Comments on: Custom Postcard

Question: Custom Postcard

jplank — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:58:53 -0800

Does anyone know of an online photo processing website that will allow me to upload photos and get them printed off as postcards? I've only found a few sites that will do this and they tend to be rather expensive (i.e. $2 per postcard). Also, the website would need to ship to Canada. Thanks

By: freudianslipper

freudianslipper — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:09:23 -0800

Although I'm sure you'll get other awesome answers to this question, did you know flickr can do this too? Upload your photos and go to the photo you want to print and there is a button up top you can select to print.

It gives you a decent amount of dimension sizes to choose from though the size I think you are looking for is 15 cents US per print.

I'm not sure how many it allows you to print though, it seems up to 10.

By: freudianslipper

freudianslipper — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:12:02 -0800

of course my favorite online printing site is psprint but the minimum order for postcard sizes is 500.

For 500:
Price Each: $0.158
Subtotal: $79.00

By: freudianslipper

freudianslipper — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:13:57 -0800

ack! sorry for posting so much....just saw the short run prints.

For 125:
Price Each: $0.316
Subtotal: $39.50

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:28:47 -0800

I've had PSPrint do a few jobs for me and I've been very satisfied with the quality and the support they've offered for the price. Not good unless you need a stack o' postcards, but I got good service from them.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:51:17 -0800

Flickr printing is US only.

By: jplank

jplank — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:45:24 -0800

Thanks a lot. psprint looks like exactly what I was trying to find.

By: nadise

nadise — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:08:16 -0800

I've had some good experiences with psprint too. Also some unfortunate experiences with them, mostly because I had a specific color I was trying to match in a print job, and their system of proofs isn't set up for exact color matches.

If you order a printed proof, they snail mail it to you. So there are always other jobs printed between the time your proof comes off the press and when you approve the proof and the actual run is printed. Use of the printer on another job may very well introduce color variations (don't sue me, psprint), so the chances of your final deliverable being an exact match to your proof are pretty slim.

In short, if you're particular about colors on a professional level, they might not be what you're looking for. If you're not that concerned with color matching, they might be just fine for your purposes, but don't bother getting a printed proof mailed to you.

By: cgg

cgg — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:57:27 -0800

I've never used them for postcards, but Shutterfly has done a really good job with getting 4x6 prints to me in Vancouver pretty quickly.

A quick look at their products page however, and they don't seem to have postcards per se. They do have "note cards" and "photo cards" however, which sound like postcards to me. MIght be worth taking a look. Note cards are 12 for 9.99, pivture cards are 69c each.

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:10:01 -0800

Just another data point: we've had good luck with Vistaprint which allows much smaller runs (100 postcards, under $20).

By: Gungho

Gungho — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:23:57 -0800

You could also get a rubber stamp made that would imprint the back of your prints. BONUS: You can get very customized postcards if you design the stamp yourself.

By: chococat

chococat — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:08:47 -0800

iPhoto is $1.49 each, a bit pricey. Comes with envelopes.

By: sandra_s

sandra_s — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:37:22 -0800

I second VistaPrint. I've gotten postcards from them. Good quality, good price.

If you should need customer service, though, it's a pain.

By: availablelight

availablelight — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:10:23 -0800

mpix.com just started offering postcards....see if they ship to Canada.