Last days for Holiday Photo Cards
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011Being a stationer, I am repeatedly questioned if digital Christmas holiday photo greeting cards are “a lot better” compared to 4″x 6″ pictures mounted on a customized holiday photo card. There really isn’t any easy reply to this question, however I will share a couple of observations that could be useful take into consideration when making your choice.
While the print quality of digital prints has improved significantly, photos produced commercially continue to have an advantage. This is really not unexpected since commercially produced photographs are developed under the finest possible print conditions working with paper stock produced to make uniform quality photographs. Though I have come across outstanding digitally reproduced photos utilizing high definition printers on archival papers, producing quality prints should be left to experts.with the appropriate printing and developing equipment.
Digitally-printed Christmas holiday photo cards are generally less costly than photos placed on Seasonal greeting cards. The cost of digitally printed photo cards is generally a function of the paper quality and originality of the design and style the card templates. Although some photo cards seem like commercially manufactured junk mail, several quality printers and designers have exquisite window frames to showcase your photograph.
There exists a wide-spread misconception that “it’s easier” to decide on a digital Christmas card rather than a classic photomount holiday greeting card. This is certainly not the truth. When you make digital prints you possess an almost limitless array of coloring alternatives. We have frequently seen the stress than develops when a buyer is faced with a great number of design options to print their digital photographs. Engraved and printed frames from prominent printing companies and designers are usually of superior reproduction quality than the constrained web template alternatives provided by most online print companies.
William Arthur, two of the leading Christmas photo card designers and printers, give the consumer the option for using photo-mounts or having the picture imprinted digitally on the same high quality cardstock. The price of both Crane’s and William Arthur’s Christmas photo card is the same regardless of printing process is elected. While the quality of photo prints is preferable to digitally reproduced images, printing your photo card digitally can save you time and $0.19 per photo print.
To see the many printing options available, we suggest that you contact a Guild member store in your area to see which printing process works the best for your family photograph this holiday season.
Richard W. May
Therese Saint Clair







