Printing

Three ways to print your card.

Every bundle ships with high-resolution PDFs and PNGs ready for any print path. We recommend printing at home if you have a printer — it's fastest and lets you put the card in someone's hands today. If your home printer can't duplex cleanly, drop the files at a local print shop for same-day pickup, or upload to an online card printer and have finished cards shipped to your door.

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1. Print at home

Use any home printer. Two ways: print both sides on one sheet (duplex) with a quick calibration step if alignment drifts, or print outside and inside on two sheets and glue them back-to-back. Either gives a real, foldable card.

Fastest. No trip out. No shipping wait.

Need a printer + cardstock. Duplex may need a calibration step.

Best result, same-day

2. Print shop

Take the bundle's PDFs (or PNGs) to a local copy shop or a chain like FedEx Office, Staples, or UPS Store. Their professional duplex equipment registers tighter than home printers.

Sharpest result. Same-day pickup.

~$5–15 per card. Trip required.

No printer needed

3. Print online

Upload the bundle's PDFs to an online card printer (VistaPrint, Moo, Shutterfly, Minted) and have finished cards shipped to your door. Premium card stock, no printer or trip required.

Premium quality. No printer needed.

1–7 day shipping wait. Higher per-card cost.

Print at home — two approaches

Both approaches work with any home printer and standard cardstock. Pick whichever fits your printer's strengths.

1A · Single sheet (duplex)

Duplex with calibration

Print page 1 (outside) on the front of one sheet, then duplex-print page 2 (inside) on the back. Most home printers drift a millimetre or two between sides — fix it with the calibration steps below.

One sheet per card. Closest to a store-bought feel.

Needs a duplex-capable printer + one calibration print first.

1B · Two sheets

Two-sheet glue

Print page 1 (outside) on one sheet, page 2 (inside) on a second sheet, cut both, then glue them back-to-back along the edges with paper glue or double-sided tape.

Front-back alignment is exact. No duplex drift to worry about.

Slightly thicker card. A few minutes of careful work.

Print shop — US walk-in services

Upload from the shop's website, pick up at a nearby store. Most do same-day if you upload before midday. The bundle includes both per-size PDFs and per-size PNGs — use whichever the shop's uploader prefers.

FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's) — 2,000+ US locations. The most consistent walk-in option for cardstock.
Staples Print & Marketing — every US suburb. Online-upload + in-store pickup is reliable.
The UPS Store — print services at most franchises; quick turnaround, varies by location.
Office Depot / OfficeMax — similar offerings to Staples.
Local copy/print shops — independent shops are often higher quality than the chains for short runs. Search "[your city] copy shop" or "fine art print".

Tell them: "Print this PDF on cardstock at 100% / actual size, single-sided or duplex (short-edge), trim to outer crop marks."

Print online — US ship-to-door services

Upload the PDF, pick "Greeting card" or "Folded card" + your size, choose cardstock, and have finished cards shipped to your door.

VistaPrint — the mass-market option. Largest paper variety, 3–5 day standard ship, frequent discounts.
Moo — premium thick stock, sharp print quality. Slightly more expensive; 4–6 day ship.
Shutterfly — consumer-friendly, good for personalized cards alongside photos.
Minted — top-tier card stock and print quality. Slower and pricier; great when the card matters.
Snapfish — budget-friendly; good for high-quantity orders.

Heads-up: most online uploaders default to "Fit to bleed" — set print scale to 100% / Actual size if the option appears.

Home-duplex calibration — step by step

Most home printers drift one to three millimetres on duplex — invisible on a memo, but enough to nudge a card layout slightly off-fold. Two-step workflow:

Download and print the calibration grid duplex on plain paper, "Actual size" / 100%, short-edge flip. Hold it up to a bright window — the back grid will be faintly visible through the front. Read the offset off the labeled millimetre rulers.

Download grid (PDF)

Open your order confirmation email and click "Calibrate your printer". Enter the X / Y you measured; we'll re-render every card in your order with the inside page pre-shifted to compensate, and send you a fresh bundle.

Why this is order-gated. The calibration step regenerates your purchased cards, so the link in your email is the only one with the authority to do that. If you can't find the email, the contact form can re-issue it.

Drift over ~5 mm? The home-duplex path probably won't be reliable enough for a card that crosses the fold cleanly. Switch to two-sheet glue (1B), a walk-in print shop, or an online card printer — all three sidestep duplex registration entirely.