I need to send a 12x20 inch photo in the mail. What would be the best way? I'd prefer not to roll it into a tube.
Thanks for recommendations.
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
A tube is stronger than a sheet. A photo in a tube is less likely to get bent.
We have both a Fedex and UPS stores close to us. They are both very good at packing and sending photos and paintings flat if that is the method you prefer.
Dave327 wrote:
We have both a Fedex and UPS stores close to us. They are both very good at packing and sending photos and paintings flat if that is the method you prefer.
Thanks, Dave. Do you just bring the photo in and they pack it on location?
Yes, just bring the photo and they assemble the packaging, weigh it and you pay. Give them delivery info and they type and print out and usually show you to verify.
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
Do you already have the print? If not, get Bay photo to print it and send it directly to the recipient. They package beautifully (and sturdily) and will replace it if damaged in transit.
Gene51
Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
LiamRowan wrote:
I need to send a 12x20 inch photo in the mail. What would be the best way? I'd prefer not to roll it into a tube.
Thanks for recommendations.
Have it printed by a lab and have them drop ship it to the destination. I have sent hundreds of prints that way. It works and is way more reliable than me packing it in a tube, box or anything else. That's what THEY do, I just take the pictures.
Dalek
Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown
Gene51 wrote:
Have it printed by a lab and have them drop ship it to the destination. I have sent hundreds of prints that way. It works and is way more reliable than me packing it in a tube, box or anything else. That's what THEY do, I just take the pictures.
I agree with Gene51. I have also had a gallery ship a large framed print UPS ground but it was expensive.
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
LiamRowan wrote:
I need to send a 12x20 inch photo in the mail. What would be the best way? I'd prefer not to roll it into a tube.
Thanks for recommendations.
I use poster board and cardboard box.
LiamRowan wrote:
I need to send a 12x20 inch photo in the mail. What would be the best way? I'd prefer not to roll it into a tube.
Thanks for recommendations.
I just received two large photos from England - both rolled together int he same tube of quite sturdy cardboard. Took them out and placed them on the bed in the spare bedroom for a day or two. They started to unroll by themselves, though not very far.
I've got an atlas that is larger than the photos. Put both of them in the atlas (with some pages between the photos). They've been in there for a week now and are almost flat.
If you don't have a large atlas, I'm sure that if they were just placed on the table with something on top of them to hold them flat, will work equally well.
I got triangle boxes at the post office, and role them up and put them in. That box will protect it.
I think the prints came from Costco, 12 x 18 size, and were packed in triangle packages. Probably not significantly different than tubes, but were very strong.
Overcome by paranoia, I sandwiched a print between two pieces of archival paper, and then between two pieces of plexiglass I bought at the local Home Despot. I taped the plexiglass pieces together, and put the sandwich in a box and shipped it. This method seems pretty bloody safe, though it is also unreasonably expensive.
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