Hi all,
I take mostly travel photos, so i am thinking about getting some of it to make into a postcards.
I tried to make a postcard frame on the pictures and got it printed as 4R photo..however, i don't like how the photo looks like..
I notice most postcards are printed on paper alike materials, is this the reason it looks better in colour and contrast?
Do you guys have some experience of making your own postcards?
Postcard printers all over the web, about 24c a card, depending on quantity. They use something like 100# or 14pt card stock and then add a glossy coating. Some do offset and cut the cards, I think last I looked that was for 500 cards, but it may vary by printer. Smaller numbers will probably be printed on a printer.
What you are thinking of, if I understand right I think are called rack cards. They are sold at shops off a card rack.
If you are just doing them for yourself, print on 4x6 paper, stick a stamp on the back, draw a line down the middle, address on the right, and you have a postcard. The automatic machine may make a mark on the front. I bought a Canon Selphy printer and it prints on heavy stock that has a postcard back. DyeSub, cute little printer.
Problem is, printing on card stock is not that easy since printers want to roll the paper. The Selphy uses cut sheets and a feed tray.
