[DAC] postcards and card printing leads

[Betsy Miessner]

At First Parish we've had good luck with Vista Print, an on-line
printing service that has great prices. I'm not sure how they compare
with Joyce's suggestions, but you do get the color you're looking for,
plus they give out specials all the time

Betsy, FPC Dot

On 7/4/07, Joyce Linehan <joyce at ashmontmedia.com> wrote:
> I'm posting this to the whole list because some people might find it
> helpful.
>
> The least expensive way to print 4 color postcards is gang run, which means
> that it's possible that your color won't be exactly what you wanted.  But
> the price difference is staggering.  In the dozens of times I've printed
> cards, there was only one time when I thought the color was so substantially
> different that I thought it affected the design.
>
> The cheapest gang run printer I've found, with a simple online ordering
> system, is 48hourprint.com.  They have an office in Dorchester, but the
> printing is done in Ohio.  The quality is good.
>
> The fastest gang run printer I've found, which is also very inexpensive, is
> pkgraphics.com in Miami.  They print overnight, but require a phone
> conversation to confirm billing.  They're also the ones who I had the slight
> color problem with.
>
> I have also heard people say good things about Modern Postcard, but I
> believe their turnaround is rather lengthy, and last I checked a couple of
> years ago, they were more expensive than the others.
>
> For non-gang run, there is no good printer in Dorchester that I have ever
> found.  I'd love to give my business to someone local, but the two printers
> I know of really messed up some orders in years past.  So for more
> specialized kinds of printing, I use Theresa at the Ink Spot in Quincy.
> They do great work, but they're not cheap.
>
> Joyce
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dacmail-bounces at thedac.org [mailto:dacmail-bounces at thedac.org] On
> Behalf Of Sierra Beliveau
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:17 PM
> To: dacmail at thedac.org
> Subject: [DAC] postcards and card printing leads
>
> Hello fello DAC artists.
>
> I was looking for a lead on possible postcard/card making companies that
> have
> 1. incredible quality in the product
> 2. reasonable in cost
> 3. online or local companies
> just some leads or references would be appreciated.
> it seems like there are billions of we-make-postcards-cheap places and it is
> difficult to sort them out.
>
> stop the insanity!
> thanks, sierra
>
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