by Sciencegeek » Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:42 pm
foxymcfoxington wrote:So most autographs I have seen are pretty small, like Din-A 5 sized, like a postcard or a normal, small picture. I can print photos at home, but will the pen perhaps rub off on the inside of the envelope or something? should I wrap it in plastic?
Do you have paper-recommendations?
The problem with wrapping the picture in plastic is that you may wrap it, but the person who signs it may not. And they may sign on the plastic instead of on the picture if they don't notice the plastic. And even if you send it wrapped and they wrap it after signing, if the ink is still a bit fresh and they're not careful, the result might be worse than not wrapping it at all because plastic, unlike the paper of the envelope, doesn't absorb the ink.
About the size, since you mention it, you can send whatever size you want. Of course, the smaller it is, the cheaper it is, both to print and to send, since only Din-A 6 fits in a regular envelope.
I've started printing the photos at home and I use glossy 250 g/m3 HP paper (my printer is HP). It's slightly thinner than the paper they use at photo printing shops, but the result is good. I wouldn't pick anythig thinner than that. Non-brand-specific photo paper is cheaper, but what I found available in my country wasn't really that much cheaper.
[quote="foxymcfoxington"]So most autographs I have seen are pretty small, like Din-A 5 sized, like a postcard or a normal, small picture. I can print photos at home, but will the pen perhaps rub off on the inside of the envelope or something? should I wrap it in plastic?
Do you have paper-recommendations?[/quote]
The problem with wrapping the picture in plastic is that you may wrap it, but the person who signs it may not. And they may sign on the plastic instead of on the picture if they don't notice the plastic. And even if you send it wrapped and they wrap it after signing, if the ink is still a bit fresh and they're not careful, the result might be worse than not wrapping it at all because plastic, unlike the paper of the envelope, doesn't absorb the ink.
About the size, since you mention it, you can send whatever size you want. Of course, the smaller it is, the cheaper it is, both to print and to send, since only Din-A 6 fits in a regular envelope.
I've started printing the photos at home and I use glossy 250 g/m3 HP paper (my printer is HP). It's slightly thinner than the paper they use at photo printing shops, but the result is good. I wouldn't pick anythig thinner than that. Non-brand-specific photo paper is cheaper, but what I found available in my country wasn't really that much cheaper.
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