Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: >I'd like to mail some prints to folks out of town. Up to 11x17 or so. > >Are any carriers more gentle than others with their flat packages? What >sort of support material is suitable to preven the prints from bending? >Any other tips? I've found that UPS, FedEx and USPS all make mistakes. For packaging I often put the print in a plastic bag, tape the bag to an oversize piece of corrugated cardboard (approx 1-2" larger than print dimensions), cover this with another piece of corrugated cardboard with crossed plies, tape together, then sandwich this unit between 2 slightly larger pieces of corrugated cardboard, again with crossed plies. Altogether that's four pieces of corrugated cardboard with crush zones at the corners, unlikely to bend accidentally. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com