--- type: hub title: "Print Shipping Guides for Every Mailing Need" description: "Shipping guides for print: addressing postcards and invitations, mailing brochures and flyers, measuring boxes, bulk mail, and rush and next-day orders." resource: https://www.4over4.com/guides/shipping-postage tags: ["hub"] generated: by: "process:4over4-mapp-build" at: 2026-10-30T18:51:38.136Z timestamp: 2026-10-30T18:51:38.136Z sources: - resource: https://www.4over4.com/guides/shipping-postage title: "Print Shipping Guides for Every Mailing Need" status: stable --- # Print Shipping Guides for Every Mailing Need Shipping guides for print: addressing postcards and invitations, mailing brochures and flyers, measuring boxes, bulk mail, and rush and next-day orders. - [Apparel Merch Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/apparel-merch-guides) - [Banner Sign Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/banner-sign-guides) - [Brochure Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/brochure-guides) - [Business Applications](https://www.4over4.com/guides/business-applications) - [Calendar Notebook Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/calendar-notebook-guides) - [Color Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/color-guides) - [Comparisons Reviews](https://www.4over4.com/guides/comparisons-reviews) - [Design Process Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/design-process-guides) - [Design Software Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/design-software-guides) - [Dimensions Templates](https://www.4over4.com/guides/dimensions-templates) - [File Prep Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/file-prep-guides) - [Finishes Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/finishes-guides) - [Finishes Techniques](https://www.4over4.com/guides/finishes-techniques) - [Flyer Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/flyer-guides) - [Invitation Card Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/invitation-card-guides) - [Layout File Setup](https://www.4over4.com/guides/layout-file-setup) - [Logo Branding Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/logo-branding-guides) - [Marketing Strategy Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/marketing-strategy-guides) - [Packaging Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/packaging-guides) - [Paper Stock Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/paper-stock-guides) - [Postcard Mailer Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/postcard-mailer-guides) - [Pricing Cost](https://www.4over4.com/guides/pricing-cost) - [Printing Basics Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/printing-basics-guides) - [Product Explainers](https://www.4over4.com/guides/product-explainers) - [Rules Regulations](https://www.4over4.com/guides/rules-regulations) - [Shipping Postage](https://www.4over4.com/guides/shipping-postage) - [Step By Step Creation](https://www.4over4.com/guides/step-by-step-creation) - [Sticker Label Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/sticker-label-guides) - [Stock Substrate Selection](https://www.4over4.com/guides/stock-substrate-selection) - [Wording Messaging](https://www.4over4.com/guides/wording-messaging) ## Latest Shipping Postage Guides ### [Fast Printing With Same-Day and Rush Options](https://www.4over4.com/guide/fast-printing-same-day-and-rush-options) Fast printing with same day and rush options: which products qualify, what turnaround to expect, and exactly how to order so your job makes the cutoff. ### [How to Mail a Postcard the Easy Way](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-mail-a-postcard) How to mail a card: keep a postcard inside 4.25 x 6 inches for the postcard rate, address and stamp on the right, or use an envelope and a letter stamp. ### [How to Measure a Box for Shipping the Right Way](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-measure-a-box-for-shipping) How to measure a box for shipping by length, width and height, inside vs outside, and dimensional weight, then order custom shipping boxes from 4OVER4. ### [How to Measure the Girth of a Box Step by Step](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-measure-the-girth-of-a-box-step-by-step) Learn how to measure box girth for shipping with a simple formula and examples, so you avoid oversize fees, then print custom boxes with 4OVER4. ### [What You Can Print Next Day and How to Beat Your Deadline](https://www.4over4.com/guide/next-day-printing-guide) What you can get printed next day, from cards to signs and flyers, how rush printing works with the daily cutoff, and how to set up a file that is ready. ### [What Is Bulk Mailing and How Does It Work](https://www.4over4.com/guide/what-is-bulk-mailing-and-how-does-it-work) Bulk mailing sends large volumes at discounted postage, so see how it works, what qualifies and how to print and mail postcards in bulk with 4OVER4.COM. ## All Shipping Postage Guides ### [How to Address a Postcard for Fast, Error-Free Delivery](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-address-a-postcard-correctly-for-mailing) Where the return address, stamp and recipient address go on a postcard, with the exact USPS layout, all caps rules and the clear barcode zone below. ### [How to Address Wedding Invitations with Proper Etiquette](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-address-wedding-invitations) How to address wedding invitations with proper etiquette, with formal rules for couples, families, titles, plus-ones and inner and outer envelopes. ### [How to Mail Brochures](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-mail-brochures) Fold a brochure to about 3.67 by 8.5 inches and it mails at letter rate while a catalog mails as a flat, with USPS rules, tabs, classes and costs. ### [How to Mail Flyers to a Neighborhood Step by Step](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-mail-flyers) How to mail flyers to a neighborhood with USPS EDDM or a targeted list, with step by step sizing, paper, prep and drop-off tips for custom flyers. ### [When to Send Wedding Thank You Cards & Ideal Timing Tips](https://www.4over4.com/guide/when-to-send-thank-you-cards) Etiquette says to send wedding thank you cards within three months, so get the timeline, who to thank, wording tips and how to order the cards ahead. ### [When to Send Thank You Cards](https://www.4over4.com/guide/when-to-send-thank-you-cards-time-frames-etiquette-amp-more) Send a business thank you card within 48 hours, a wedding card within three months and an interview card within 24 hours, with every window in one table. ### [How to Label a Package for Shipping, Step by Step](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-label-a-package-for-shipping-a-step-by-step-guide) How to label a package: seal the box, print the label at full size, apply it flat on the largest face, cover old barcodes, add customs forms overseas. ### [When a Print Order Outgrows Parcel and Has to Move as Freight](https://www.4over4.com/guide/shipping-methods-for-print-orders-ground-air-and-freight) Ground, air and freight compared for print orders by weight, pallet size and deadline, including the point where a big sign run stops shipping parcel. ### [How Next Day Sticker Printing Works, From Cutoff to Doorstep](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-next-day-sticker-printing-works) Next day sticker printing means one business day on press after proof approval, with the cutoff, the die cut catch and how shipping days stack on top. ### [How Printing and Shipping Work Together From Upload to Doorstep](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-printing-and-shipping-works) Printing and shipping run on two separate clocks, so here is how turnaround, transit and business days add up, what delays orders and how to hit a date. ### [How to Get Fast Brochure Printing Without Losing a Day to the Fold](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-get-fast-brochure-printing) Fast brochure printing without a missed date: what the fold adds to turnaround, when the production clock starts, and how to spec a job that lands. ### [How Print and Deliver Works, From Press to Doorstep or Mailbox](https://www.4over4.com/guide/print-and-deliver-explained) Print and deliver means the printer handles the last leg, shipping boxes to your door or mailing each piece to your list through USPS, with costs. ## What This Section Covers These guides follow a print job from our Queens plant to its reader: addressing, mailing, box sizes, transit and rush options. Open these first: [How to Address a Postcard for Fast, Error-Free Delivery](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-address-a-postcard-correctly-for-mailing), [How to Address Wedding Invitations with Proper Etiquette](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-address-wedding-invitations) and [How to Mail Brochures](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-mail-brochures). ## Production Days to Add Before Shipping Delivery time is production plus transit. Standard [Postcards](https://www.4over4.com/product/postcards), flyers and brochures take 3 business days to produce, [Direct Mail Postcards](https://www.4over4.com/product/direct-mail-postcards) take 4, and [Printed Envelopes](https://www.4over4.com/product/printed-envelopes) take 7, so an envelope and postcard mailing is ready when the envelopes are. Add the transit days for your zone on top; [transit time by service and zone](https://www.4over4.com/guide/printing-shipping-transit-times-by-service-and-zone) shows how to read them. For mailings, 4OVER4.COM is CASS certified. If you resell print, [blind shipping](https://www.4over4.com/benefit/blind-shipping) sends the order straight to your own customer. ## Put It Into Practice For a mailing, [postcard printing](https://www.4over4.com/postcards-printing) lists every postcard format with its price, and the [FAQ center](https://www.4over4.com/faqs) answers short shipping questions.