10 Free Printing Samples

Articles   December 5, 2007  by

10 Free Printing Samples From 10 Great Printers

Requesting Free Printing Samples from online printers has many benefits for designers. These free print samples not only give you an idea of the quality of work of each printer, but its also a great way to learn and discover the wide variety of different printing techniques available today.

You get to see and feel first hand what different papers and card stocks look and feel like. This will really help you when you need to select options for printing jobs. I often dig into my box of printing samples to refresh my memory of whats available and which printers do what best.

Here is a list of some great online printers that I have gotten free print samples from:

1. www.uprinting.com

2. www.moo.com

3. www.printingforless.com

4. www.modernpostcard.com

5. www.sonicprint.com

6. www.48hourprint.com

7. www.vistaprint.com

8. www.areaprinting.com

9. www.123print.com

10. www.overnightprints.com

 

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8 Responses
  1. Tim Van Damme   -   December 5, 2007 at 4:57 am

    …and now they’re all going out of business because 1000 geeks request samples at the same time :-)

  2. Marko Novak   -   December 5, 2007 at 7:23 am

    That’s very nice idea. Thanks for the resources. I’ve just opened my own design company and these will definately help me.

  3. Danny Outlaw   -   December 5, 2007 at 4:40 pm

    Thats cool. I didnt realize so many of these online printers offered free print samples.

  4. Gino   -   December 7, 2007 at 7:09 pm

    Yeah I thought you guys might like this its something not many people realize is available for free!

  5. Michael   -   January 12, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    many props for yet another bulleted list. this one just got google-notebooked. ;)

    thanks again.

  6. Stephane   -   January 25, 2008 at 8:15 am

    Thanks. I’ve got an other good site for free samples :

    http://www.print100.com/global/cgi/cardsamples.aspx

    They send some good stuff (business cards with uv varnishing, hot stamping and so on…

    Give it a try.

  7. DesignManager   -   June 3, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    Great information! Gives me good marketing ideas of samples and design layouts.

  8. Natasha   -   June 28, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    I think this was the most helpful site I have been to in ages!! I love free stuff and if anyone knows of any please let me know. I am a graphic designer and these samples are going to help out a great deal.
    Thanks a bunch!!