I asked awhile back about fine art paper, and I decided to go with Ilford Gold Fiber Silk. I was going to ship my prints in tubes. I have a case of tubes from Uline, but they're too small(diameter). I rolled one of my prints, but it produced some light creasing in the paper. I don't know what would be more expensive. Buying and shipping larger diameter tubes, or buying and shipping large padded envelopes. The prints are 13x19. And I'm talking about at least 15-20 for the first shipping. Has anyone sent out thicker prints, and how'd you do it? Thanks.
I'd recommend tubes. Preferably 3" ID at a minimum, though if you're careful you should be able to pull off 2" ID. Make sure you roll with the grain—I don't have a sheet of GFS handy and can't remember which way the grain runs, but gently try it both directions. The easier direction is the right one.
Envelopes are doable, but I've found even with stiffeners and a good envelope, some handler or machine still always manages to destroy several.
colinm wrote:
I'd recommend tubes. Preferably 3" ID at a minimum, though if you're careful you should be able to pull off 2" ID. Make sure you roll with the grain—I don't have a sheet of GFS handy and can't remember which way the grain runs, but gently try it both directions. The easier direction is the right one.
Envelopes are doable, but I've found even with stiffeners and a good envelope, some handler or machine still always manages to destroy several.
Colin, thanks. The tubes I have are the 3" diameter. Last night, I was looking for the print that had the wrinkles on it, and couldn't find it at first. It seems that I had layed it down flat with a couple of other prints, and the wrinkles just kinda disappeared. There was one small one left, so that's how I was able to determine that it was the one, but for the most part it returned to normal. I will try the idea of going with the grain.
For the love of God, ship the fine art prints flat if you can. Getting curl out of a large fine art print is a pain. I've had 20X30, 16X24 and 16X20 prints shipped flat to me and I ship all of my prints to my customers flat.
mrladewig wrote:
For the love of God, ship the fine art prints flat if you can. Getting curl out of a large fine art print is a pain. I've had 20X30, 16X24 and 16X20 prints shipped flat to me and I ship all of my prints to my customers flat.
My problem is the expense. I'm sending these out as promo pieces, so I'm torn between the condition they arrive in, and going broke sending out 25-50 at a time. These aren't going to be as big as yours(mine are 13x19), but the price of the envelope/padding, and postage times 25-50 is a tough.
JDeV wrote:
My problem is the expense. I'm sending these out as promo pieces, so I'm torn between the condition they arrive in, and going broke sending out 25-50 at a time. These aren't going to be as big as yours(mine are 13x19), but the price of the envelope/padding, and postage times 25-50 is a tough.
Jon
If you were receiving a promo piece, would you want it curled or flat? You might see more business or whatever simply by making the receiver happier with a flat print...
