I thought you'd like to see the postcards I made, having discussed the process. These were for a rangefinder forum postcard trading effort… This is the one I sent to myself:
back: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47923851738_c856af51e1_h.jpg front: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47923850571_60496f6e54_h.jpg enjoy! G > On May 18, 2019, at 10:29 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > > Making postcards the way I do is a bit labor intensive, but the results are > very nice. > > I use Epson Hot Press Natural paper. It's got a very smooth, matte surface > and is 330gsm weight … almost card stock (about 17 mil). The color is a > lovely warm white that images both B&W and color with deep tones very nicely. > My printer is an Epson P600. I print postcards four up on 8.5x11 sheets from > Lightroom and trim to size them at 4 3/32" x 5 13/32" size. > > To print the postcards, I have a backside template and a frontside template > in LR. I print the typical postcard guide lines and provenance on the > backside first, placing and sizing it so that the typical "printer float" > dimensionally allows me plenty of trimming leeway but not too much. I then > print the frontside images, four up, and butt them together on the page. > > Once a run is all printed, I pull out the Rototrim and do all the trimming > cuts. > > I've got tickets to see Deadmau5 in Hollywood and again in San Jose and San > Franciso later in the year. :-) > > G > >> On May 18, 2019, at 7:56 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: >> >> I'm curious about how you go about making postcards. I experimented with >> Costco poster board. >> >> After the crazy road trip delivering mom I hung out in Oregon a bit, and am >> at the Portland Lindy exchange this weekend. Lots of great dancing to >> awesome bands. >> >> On May 18, 2019 5:30:58 PM PDT, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> >> wrote: >>> Been working on making postcards for a postcard exchange all day. >>> Deadline is Monday; I just picked the photo that I'll use... :-) > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
