Postcard printing information

Full colour postcards business cards flyers brochures letterhead digital and offset printing > Product Information > Postcards — printing information

 

• Value printing and digital printing.
• Postcard sizes and pricing pages.
• Postcard paper stocks.
• Multiple designs.
• How to prepare a postcard file for a printing company.

 

Value printing and digital printing, and postcards

Digitally printed postcards are printed quickly, can be dispatched is as quickly as one day, and you can order almost any quantity that you wish.

Value-printing is what we call offset printing. This is the traditional method of printing that uses large presses and make lots of noise. value-printing postcards are available is set quantities only.

 

Postcard sizes and pricing pages

Click on the relevant image to be taken to the pricing page for the type of postcard that you want.

I need it FAST.	I'm after value-for-money.
A7 tiny postcards FAST quick digital printing 105 x 74mm —- 1/8th the size of a standard A4 letter Dispatched in 1 to 5 full business days   Tiny A7 postcard digital printing prices	A7 tiny postcards VALUE-FOR-MONEY cheap, high quality, offset printing 105 x 74mm —- 1/8th the size of a standard A4 letter Dispatched within 7 full business days   Tiny A7 postcard offset printing prices
A6 standard postcards FAST quick digital printing 148 x 105mm — ¼ the size of a standard A4 letter Dispatched in 1 to 5 full business days   Standard A6 postcard digital printing prices	A6 standard postcards VALUE-FOR-MONEY cheap, high quality, offset printing 148 x 105mm — ¼ the size of a standard A4 letter Dispatched within 7 full business days   Standard A6 postcard offset printing prices
DL wide landscape postcards FAST quick digital printing 99 x 210mm — 1/3rd the size of a standard A4 letter Dispatched in 1 to 5 full business days   Wide landscape DL postcard digital printing prices	DL wide landscape postcards VALUE-FOR-MONEY cheap, high quality, offset printing 99 x 210mm — 1/3rd the size of a standard A4 letter Dispatched within 7 full business days   Wide landscape DL postcard offset printing prices
A5 large postcards FAST quick digital printing 210 x 148mm — ½ the size of a standard A4 letter Dispatched in 1 to 5 full business days   Large A5 postcard digital printing prices	A5 large postcards VALUE-FOR-MONEY cheap, high quality, offset printing 210 x 148mm — ½ the size of a standard A4 letter Dispatched within 7 full business days   Large A5 postcard offset printing prices

 

Postcard paper stocks

Digitally printed postcards are printed on either 300gsm Gloss or 300gsm Satin stocks. Both stocks are sourced from 100% sustainable plantations.

Value-printing (i.e.: offset-printed) postcards are printed on either 310gsm Satin Art Board, or 350gsm Satin Recycled.

• 310gsm Satin Art Board is sourced from 100% sustainable plantations, and it can have a high gloss celloglaze coating too.
• 350gsm Satin Recycled is, as the name suggests, manufactured from recycled paper. It is a blend of 55% recycled paper and 45% sustainable plantation stock.

Postcards and multiple designs

You can have up to ten (10) unique designs with your order, but all designs MUST be ordered in equal numbers.

 

Some pages on preparing a postcard file for a commercial printing company

• A page with general information on how to prepare files for commercial printing companies.
   
• How to Prepare InDesign files for printing.
   
• How to Prepare Illustrator files for printing.
   
• How to Prepare Photoshop files for printing.
   
• How to Prepare QuarkXpress files for printing.