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I am unable to just offer a simple table for raised ink pricing.

We offer two different raised ink printing processes:

Process 1 – standard raised ink – pricing information link
The pricing for raised ink business cards is fairly complex dependent upon
the complexity of the business card design.  These include …
- cost adder for picking special paper stock
- cost adder for any ink in design going to edge of card
- cost adder for any two colors of ink in design that are very close to each other
- cost adder for each color of ink required in design

In general I recommend not using over two colors in a standard raised ink design.

Process 2 – full color raised ink – pricing information link
This process does not have any of the above raised ink cost adders, and allows
full color printing, but this process in only available on one type of paper stock.
That stock is glossy 12 pt Kromekote paper stock.

Please confirm address to send samples, and I will send some.

Regards,
Galleria Ventures Customer Service

On 8/30/2010 11:32 PM,  wrote:

Inquiry made by: Radwan 

Here is a copy of the inquiry
Concerning: Inquiry about business cards
Would like information about raised business cards like prices and if possible to have samples.
Thank you

Here are some photo variations we can offer on photos we receive:

Straight color fill -  ( as received )

Change to sepia -

Change to black and white -

Simply request the variation you want.

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There is more involved in the difference of a 4×6 postcard vs 4.25×5.5 postcard than just the overall size.  The shapes are different.  The 4×6 is more of rectangle shape and the 4.25×5.5 is more of a square shape.

So when we are supplied a photo for use on a postcard these shapes can make a big difference in what part of the photo becomes cropped to fit the card.

Below is an example of a photo being set in a frame on the front of the card.

On the first card the photo is set within a frame on a 4.25×5.5 sized card:

On this second card the photo is set within a frame on a 4×6 sized card:

The photo was not cropped to fit the 4×6 sized frame so the main difference you see is additional width in the frame on each end.  The photo would have to be cropped on either the top or bottom to give a more even fit for a uniform frame.  The top could not be cropped because it was already cutting into the groom’s head.  There was very little room to crop some of the bottom without cutting out the ring on the bride’s hand.  So the best choice for 4×6 was to not crop and add more frame on the ends.

So selection of the size of a postcard for a photo to fit on affects more than just the size of the end card, it also has an affect on how well the photo fits the shape of the card.  This affect has a greater influence when the photo cannot be cropped to fit.

If needed, we will recommend a postcard size that gives a better fit when we create a design for our customer’s cards.

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Hello Hope,

It takes us about a week to ship your cards after we have confirmed your
approval on the design, and we have received your printing order.
Cards 4×6 size we are usually able to ship 2-3 days quicker than the
other sizes.   So, I recommend that size.

Yes we offer full color photo printing.

You also might consider that we can mail your cards for you.
Here is a link to information on our mailing service.

http://www.galleriaventures.com/postcardweb/forms/postcardorderaddressing.htm

Regards,
Galleria Ventures Customer Service

On 8/16/2010 3:22 PM, wrote:

Inquiry made by: Hope Murray

Here is a copy of the inquiry
Concerning: Inquiry about postcards
I'd like to know how long it takes to get the cards printed once I send you a photo.  We are getting married in a private ceremony in the Grand Canyon and would like to send the invitations out either as soon as we get home, or even have one of our children send them for us while we are away.  Also, we could have a color photo instead of the B/W correct??   Thanks for your assistance.

Hello Marcina,

Yes.  We can put more than one picture on the front.
Some examples are on this link:

http://www.galleriaventures.com/postcardweb/o/thankyouphotocollagecards.htm

If you would like to have us start on your design please send
information using this form:

http://www.galleriaventures.com/postcardweb/forms/sendfilesbymailreg.htm

… then you can send additional photos using:

http://www.galleriaventures.com/sendfiles.html

Regards,
Galleria Ventures Customer Service
On 8/15/2010 11:30 AM,  wrote:

Inquiry made by: Marcina

Here is a copy of the inquiry
Concerning: Inquiry about postcards
Can you put more than 1 picture on the front of the wedding thank you postcard?

Hello Chuck,

The standard colors are:  black, Reflex blue (dark), Red ( PMS 185)
Teal (PMS 320), Process Blue (light), Burgundy (PMS 201), Green (PMS 347),
Forest Green (PMS 349), Brown (PMS 469), Rhodamine Red, Purple (pantone purple), Yellow (pantone yellow), Gray (PMS 424), Orange (PMS 021), Gold (PMs 873), Copper (PMS 876), Silver (PMs 877).

Regards,
Galleria Ventures Customer Service

Hello John,

We need 4-5 working days to create your slides after we
receive your images and order.  At that point we can ship overnight.

Other option:  I can shoot your image on slide film and ship the
undeveloped slide film to you by the next day after I receive
your image and order.  You would then need to get the slide
film developed at a local film developer to your business.

Do you have a local developer for slide film ?
We do not have one here.  We have to send the film to
a developer that is about 100 miles from our location.
That is why why it takes us 4-5 days to ship the slides to you.

Regards,
Galleria Ventures Customer Service

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Customer_name:   John Manzano
Date:            Thursday July 08, 2010

Inquiry:

I need to find out how fast you can generate slides for my company we need to start a movie theater advertising campaigning ASAP.

Hello Monique,

Yes, you can order a quantity of 150  4×6 postcards.
( we offer any quantity down to 25 )

Our price for printing 150 is:  $ 124.50
which includes our design services to design you postcard
around your instructions.
( our printing price table is available on this link)

If you would like to have us start working on your
card design please complete the form on the following link:

http://www.galleriaventures.com/postcardweb/forms/sendfilesbymailreg.htm

Regards,
Galleria Ventures Customer Service

moniquenadon@gmail.com wrote:

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sender_name: Monique
subject: General Inquiry from Customer - other
Inquiry: We need 150 4X6  postcards..  can we order this amount and how much will it cost? 

Hello Laura,

Yes, we are still in business.

Yes, you can send us a CD with your images.
A 4×6 image at 300 dpi should work well for making full frame 35mm slides.
I recommend sending high quality JPG files.

We should be able to ship back your slides in about a week after we receive
your CD and order payment.

Before you send your CD, please enter an order into our shopping cart
for the total quantity of slides you want us to make
using our online order form at this link.

In our shopping cart you can select pay by check, or you can pay online.
Print the confirming order page and send it with your CD.

The address to send your CD to is:

Galleria Ventures
PO Box 20555
Sedona, AZ 86341

Regards,
Galleria Ventures Customer Service

inquiry:

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sender_name: Laura
subject: General Inquiry regarding slides
Inquiry: Hello,
My name is Laura Walthers and I would like to have
some slides made from digital files. I called and got
an automated voicemail so I am not sure if your business
is still open. I looked over your information and it was
great about how to upload files but you didn't mention
anything about the size of the files in inches? In the past
I have made 4x6 digital files and put on a disk. I then sent
that to the lab for the slides. Could this also be done?
Also what would be the turn around time for processing.
Thank you, Laura
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Hello Justin,

The size of a 35mm film frame is very close to 1″ x 1.5″
Therefore, images that have the ratios 2×3 or 4×6 have the right ratio to fill the film frame.

Additionally though, a 35mm slide is held in a 2″ x 2″ plastic or cardboard frame for handling.
A small portion of the film frame edge is covered up by the handling frame.
( I made some slides of some art once in which the artist was disappointed that some of
the edge of their art was covered up by the handling frame.)
So for most art I recommend shooting the image as an 8% shrink which makes sure all edges
of the image on the film will be inside the handling frame.

I offer three types of shooting on film:
- crop to fill film frame – image is cropped to ratio to fill film frame
- best fit on film frame – image is sized so longest edge still fits on film frame
- 8% shrink
This is fairly difficult to describe in text so please look at further description
of this information on this link.

Some additional information is available here.

I do not know of any way to make an image a specific size on the film.
You can make it a specific ratio on the film and then when you project
the image you can move the projector to a distance where it will project
a specific size.

Regards,
Galleria Ventures Customer Service
Brad Curtis
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FORM PAGE: http://www.galleriaventures.com/contact.htm
DATE: Tuesday 29th 2010f June 2010 08:25:50 AM
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sender_name: justin
sender_email:
subject: General Inquiry regarding slides
Inquiry: hi, i am interested in getting some slides made from
digital images. from what i have read, it is best to start
with a 2 x 3 ratio (4x6, 8x12, etc) my big thing is that i
need the finished image a certain size on the slide. if i
gave a dimension for a particular spot on the image, could
you match that size up? or is there a simple scale formula
like say the printed area on the slide is a certain width
and height so if i have a print that is 4 x 6 it is scaled
down 80% or something like that. does that make sense? hope
that isn't confusing but if i can find a scale factor that
would be great. thanks

Justin

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