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How to Address a Postcard for Fast, Error-Free Delivery

How to Address a Postcard for Fast, Error-Free Delivery

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.

Nadia Petrov
How to Address Wedding Invitations with Proper Etiquette

How to Address Wedding Invitations with Proper Etiquette

How to address wedding invitations with proper etiquette, with formal rules for couples, families, titles, plus-ones and inner and outer envelopes.

Jordan Kim
How to Mail Brochures

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.

Nadia Petrov
How to Mail Flyers to a Neighborhood Step by Step

How to Mail Flyers to a Neighborhood Step by Step

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.

Sofia Ramirez
When to Send Wedding Thank You Cards & Ideal Timing Tips

When to Send Wedding Thank You Cards & Ideal Timing Tips

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.

Nadia Petrov
When to Send Thank You Cards

When to Send Thank You Cards

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.

Jordan Kim
How to Label a Package for Shipping, Step by Step

How to Label a Package for Shipping, Step by Step

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.

Nadia Petrov
When a Print Order Outgrows Parcel and Has to Move as Freight

When a Print Order Outgrows Parcel and Has to Move as 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.

Nadia Petrov
How Next Day Sticker Printing Works, From Cutoff to Doorstep

How Next Day Sticker Printing Works, From Cutoff to Doorstep

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.

Emma Davis
How Printing and Shipping Work Together From Upload to Doorstep

How Printing and Shipping Work Together From Upload to Doorstep

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.

Nadia Petrov
How to Get Fast Brochure Printing Without Losing a Day to the Fold

How to Get Fast Brochure Printing Without Losing a Day to the Fold

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.

Tobias Reed
How Print and Deliver Works, From Press to Doorstep or Mailbox

How Print and Deliver Works, From Press to Doorstep or Mailbox

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.

Nadia Petrov
Nadia Petrov
Nadia Petrov Customer Education Writer at 4OVER4.COM

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, How to Address Wedding Invitations with Proper Etiquette and How to Mail Brochures.

Production Days to Add Before Shipping

Delivery time is production plus transit. Standard Postcards, flyers and brochures take 3 business days to produce, Direct Mail Postcards take 4, and 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 shows how to read them.

For mailings, 4OVER4.COM is CASS certified. If you resell print, blind shipping sends the order straight to your own customer.

Put It Into Practice

For a mailing, postcard printing lists every postcard format with its price, and the FAQ center answers short shipping questions.

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