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Greeting Card Printer

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Posted by Filemon Lopez on December 4, 2006 at 4:44 PM
I am looking for a good printer to print greeting cards. I have seen some of the online services (Shutterfly, CardStore, etc.) but I have seen other photographer's cards and they look much better. Any leads will be appreciated.
Posted by Guy Tal on December 4, 2006 at 4:48 PM
Unless you need a very large amount you can print them yourself. Moab has pre-scored 5x7 Entrada cards that look beautiful.

Guy
Posted by Guy Tal on December 4, 2006 at 4:49 PM
Oh, that assumes you have a photo printer of course.

Guy
Posted by Filemon Lopez on December 4, 2006 at 4:55 PM
I am looking to do larger quantities. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by Richard Wong on December 4, 2006 at 5:58 PM
I am just about to run to the post office to send off Vista Print postcards. This is the first time I've used them and I am very pleased with their quality. Before I went to a local printing company but it was such a headache to get them to do what I wanted because some people are just dense like that, though in the end I was happy w/ that quality too but it took several trips back and forth to their shop to get it right both times I used them. With vista print, it looked right w/o any hassles. All I did was upload my file and place my order. Now that I found a printing company I'm happy with, I'm finally going to get serious about direct mail promotion. I'm going to place another order this week too as I just got a new idea.
Posted by Jerry Greer on December 4, 2006 at 6:04 PM
Filemon,

Where are you? If you are looking are 500 - 1000 per card design I can help.
Posted by Filemon Lopez on December 4, 2006 at 8:50 PM
Florida
Posted by Jerry Greer on December 4, 2006 at 10:13 PM
Call me tomorrow and we can talk about it. My number is 423-928-5463. BTW, if I'm out of the office call my cell 423-335-8245

www.mountaintrailpress.com
Posted by Becky Wolfe on December 6, 2006 at 12:27 PM
We've used Shutterfly a number of times for Christmas cards (with people in the photo) I find the quality 'good enough' for casual Christmas cards & their price is good but I'm not sure I would be happy with the quality if it was for a scenic type photograph. I'm trying VistaPrint for some mini calendars this year. Hope they have a bit better quality than Shutterfly!