And please let me know if I'm getting the name wrong! By online printing services, I'm referring to Staples Copy & Print, Vistaprint, Canva (through Staples), and the like.

I'm wondering if you tend to trust big name printers for your design jobs or if you feel it's better to work with local printers. I'm curious to know what others notice about the quality, client satisfaction, cost effectiveness of these print services. Thank you!

I have to suggest my american client an online printing service, what are your favorites?

I've used Printograph/GotPrint for almost 10 years and suddenly their quality and customer service just crapped out. I'm trying SmartPress out now, but still looking for other options. I order business cards, brochures, banners, greeting cards, post cards, and the like. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I've been wanting to get roughly 300-500 pages' worth of paperwork printed online. I was considering Mailform or Docupost, but if anyone is aware of any online services that are both more affordable and of high quality, could you kindly list them here?

hi everyone!

I'm trying to get 50k beer coasters printed I round format (10x10cm+, CMYK) but online the prices are all over the place and not many reviews. some coasters go for 0,02$ a piece while others with the same specifics go well over 1$ each!!

rn I'm looking into a website called Bizay, prices are low and everything seems ok; has anyone ever worked with them or does anyone know some reliable, not too expensive website to check out?

I’ve been selling my art prints at art shows, conventions, and gift shops for more than a decade; this is my personal list of tried-and-true printing services!

Personal Home Setup:

Whenever I need to produce “fine art / giclée” prints for handmade shows, I use my personal Epson EcoTank ET-8550 with Finestra Fine Art Paper. This printer works best if you prep your files in RGB color mode at 300 DPI!

For cheaper prints that can be sold at an anime/comic convention, here are my recommendations:

Prints & Posters (up to 13x19):

FireballPrinting.com has been my main printer for conventions / artist alleys for more than 10 years! Based in Philadelphia, the company is run by a group of passionate artists and consistently produces some of the best prints I’ve ever seen. I always prep my files in CMYK mode and order my prints on their 100 lb uncoated paper, which is silky smooth with a nice thickness!

Postcards / Business Cards:

GotPrint.com is my number one choice for printing free advertising collateral like business cards and postcards, for their unbeatable quality and fair prices. They’ve beaten out VistaPrint and OvernightPrints for their superior quality, and they also offer luxe finishes like rounded corners and raised foil printing. I’ve made orders as large as 5000x postcards, and everything turned out perfectly!

Gallery-wrap Canvas Prints:

ProPrints.com makes the best gallery-wrap canvas prints for fine artists and photographers, full stop. They use archival materials and latex inks, and their gorgeous canvases are 1.25” deep and ready-to-hang. Prepare your files in RGB mode at 300 DPI (they will handle the rest) and prepare to be wowed by the results!

Print-on-Demand / Drop-shipping:

InPrnt.com offers superior quality control for their art prints, cards, and canvases - plus they give their artists a generous 50% cut of the profits. Although they’ve been late with my payout on a few occasions, they ultimately came through when I reached out, so I will continue using them!

… do you know of an awesome printer to add to this list? :)

I’m going to my first artist alley later this year. I plan to just keep it simple and sell prints and do copic marker commissions for people.

I what site do you use for this? I’m just looking for glossy card stock prints and stickers.

Looking to get some good high quality prints done and was wondering if anyone has used a good quality online source.

Also any recommendations on a good printer that won’t break the bank?

Looking for online services that can print one or 2 figures out for me that wont break the bank. I'm 3D artist and I have some funny little guys I'd wanna print out for myself or as gifts for friends, I had a printer before but it broke a while ago. Most of the services I've found in googling are for more industrial parts and so its prohibitively expensive, are there any services that cater more to the mini-figures crowd? Or perhaps does anyone know of any maker spaces in LA I could go to with my files? Thank you!

I need a single print of a digital piece before Monday for a college class.

Hey r/graphic_design, I'm redesigning some pamphlets for a client's business and potentially setting them up for print.

Does anyone have recommendations for online printing services that are of decent quality and a good price? They'd be printing a couple hundred of them, maybe 100-200.

Thanks in advance!

edit: Thanks for the suggestions, guys! These all look promising.

I’m curious about how you print your pictures. Do you go with your local scanning lab? Or do you print yourself? Do you order photo books from shutterfly or google photos etc? What’s the cheapest quality way to go? Is it worth it to print full books or cheaper to print pictures individually? Did you have bad experience with low quality prints?

Update: Thought I'd drop by again and share what I've actually liked lol. I ended up trying Nations Photo Lab after researching for a bit, and honestly the print turned out way better than I expected. The colors were pretty spot on and the frame came packed very securely. So nothing arrived dented this time. Hope this helps!

I'm doing a small refresh in my living room and wanted to finally put up a couple of framed photos instead of keeping them digital forever. Problem is... there are so many online printing/framing services that I can't tell which ones are actually good.

If you've ordered framed prints or photo enlargements online before, which service gave you the best quality? I'm talking: accurate colors, sturdy frame, no weird glare, packaging that actually protects the piece, etc.

I'm planning to hang a large landscape shot above my console table and maybe order a few smaller prints as gifts, so anything you can share would help a lot.

My wife and I are looking to have our wedding photos and some family portraits printed to hang around our house. Does anyone have a good recommendation for high-quality, long-lasting photo printing services? Or if anyone is in the DFW area, a local recommendation would work as well.

My home printer really isn't up to the job of making decent game components so I use an online printing service, and as I'm about to submit a large batch I was just curious if anyone in this sub does the same. If you do and you have any recommendations I'd be interested. I'm in the UK and have been using printpond - it's very fast, all done without errors and delivered by post, but I wish I could get a larger variety of paper like linen finish.

I’m interested to know who you use to print images; and why you use them?

Looking for a site to upload images and get prints either shipped to me or potential clients, any help would be appreciated. I did a search of this sub-Reddit but what I found was for canvas or other specialty prints.

Thanks!

Update: Tried out Nations Photo Lab, and the print quality really surprised me. Just ordered a couple days ago. The colors came out clean and consistent, and the framing is sturdier than a lot of the other places I tested. Still checking a couple more options for comparison, but so far it is the one that looks closest to something I’d feel confident delivering to clients.

I shoot weddings and other events, and I’ve been thinking about adding framed prints and maybe some photobooks to my packages next year. Clients keep asking about print options, and I think I should offer something better than just pointing them to random consumer sites. So question for those in the same industry: who do you trust for online printing and framing? I prefer those who have consistent color work, use good paper and mounting options as well as frames that don’t feel like cheap mass-produced stuff. Reliable turnaround time is important too since clients get antsy waiting for deliverables.

Anyone know of a relatively inexpensive way to have a 20 page newsletter (10 pages double sided) in color printed from a company online? Some online print shops are crazy expensive, but I was hoping someone knew of something. (Our local print shops are super expensive too!) My town doesn’t have a newspaper and quite a few people don’t have access to internet or have good cell service to get information-I thought it would be nice to have a newsletter we could mail out. Any tips or recommendations are appreciated. 🙂 Thanks!