Cost of Inkjet Greeting Cards

Under $1.00 Per Card

The cost per card section of our website has been updated. The page is a great resource that details the cost of a custom inkjet greeting card broken down by paper, ink, and envelope. As you will see, most of our papers come in at under $1.00 per card.

Printing your own greeting and note cards is a great way to share your work, thank clients, and market yourself. And now, when saving money is becoming more important, printing your cards is more affordable than store bought greetings.

Go to the updated cost per card page here

Red River Introduces Pano Greeting Cards

In time for greeting card season, we're pleased to introduce this cool new size. Unfolded, the pre-scored sheet is 8" x 9". When folded, the Pano Card is 9" wide and 4" tall so you can create truly unique custom cards with your pano or landscape images.

Turn the card vertically, and even more creative opportunities emerge. In the image above you can see the potential. Shoot for tall images, or use the Photoshop crop tool to make a vertical from an existing photo.

For now, Pano Cards come in 60lb. Premium Matte PLUS, a popular Red River Matte Paper with extra thickness.

Learn more about Pano Inkjet Greeting Card and place your order here

***UPDATE***

A customer asked if we were going to offer Photoshop templates for this size. Yes, they are available here

Red River Paper at Scott Kelby's Lightroom 2.0 Tour

We're happy to announce that when Scott Kelby's Lightroom 2 Live Tour comes to Dallas, Red River Paper will be there as a sponsor! We'll be there all day answering questions, showing samples, and having a great time.

You can sign up for the tour at Kelby Training's website here

DSLR CRUISE Sponsored in part by Red River Paper

DSLR PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING WORKSHOP
WILL CRUISE THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN
MARCH 29 - April 6, 2009


DSLR photography, printing and imaging will be the focus of an eight-day workshop cruise embarking from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to St. Maarten, St. Lucia and St. Kitts, in the Southern Caribbean, March 29 -April 6, 2009.

The workshop, ninth in series, is limited to 20 attendees who will participate in lectures, hands-on demonstrations and critiquing sessions by four photo professionals in a relaxed learning environment. Each enrollee will also receive up to $1,000 in hardware and software.

Arthur H. Bleich and Steven Katzman, both award-winning professional photographers and published authors, will reveal the artistic and technical skills required to recognize and shoot unique and imaginative images. Ron Wolfe and Dan Loffler will demonstrate other professional techniques and do personal mentoring.

Workshop participants will also learn how to exhibit and market their work, print, mat and frame color and B&W images, create a web photo gallery and publish their own photo books. Also offered will be one-on-one Photoshop and Photoshop Elements sessions at individual skill levels.

Attendees who do not yet own DSLRs may borrow a state-of-the-art Pentax DSLR for use prior to and during the workshop, and a bank of Epson printers with a supply of various Red River Papers will be available round-the-clock in the ship's high-tech conference room, from which full Internet service is available.

All-inclusive costs begin at $2,332, with non-attendee companions paying less than half. For further information visit: http://www.dpcorner.com/cruise or call 1-800-652-2267

Inkjet Video Tutorials / Lessons

Our library of video lessons for various inkjet printing topics is now available here

So far we've covered greeting card setup in Photoshop, greeting card printing, and some lessons specific to creating custom paper sizes. If you have suggestions for more videos, email us.

Inkjet printing lessons on video

Epson Print Academy Announced

The new Epson Print Academy schedule and tracks have been announced here

Buy Paper, Buy Nik, Save $25

The Nik software special is back on here at the River.

This time, we are stocking the boxed product, so it will ship along with your order.

The deal: Order any Red River inkjet paper, add a Nik software title to your basket, and you instantly save $25 off your total.

Nik Titles that are in-stock:
Viveza
Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete
Dfine 2.0
Silver Efex Pro

Learn more about these truly valuable products for your photo workflow here:

Red River Paper Nik Store

Apple and Epson Color Management Tips

Our color management partners at Chromix are some of the most knowledgeable folks in that part of our industry. They are the ones that make our high quality ICC profiles.

Like us, they apparently get asked about print quality problems with Epson printers on Mac OSX. Chromix covers the problem and offers some possible solutions here:

Apple Epson Color Management Issues

Epson R2880 Review at Printerville.net

Rick LePage has a well constructed review of the Epson R2880 over at Printerville.net. Definitely worth a read.

2 Day Lighting and Portrait Workshop in Dallas

We're helping to sponsor a Two Day Lighting and Portrait Workshop put on by Joseph Victor Stefanchik in Dallas October 7 & 8. If you are in the DFW area, or would like a good reason to visit our fair city, please sign up!

More on the workshop:

This 2 Day Lighting and Portrait Workshop with JVS and Anne will take you from being timid with strobes to understanding the ins and outs of lighting techniques with small strobes and monolights.

Explore the world of light with JVS through multiple demonstrations and hands-on learning. You will become familiar with using your own strobes, multiple strobes and have the chance to use Alien Bees in studio and on location.

Anne will help you breathe fresh air into your portraits by offering ideas on how to control your portrait session with unique results.

JVS and Anne are excited to have Red River Paper as a sponsor for this event. As a participant, you will receive a Complete Paper Sample kit from our friends at Red River Paper!

For more information please visit http://www.jvspictures.com/2day

(On that page click on the "411" link for details.)

A PPA magazine article on Joseph and his work is here

Premium Matte PLUS Rolls Just Got Longer!

Our popular Premium Matte PLUS features an extra thick 11mil base stock and a brilliant blue-white coated surface. It excels at deeply saturated color, great black density, and crisp image reproduction.

We offer Premium Matte PLUS in 17" and 24" rolls. The latest batch made (and from now on) has 98 feet of paper on a 3" core. Prices:

Item 1088 17" x 98 feet $30.00

Item 1089 24" x 98 feet $40.00

For the quality, thickness, and feel Premium Matte PLUS at these prices can't be beat!

Shop here for Premium Matte PLUS rolls