peint on demand

[Roguescholar]

Good morning. A number of people have asked about purchasing by posters...not having any decent access to a printer or distribution plan, I thought a POD might be the way to go. I'm unimpressed with Zazzle and Cafepress, their markups seem a bit drastic. Any thoughts?

[Roguescholar]

PS-that's PRINT on demand, not whatever I might have typed up in the subject...not enough coffee yet.

[squeegeethree]

Print on Demand is lame.

[standard]

POD isn't a very profitable business model. High price-per-unit, but not worth much to the collector mob. It is a handy route to take if you just want to please a couple of friends or "get your work out there", but not if you want to make money.

[Roguescholar]

It's less about making money and more about appeasing the fans of my band and work. Folks tell me they want prints of my work, and I'm not a man of enough means to really provide them with it. I just want a way to offer them my work...with little effort, as I'm a bit stretched thin most of the time...and if I can make a few bucks along the way, all the better. Print on demand may be lame, but it is the green choice for production. Quite frankly, it's a business model a lot of publishers will ultimately be switching to. I know nothing beats a hand screened print, but...

[Dusty!]

kinkos

[Hrabovsky]

Less about making money? The green choice? Oh man. How about you burn a hi-res image to disk and ship it—all for free—with a note saying, "Here's your poster. Congratulations! You've just saved the World."

I'm sure everyone here will follow suit.

[philaarts.com]

some guys here print on demand art prints and whatnot...

[Andymac]

What is with this obsession with using web based suppliers, which always involve shipping, instead of getting off your ass and using a local printer? Print on Demand? I go down to the local print shop and they spit it out. and I don't have to demand it. I just ask nicely.
Great for making copies. Copies aren't the real deal(if the poster or art exists in another medium). Just as long as you and your fans understand that.

[poguemahone]

pod is an attractive alternative when
- cost of distribution from a centralized point starts to become prohibitive
- local production network is available
- product can be easily reproduced

i don't see how limited run posters fit that model at all, except for maybe #2. great idea for books, don't know if fits higher quality color 'art'. any cost advantages to saving on shipping is eliminated by repeated set-up and quality consistency would certainly be an issue.

now, if you're talking offset or digital high volume runs, that pod network already exists.