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The QSL cards that I print is always in format 90 x 140 mm
and printed on double coated paper named SilverBlade. The weight is 240g
and the cover side of the QSL card is coated with blank sealing lacquer.
The printing method is waterless offsett printing and we use 200 Lpi raster.
The color and detail reproduce in the printing is very high! We are talking
about really high printing quality!
I want you to do the layout work in programmes like CorelDraw,
Illustrator or PhotoShop. DON`T use word or publisher. It won´t
work at all for us! All the pictures should be in 400 dpi when they are
in the format of 90 x 140 mm. You will get the best results of the scanning
if you use a slide film but paper photos will also work. If you don´t
have the knowledge of scanning for printing, ask me or a professional
scanner operator for help.
Save your work in EPS or Tiff and remember to attach all fonts
and photos. Then save all on a CD and post it to me. If You prefer
to mail the files to me, you have to split your file into several smaller
parts with eg. WinRar. DO NOT mail me files larger than 2 Mb. The cover
photoof the QSL are about 14 Mb when correctly scanned in CMYK.
If you want me to handle the scanning and layout work,
I will do it for a cost of only 50 USD! The scanning is done by proffesional
scanner operators with professional equipment. That will guarantee the
best possible prepress quality. You will receive a proof in PDF-format
via e-mail and if all is OK for you I send it for printing as soon as
possible.
So, if you want the best possible quality in your QSL card, then send
the photos and all the other information you want printed on the card
to me and I will do the prepress work for you. By experince I know that
the result usually gets better if we are doing all the prepress work
for you!
A condition for my low price is that we always print
nine QSL cards with the same plates. Because of that there can be delivery
times up to two months. If we should print each QSL card separately
there would be prices about 1000 USD for 2000 QSL-cards and that is
unreasonable prices! The best thing to do if you want to shorten my
delivery times is just to send your order as soon as possible and tell
your friends to also order!
This QSL card printing service is almost a volunteer work from me and
I dont make big money from it. It is just a service to provide high
quality QSL cards for hams. We would call it HAM SPIRIT!
Hope you will success with your QSL card! If you have any questions don´t hesitate to mail me!
