UNUSUALLY AFFORDABLE PERSONALIZED PRINTING
13 by 19, 12 by 18 inch, 11 by 17 inch, or 8.5 by 11 inch custom-printed, made to order poster prints on good white matte cardstock. In batch amounts of 1, 2, 5, 10, or 20 pages.
Paper is typically matte cardstock with 80lb weight or 90lb in the case of smaller sizes (8.5 by 11). For lighter (copy) paper, paper with glossy finishes, or other options like a mix of different one-off prints, check the other listings on my shop.
Double-sided prints are an option at no additional cost.
Shipped to the buyer in a mailer with bubble wrap, USPS first class, usually at cost of between $5-8 within the USA.
I've added the '8.5*11' cardstock option for those who want normal sized cardstock prints. The Etsy listing system is not letting me customize the size of the mailer for the smaller cardstock so the price of Etsy calculated shipping will be maybe $1 or so higher on those smaller sized prints than the actual real-world shipping cost when shipping the actual mailers out. To compensate, I've made the pricing on the 8.5*11 listings lower - less than the real cost of the paper, ink and labor. The difference is made up for by the slightly-too-high shipping price shown.
Size [maximum] is 13x19 inch, but you can request almost any smaller size if that's what you want. Smaller sizes may be printed on the exact size of paper requested, for example, 11x17, or trimmed to a specific requested size with a rotary cutter. Prints will be shipped to your address in a large mailer, wrapped in protective bubble wrap, cardboard to minimize bending, and 'fragile-do not bend' graphics on the mailer to discourage damage by the delivery service.
I have a rotary trimmer and can - nicely - cut 13" by 19" sheets down to arbitrary sizes smaller than the source photo paper. If you've got a unique need in terms of image dimensions, message me and we can discuss a way to get that printed.
Let me know if you have specific needs with your order. I'll try to respond and help if possible.
Double-sided prints are an option at no extra cost.
The average price of a single poster print [standard matte, not glossy/photo and not cardstock] at size 12 by 18 inches on the most visited Etsy print shops, is a (rather high) $22.60.
This shop offers comparable prints at less than half the typical pricing, sometimes much less than half during major sales like this upcoming Easter sale [April 7-10, 2023] and most of the difference in price comes down to labor, I simply work for a bit below minimum wage here, and in practice far less as much of what I'm making is being put toward creation of new product lines including even larger format prints, more expansion of papercraft and stock media collections, unusually affordable personalized T-shirt and other heat-press based prints, etc. I'm aiming to acquire a top-tier Cricut machine to precut papercraft, speed cutting of paper flower arrangements, unique greeting card designs, 3d photos, and far more that will be unusual in quality and creativity for Etsy. I know people offer paper flower bouquets, but most don't actually print and cut them photorealistically based on real floral textures, leaf textures, leaf shapes. Most papercraft building kits aren't as real-looking as mine either, and some of the other items will likewise offer unusually beautiful and inventive spins on traditional Etsy product categories.
I put the time in, and the work, and I excel in pricing terms. This means that although I have had some occasional delays on some orders [especially during sales and similarly busy spans] and in some cases saw packages damaged in transit, needed to send refunds to disappointed buyers who showed me photos of the damaged prints, for the overwhelming most part the prints have turned out great and been delivered well, and most (98-99%) of buyers have ended up happy so far.
Let me know if you have specific needs relating to your prints, and I'll do what I can to respond and help.
The shipping delivery time - handling and printing usually is completed in under 3-4 days even with big orders, and most orders will arrive in under ten days total, usually within one week altogether once the order's placed.
Note that I also have many other products and services accessible on Etsy, so definitely feel free to browse. More listings are arriving soon.
If you do decide to place an order, and it goes well, any reviews or ratings posted (as usual) would be appreciated.
Thanks!
WHY YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY WANT THIS:
If you have a one-off cardstock poster design, big promotional/event flyer, etc, that you want to put up on walls or distribute to friends or do anything else with... and you do not own, or wish to pay hundreds of dollars for, a nice large-format printer like mine [large format] because you don't often need large-format prints. But you do need a one off batch of prints in a week or so. (And you want decent print quality on thick, maybe also large format, premium paper)
This is a perfect option for such cases.
If you want a bunch of different images printed, one copy of each image, there's a separate but similar-looking listing for that situation on my shop! Please browse the rest of my shop and locate it or just check the link here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1101791106/custom-one-off-prints-12x18-11x17-and?ref=shop_home_active_1
OTHER NOTES:
If you want this item:
you could maybe place an order, and ideally post a brief review later? That would be amazing!
Don't want this particular type of item but appreciate the pricing level?:
Try browsing other items on this Etsy shop. If you don't see anything you especially like try bookmarking this shop and returning later. I will be posting dozens - probably well over 60 - additional artworks and listings here steadily over the course of 2021. Maybe follow on social media to be the first to know when new things arrive, as described below...
Follow my blog posts or follow on social media. I routinely notify followers not only when new artworks are posted but also when everything I sell is discounted. This happens about 6-8 times a year, usually on holidays, and discounts on Etsy often are 15%, 20%, possibly even 25% off ALL my Etsy items! This is when my effective earnings on these items fall noticeably below a dollar per hour worked (considering that an adequate canvas, paints, shipping supply and listing cost add up to roughly $6.40 on an average original artwork to begin with). I can't price them much lower than 25% off before the pay rate actually often goes negative. So they really are extremely underpriced during sales!
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I will be making a line of high quality art prints, posters, and artbooks available here in a few months and they will cost less than the original works. These will be printed and shipped myself with a really high quality photo printer I've recently obtained, capable of genuinely impressive print quality and large format print sizes.
Shipping is the issue?:
I try to ship quickly but during the pandemic many packages take longer than estimated to arrive and there is rarely much I can do about that. I am also doing my best lately to package every shipment very well to protect items from damage. If the shipping cost is your actual concern, consider the fact that all orders above $35 include free shipping. So as the range of items - original and print - climbs, maybe it won't be too hard to find a list of things you like to hit that target.
Anyway, hope things work out well for you and that you have a good day. :)
