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Postcard Printer: We’re Taking You Step By Step To Printingby: Maricar Searching for a postcard printer may not be as hard as you thought it would be, but another task that can faze you and other similar clients is how to get through the whole process of ordering postcards online. Sure, people have told you all the time how easy it can be done. Online postcard printing is as simple as 1-2-3 they say. But really, how easy is easy? How foolproof can online postcard printing be for a novice, like you or me? Postcard printing is just a piece of cake for someone who have printed before or who have background with printing. But for the rest, there is always the first time. Well, frankly speaking, postcard printing online is no maze-like transaction. Postcard Printing Walk Through What you need to prepare are your files which fit unto the specifications required by your printer. Most online printers have certain requirements and particulars so your prints or job order can be processed smoothly. To this, you would have to do the following to have a hassle-free printing experience: 1. All commercial printing company in the market would require you to have your postcard design done in the CMYK mode. Printers use the four-color process printing or CMYK to produce your prints. Sending in files in RGB would only spell trouble as printing companies may and most likely reject your files. 2. Printing companies have standard, popular postcard sizes. See whether the postcard you design fits any of their available postcard printing sizes. If it isn’t available, you would have to opt for custom printing. 3. Check the bleeds of your postcard design. Printing companies work with a 1/8 inch of bleed surrounding your desired size. Graphics must be extended up to this area so that you don’t get white lines around your postcards when they are cut. 4. If you want to check if you have the right size, including the bleeds, it is wise to download and use the printing companies’ templates beforehand. This also allows you to center your design in the right place. Plus, knowing where the trim area and safe zone are allows you to be assured that your important graphics won’t be cut-off where you don’t want it to. 5. Always check your resolution or else, your file might be sent back since the printer cannot work with a low-resolution image file. Or you might accidentally print out a low-resolution file. 6. Know that your images need to be set at 300dpi and your fonts at 400dpi. Know too that you need to include you’re the original photos and the fonts you used, especially the fonts since there are thousands of fonts out there. 7. As part of the ever growing services provided by printing companies, check to see if they offer mailing services so you can easily send out your postcards and prepare the necessary details for your printer to carry it out in time. 8. Most printing companies require credit cards as the mode of payment, so ready yours. 9. Always check to see if proofs are provided by the printing company. Free pdf proofs would allow you to save as much as $25 for this kind of service, whereas some companies would charge you for it. 10. If you really want to see how your colors would pan out when they are printed, opt for a hardcopy proof. These can be requested from your printer where they can have it delivered the next day. Postcard printer companies know the demand put on postcard printing. With the unwavering popularity of postcards, especially with direct mail marketing, choose a printing company with extensive experience in the industry. Choose too the one that would give you economical choices for the postcard printing services for a truly affordable, economical and high-quality postcard printing. |
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