Postcards are great tools for appointment reminders, product launches or trade show handouts. Choose to have your post card imprinted identically on the backside or leave the back blank. If you leave the back blank now, you can always personalize or imprint a customized message as the need arises. Many clients customize their backsides with variable text output from their own printers. Our cards provide this ability and can also be addressed by hand without any risk of smudging.
Paper Stocks- Our color postcards are available on several different paper thicknesses and finishes including:
10 Pt. Gloss Cover with no coating
10 Pt. Matte Cover with no coating
14 Pt. Gloss Cover with overall gloss UV coating (on front only, if printed single-sided)
14 Pt. Matte Cover with overall matte UV coating (on front only, if printed single-sided)
16 Pt. Gloss Cover with overall gloss UV coating (on front only, if printed single-sided)
16 Pt. Matte Cover with overall matte UV coating (on front only, if printed single-sided)
About Coatings
As you may know, UV coating will provide an extra level of protection to prevent marks to the printed image. While this coating is helpful for protecting your images when the postcards are being processed though the postal system, the gloss UV coating makes it difficult to write on the coated side(s) with a ballpoint pen. For this reason, many clients elect to have the gloss UV coating applied to front side only (automatically done when the cards are only single-sided). Another solution is to use a permanent marker (like a Sharpie) for writing directly onto the card when it has a gloss UV coating on either side. Alternatively, you can select to have your cards coated with the matte UV coating (automatic with the 14 pt. & 16 pt. matte UV finishes) The matte UV finish does not present any special requirements when personalizing your postcards with a ballpoint pen. Hopefully, this information will be helpful in choosing the best UV coating for the goals of each of your color-postcard projects. If you have questions or concerns about the various coatings, please feel free to email them to customerservice@color-postcards.com or call us at 201-365-4350.
Card Sizes-Color postcards are available on several different sizes including:
Compact- 6” x 3.5”
Large- 5x7
Jumbo- 6x9
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