Postcards--help

[lv4dogs]

Have you tried Walmart & your other gorcery stores, department stores that offer photo services?
I know one of our grocery stores does postcards at their photo department but I know Wegmans is not where you are at. They are only in NY, I *think* they have a few locations in PA and maybe another state or 2 that borders NY.

[Husky_mom]

i am only finding some but minimun qty are 100, 500, 1,000 or more.

maybe try walmart as kfamr did, or you can ask to a copy place, you can get a cd with the file and have it printed on a paper you want and in color, i´m not sure if you do that in the states but i do it frequently here, you get a nice resolution and its not that expensive.

edit: i just found this sites dont know if it works for you
http://www.postcardbuilder.com/?request=misc.pricing

http://www.48hourprint.com/

[Cinder & Smoke]

US Postal Service REGULATIONS say:

To Qualify for the $.23 Postcard rate the postcard ~

MUST be at least 3.5" x 5" in size
AND MUST be at least .007" THICK = pretty "heavy" paper

the MAXIMUM size for a postcard is 4.25" x 6"
and at least .007" Thick (up to a maximum thickness of .016" is OK)

You CAN use a "standard" 4 x 6 Photo PRINT as a postcart -
IF (this is a BIG "IF") it is THICK enough ...
The Post Office wants a postcard to be at least .007" thick -
that's about the thickness of TWO sheets of 20# copy paper.

The typical "WallyMart" or drug store print is probably NOT "thick enough" to
satisfy the Post Office and their new automatic processing equipment.
I gave up after spending over an hour "talking" to the local WallyMart Store;
and the Fuji Lab that processes Wally's photos didn't have a clue how to
answer the question "How Thick is your photo paper?"

A local Photo Shop that has an in-house LAB might be able to help.

/s/ Phred