Digital Photo To Postcard Service?

[HDoug]

There's a service in iPhoto (the Apple photo software) to send photos to a printing service for a hardcopy. The result is a high quality print on Fuji photo paper. Really gorgeous. They also offer to print on a postcard BUT one can only choose one postcard per order which means the shipping fee is really high. Does anyone have a recommendation for a similar third party service?

 

Doug

[spiv]

I used Mixbook to make Christmas cards from one of my photos

 

they turned out well

except I havent checked to see if they are FP safe (they aren't glossy on the writing side)

[ehoh]

You might want to look into moo.com. I've printed lots of sticker photos with them as well as mini business cards and the quality is quite nice. What is really nice about their service is that they let you upload one photo per card/sticker/postcard you make. If you are printing 20 postcards (the smallest quantity available), for example, you can upload 20 different photos.

 

They also run special promotions at times, with discounts of 10-30%.

[Octo]

I've seen peel-and-stick sheets that can be put on the back of any 4x6 photo to turn the picture into a postal card. I don't know about the FP friendliness, but you could try one.

[Clancy]

As Octo pointed out, they make a postcard backing just for the purpose of using your own photos. I have tried PhotoPostos and like the product a lot. Check out the following link for more information:

http://www.photopostos.com/index.html

[Mikale]

Big Mahalo nui in posting those links for making personal postcards, here in Guam selection is slim

 

 

[SCPaul]

I have some postcard backings that I use with 4 x 6 photos sometimes. It depends on the ink I am using, but I see a good bit of feathering. The ones I have are from the2buds.com. Sometimes, they curl up if the air is damp.

 

OcalaFLGuy steered me towards a brand of card stock - Georgia Pacific, I think. And it works wonderfully. I do have to test to see which side works best. It almost always works better on one side than the other. I use double-sided tape and haven't heard of any catastrophic failures. I send them worldwide, via postcrossing.

 

Paul

Edited October 24, 2011 by SCPaul

[GreenVelvet]

You might want to look into moo.com. I've printed lots of sticker photos with them as well as mini business cards and the quality is quite nice. What is really nice about their service is that they let you upload one photo per card/sticker/postcard you make. If you are printing 20 postcards (the smallest quantity available), for example, you can upload 20 different photos.

 

They also run special promotions at times, with discounts of 10-30%.

 

I use moo.com a lot. The resolution on their photo postcard printing is much, much better than that of zazzle.com. However, Moo postcards are NOT fountain pen friendly! They are slick and glossy on both sides, and I only write on them with Sharpies. The fountain pen unfriendliness is most unfortunate, since as ehoh pointed out, it's wonderful that they let you print 20 different images in a pack of 20.

[bobs51]

Snapfish offers 4x6 postcards from photos @ 99cents each for 1-19 of the same image. Lower prices for larger quantities, and of course you can order cards from multiple photos. So 100 cards, each with a different image would be $99, plus postage. Order multiples of the same image, and the price drops.

 

I'm sure other online photo services offers cards as well.

 

Hope this helps.. Remember, after FPN, Google is your friend!!

 

Bob

[HDoug]

Thanks everyone, for the info. I'm currently trying out the sticky backings from the2buds.com which are a tiny bit feathery, but OK using my VP Fermo .5mm cursive italic and the dry Rohrer & Klingner Salix iron gall ink. I stick the backings to iPhoto prints which are very nice and printed on actual Fuji photo paper. I'm thinking of actually pasting a further layer of Rhodia paper on the writing part of the postcard. I've received postcards like that so if it's mental, I'm in good company.

 

I will report back on the quality of snappish and moo.com.

 

Doug

[GreenVelvet]

Snapfish offers 4x6 postcards from photos @ 99cents each for 1-19 of the same image. Lower prices for larger quantities, and of course you can order cards from multiple photos. So 100 cards, each with a different image would be $99, plus postage. Order multiples of the same image, and the price drops.

 

I've been pretty underwhelmed by the print quality of Snapfish-printed postcards I've received, though I've never printed with that service myself.

 

Hope this helps.. Remember, after FPN, Google is your friend!!

 

I think folks ask questions here because they want a little more firsthand fountain-pen experience than google will provide.

[Suggie]

I've used moo.com and found them not to bad, but perhaps they're different on UK side of the Atlantic. Satiny rather than glossy, and the ink has to be left to dry -- be careful where you put your hands when writing. Not ideal, but not truly bad.