Re: OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-26 Thread Vic MacBournie
I am one of a group of three photographers who have been selling our photographic cards for about 8 years now. We get our cards made up custom from a local print house and then glue 4X6 on to the front. i believe we paid less than 30 cents a card but we ordered 10,000 blank cards. Envelopes

Re: OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-26 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/25/2006 8:44:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They also offer cards, but I haven't tried that: http://www.fedex.com/us/officeprint/onlineprint/persprods/photocards.html?link =4 In any case, I recommend stopping at the local shop and finding a knowledgea

Re: OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-25 Thread Igor Roshchin
Marnie, I've used Kinko's (and a local copy shop as well) for printing cards from photos. I create a file in Photoshop with everything I need, including the proper margins, save as Á PDF, and then ask them to print using their color printer without resizing to fit or anything. I use the paper t

Re: OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-24 Thread Eactivist
Thanks -P (Peter?) and Godfrey. Will check out. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You might look at someone like www.vistaprint.com or www.psprint.com. They have a good range of card types that you can order printed in volume at a reasonable rate. I did postcards through them ... 1000 large format postcards printed four color on one side and black only on the other for $

Re: OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
Marnie - I've used these - not ever in any great quantity. The price for 10 in the shops here (Milwaukee) is about double the Dick Blick price. http://www.dickblick.com/zz119/15/ The cards are 5x7 and take a 4x6 print very nicely. I use double sided tape to hold the print to the card so the r

Re: OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/24/2006 3:40:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Marnie, I make cards a lot. 2 methods I use - 1. Print directly onto heavy card, fold and chop in the Rot-a-trim (a Dhal actually) 2. print onto best quality photo paper, chop to size, paste onto card.

Re: OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-24 Thread Cotty
On 24/6/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: >Any suggestions welcome. Especially from those who have done cards. Hi Marnie, I make cards a lot. 2 methods I use - 1. Print directly onto heavy card, fold and chop in the Rot-a-trim (a Dhal actually) 2. print onto best quality phot

Re: OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/24/2006 1:09:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think our local Costco does this sort of thing. = Cool. Not a member, so didn't think of it. But nonmembers can still use it. There's one in the next town, I'll check it out. Thanks. Marnie -- P

Re: OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-24 Thread mike wilson
I think our local Costco does this sort of thing. > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2006/06/24 Sat PM 07:03:40 GMT > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: OT: Making Cards with Photos > > I am about ready to print up my Mom's memorial card. Going to put a photo of >

OT: Making Cards with Photos

2006-06-24 Thread Eactivist
I am about ready to print up my Mom's memorial card. Going to put a photo of her hands on the front, usual memorial stuff inside, with a biography letter insert. I called up the only good local lab left around here -- they don't do cards. They will do up prints from a jpg. Which I might let the