/12/2008 02:45:10 PM · #5 |
VistaPrint does 2-sided color postcards in quantities as low as 100. I've been happy with business cards from them, but have no direct experience with their postcards. These will be printed by 4-color offset process, not photographically (so will color laser prints).
You could also make ordinary 4x6 prints and glue them back-to-back ...
From the US Postal Service:
Postcards - $0.27
Size limits:
* Minimum: 3-1/2 inches high by 5 inches long by 0.007 inch thick
* Maximum: 6 inches long by 4-1/4 inches high
* Additional postage required for larger postcards |
|
|
|
05/12/2008 02:56:09 PM · #6 |
Overnight prints has been good to us. Ive printed business cards and brochures from them.
JM |
|
|
|
05/12/2008 02:59:06 PM · #7 |
I also use Vista, acutally waiting on an order right now. I ordered 250. Client wanted 150 and that wasn't an option so I charged her the price I quoted (which actually ends up covering the cost of 250) and I'm going to use the other 100 for advertising when I do Senior shoots. I'll let you know laster this afternoon, after I receive them, how they look. Oh we used grayscale printing on the back so we could save money. I didn't want to have to pay the extra 10 busk for the colored backside.
|
|
|
|
05/12/2008 04:18:15 PM · #8 |
| mpix.com can certainly do that. Maybe a little more expensive than a place like Vista, but they do excellent work, and did a free reprint of my last job when somebody (ahem...) messed up the order and put the text on the back of the card upside down. |
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 08/23/2025 07:31:30 PM EDT.
