I bought this package of matte postcards because I wanted to print a change of address postcard that I designed 4-up. The outside of the package stated that it was compatible with ink jet and laser printers. I have an ink jet printer but I also knew that if that didn’t work I would have Staples print the postcards on this stock. The instructions inside specified that this stock should be printed on a laser printer. Wonder why the messaging isn’t consistent. I did try printing the postcards on my Canon inkjet printer but some ink started pooling on the card stock edge and I knew it would be too challenging to print. I took the package of postcard stock to Staples along with the pdf art file on a memory stick. It cost me approximately $13 more to get 15 pages (60 cards) printed. If I had dropped everything off the price would have been lower. The cards turned out nicely. The colors were richer. In the future I may go directly to printing at Staples though this Matte stock worked.
The postcards themselves were fine quality as expected. My issues began with the printing. Firstly the outside packaging reads "Compatible with all inkjet and laser printers". It's not until you open the package when the very first line of the instructions reads "For best results this paper is recommended for laser printer use only." Also the instructions provide a website to access the template for formatting documents to print. The website listed in the instructions is not currently valid. An Avery brand template was also listed but I found it to be not quite a perfect match for the cards and definitely led to weird margin issues when I printed. If I had known these were only for laser and that the templates would be a problem I would not have bought these for my inkjet printing job. Silly me for believing the words on the packaging.
These postcards would be great for items you want to use as fliers to hand out. They are not good for sending postcards through the mail. For those type I would recommend the Avery postcards.
These cards worked for me but if mailing know that they are thin and because of the size they required a first class stamp. One would expect to mail them as they are labeled postcards.