questions about make my own postcards

[mtkang]

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?

[cthoman]

I usually just order them from Vistaprint.

[RacePhoto]

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.

[Artmyth]

moo.com  is an excellent source you can print different images per order rahter than getting 150 - 5000 of the same image

[red]

Yeah, moo is cool. You can have multiple business cards, postcards, etc. printed each with a different photo on them instead of having to order a bulk amount of the same photo. For photographers it's a nice option. Here's one example (I'm not shilling for them, I just like their products) -
http://us.moo.com/ideas/pocket-size-photography-portfolio.html

[WarrenPrice]

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?

Are you talking about making your own?  IE: printing at home?  Look in MSWord at the Avery Wizard.  They make a preformatted Postcard.  The form blank is:
3263.
My Avery Wizard is old.  This may be obsolete.  If not, you may find the blanks at WalMart ... Office Depot ... etc.

Hope that helps.

[mtkang]

thanks guy for suggestions..

I just think it is a good way to print travel images into a postcards for sale and advertising of my own site. However, I found the results of 4R photo prints doesn't have a feel of those postcard i saw on the rack. It seems paper based postcards or rack cards are more in color contrast.

[madelaide]

I can not tell about quality, but in Zazzle you can also get bulk discounts by the total amount ordered, even if ordering several different postcards. That is, ordering 50 copies of 4 postcards gets the same discount as ordering 200 copis of a single postcard.

[Jasa]

Hey dear,

it's a difference between printing on normal copy paper at home or printign with a manufacturer.
At home most time you have only the 80g/m� or materials up to 120 or 200 g/m�. You have a laser printer or ink jet printer, both with inks based on water and / or mineral oil, so printed images or letters often bleed out.

Maybe you could take a look at overnightprints.co.uk/postcards. Postcards from online printers (if you choose an environmentally friendly printer) could have printing process without water and inks based on natural oil. These allows sharper image quality and higher colour brillance. It's a large difference between professional and self made print, so i would always choose the professionals if I wanna have a great and respectable result.

[Pauws99]

I've used Vista Print and found them good quality price depends on the various offers at the time