Can anyone recommend a custom postcard printer?

March 22, 2005 10:01 AM

Can anyone recommend a custom postcard printer?

I'm looking to do a short run, about 150, of 4x6 postcards. I'm having trouble finding anyone who will do less than 500. Those that do seem kind of cheap and chintzy.

Modern Postcard seems pretty great, but again, smallest quantity is 500. Any ideas?

posted by paulrockNJ to grab bag (5 comments total)

Short Run Postcards At PSPrint

I've had a good experience with the business cards I ordered from them, they're cheap, have a good online submission process, and they give you a template and file details to work with -- helpful, particularly if you're not familar with pre-press.
posted by fishfucker at 10:04 AM on March 22, 2005

I've gotten good business cards from 4by6 and lots of friends use them for postcards, which look good too. They're not the cheapest, but geared towards designers and have good output.
posted by mathowie at 10:19 AM on March 22, 2005

I just ordered "Save the Date" postcards for my wedding from 4by6. For color front and B&W back it was $140 for 250 after all the shipping and other charges. A qty of 100 was only about $5 less.

I was curious how the picture portion would come out since it uses CMYK printing and I have no idea the limitations or special considerations needed for that. The pictures came out great though.

I would highly recommend ordering their Sample Kit, it has very usefuly instructions and an array of different styles to see and touch. One of the key things I learned was the correct setting for "black" in CMYK.

I did standard shipping and got them in three or four days. I'm extremely happy with them and would endorse them without hesitation.

Also, I am not a designer and although they may be geared towards that crowd, I found their templates, instructions and process extremely easy to use and straightforward.
posted by jonah at 10:30 AM on March 22, 2005

I second (third?)the 4x6 recommendation. I had postcards made through them a few years ago. The process was easy and the output was excellent.
posted by stefnet at 10:32 AM on March 22, 2005

Very cool - 4x6 seems like exactly what I need. Thanks.
posted by paulrockNJ at 11:29 AM on March 22, 2005