Ease of Use:  

48HourPrint.com is easy to navigate and order from. The five-step Autoflight process is an easy way to upload your files and get immediate proofs. The online quote tool lets you see which features are available for each product, and how features affect the final cost. The ordering process is simple and makes it completely easy to get exactly what you want ordered quickly.

They have a number of downloadable template guides for easy project creation. These are available for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Publisher, QuarkXpress, CorelDraw, and Freehand.

Selection:  

48HourPrint prints a lot of different products. You can print brochures, business cards, rip cards, flyers, tickets, envelopes, menus, folders, and much more. For large format online printing, 48HourPrint prints posters as large as 36x72 inches, and vinyl banners as large as 4x8 feet.

Design Features:  

The 48HourPrint Autoflight process is a streamlined way to upload your files, view a preview, proof and approve, and send to print. The online process automatically converts your files and includes digital preflighting to check for any problems.

48HourPrint has a decent online tool with some good premade templates and simple user interface. It’s easy to adjust the design and add, rotate, scale, and move various elements. This online design tool is a bit hard to find however, as it’s hosted on a different 48HourPrint site, design-online.com.

Finishing Features:  

48HourPrint provides excellent finishing features, including matte, gloss, aqueous, and UV finishes. They can cut rounded corners on business cards, as well as folded business cards. You can order perforated cards or tickets for pull-off elements. Brochures can be folded a number of ways, and 48HourPrint also does in-house binding, cutting, folding and gluing.

As far as paper stock choices, 48HourPrint has a number of grades and product appropriate papers. They also offer a complete lineup of recycled and eco-friendly, FSC certified products.

Shipping:  

48HourPrint ships their products with UPS, so you get quick to-your-door delivery and will be able to track your order. They also offer blind shipping (great for designers doing work for a client), and/or split shipping to multiple addresses.

48HourPrint is an all-in-one print and deliver service. You can send your design and mailing list to them and let them take care of the printing, packaging, and preparing for a direct mail shipping. They will take care of addressing and making sure your postcards are suitable for USPS regulations.

Print Quality:  

48HourPrint uses top of the line equipment for all their printing and finishing, including the Komori LS 640. The prints we received were excellent, with premium color quality and excellent finishes. We also received a number of recycled products that were similarly impressive in quality.

Help/Support:  

48HourPrint has a number of helpful resources online to help you get your design right and use their service seamlessly. Additional support is available over the phone or email.

48HourPrint.com is a good choice for professional online printing. The 48-hour guarantee isn’t as impressive as some other services (and doesn’t account for additional shipping), but they deliver good quality and a pretty streamlined ordering process. 48HourPrint is a good online printing solution for businesses, designers, and general consumers.