4x6 envelopes

"Don Dunlap" wrote:

"Cynicor" wrote:
Please, people! Can't you see that this little envelope spat is ripping
this group apart at the mucilage?

I only mentioned google because the guy said he'd googled without success
and I wanted to rub his face in my superior search engine skillz.
NO, you just wanted to be an ass.

Well duuuuuuuuuuuh. But I also answered his question along the way.

"Don Dunlap" wrote:

"Cynicor" wrote:
Please, people! Can't you see that this little envelope spat is ripping
this group apart at the mucilage?

I only mentioned google because the guy said he'd googled without success
and I wanted to rub his face in my superior search engine skillz.
NO, you just wanted to be an ass.

Well duuuuuuuuuuuh. But I also answered his question along the way.

Savidge4 wrote:
The standard envelope size for 4 X 6 prints is a C6 which is 4.5 X 6.5 (or
115 X 162 mm)

Ross

"Fred Martin" wrote in message
...

I have been looking all over for envelopes to send Christmas pictures
in. I would like some that a 4x6 print would fit in without a lot of extra
room around it, something like 4 1/8 x 6 1/8 up to 4 1/4 x 6 1/4. I have
searched on Google and lots of places sell envelopes, but none close to
this size. Has anyone any suggestions?
Thanks....Fred



C6 is not a standard American size, at least that I know of. My suggestion
would be a 6x8 photo mailer. You can get these at your run of the mill
office
supply (office max, staple etc) and I believe even walmart carries them.
Its
the best solution I have found.

Hope that helps!

Amazing, isn't it, that with the popularity of the 4x6 photo size no one
seems interested in selling an envelope to mail them in? Perhaps the
practice of emailing pictures has rendered the market too small?


I thinks it more like killing 2 birds with 1 stone. 6x8 envelopes are great
for 5x7 prints and work just as well for 4x6. I personally really do prefer
5x7 prints.

(Savidge4) wrote in
:

I thinks it more like killing 2 birds with 1 stone. 6x8 envelopes are
great for 5x7 prints and work just as well for 4x6. I personally
really do prefer 5x7 prints.


A #10 envelope is 4-1/8", which is just the dimension the OP was looking
for.

Making envelopes isn't too hard either, if you only need one or two.

Bob

(Savidge4) wrote in
:

I thinks it more like killing 2 birds with 1 stone. 6x8 envelopes are
great for 5x7 prints and work just as well for 4x6. I personally
really do prefer 5x7 prints.


A #10 envelope is 4-1/8", which is just the dimension the OP was looking
for.

Making envelopes isn't too hard either, if you only need one or two.

Bob

Ron Hunter wrote:

Amazing, isn't it, that with the popularity of the 4x6 photo size no
one seems interested in selling an envelope to mail them in? Perhaps
the practice of emailing pictures has rendered the market too small?

I think this is partly due to the US holding on to 'imperial' measurements.
In every other country (those that use metric sizes at least) the
bog-standard business envelope is the DL - 220x110 mm or 8.66x4.33 inches. I
use these for sending machine printed photos, and it goes as a standard
letter anywhere in the world. They are automatically sorted at both ends of
the journey, making delivery reasonably fast.

Paul

Ron Hunter wrote:

Amazing, isn't it, that with the popularity of the 4x6 photo size no
one seems interested in selling an envelope to mail them in? Perhaps
the practice of emailing pictures has rendered the market too small?

I think this is partly due to the US holding on to 'imperial' measurements.
In every other country (those that use metric sizes at least) the
bog-standard business envelope is the DL - 220x110 mm or 8.66x4.33 inches. I
use these for sending machine printed photos, and it goes as a standard
letter anywhere in the world. They are automatically sorted at both ends of
the journey, making delivery reasonably fast.

Paul

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:15:16 +1000, "Paul Bartram" p.bartram AT OR
NEAR optusnet.com wrote:


Ron Hunter wrote:

Amazing, isn't it, that with the popularity of the 4x6 photo size no
one seems interested in selling an envelope to mail them in? Perhaps
the practice of emailing pictures has rendered the market too small?

I think this is partly due to the US holding on to 'imperial' measurements.
In every other country (those that use metric sizes at least) the
bog-standard business envelope is the DL - 220x110 mm or 8.66x4.33 inches. I
use these for sending machine printed photos, and it goes as a standard
letter anywhere in the world. They are automatically sorted at both ends of
the journey, making delivery reasonably fast.

Paul

Eh? - 4x6 *is* an imperial measurement. It's inches. If this were the
cause, there should be an abundance of envelopes within the US

--
Owamanga!

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:15:16 +1000, "Paul Bartram" p.bartram AT OR
NEAR optusnet.com wrote:


Ron Hunter wrote:

Amazing, isn't it, that with the popularity of the 4x6 photo size no
one seems interested in selling an envelope to mail them in? Perhaps
the practice of emailing pictures has rendered the market too small?

I think this is partly due to the US holding on to 'imperial' measurements.
In every other country (those that use metric sizes at least) the
bog-standard business envelope is the DL - 220x110 mm or 8.66x4.33 inches. I
use these for sending machine printed photos, and it goes as a standard
letter anywhere in the world. They are automatically sorted at both ends of
the journey, making delivery reasonably fast.

Paul

Eh? - 4x6 *is* an imperial measurement. It's inches. If this were the
cause, there should be an abundance of envelopes within the US

--
Owamanga!

"Owamanga" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:15:16 +1000, "Paul Bartram" p.bartram AT OR
NEAR optusnet.com wrote:


Ron Hunter wrote:

Amazing, isn't it, that with the popularity of the 4x6 photo size no
one seems interested in selling an envelope to mail them in? Perhaps
the practice of emailing pictures has rendered the market too small?

I think this is partly due to the US holding on to 'imperial'
measurements.
In every other country (those that use metric sizes at least) the
bog-standard business envelope is the DL - 220x110 mm or 8.66x4.33
inches. I
use these for sending machine printed photos, and it goes as a standard
letter anywhere in the world. They are automatically sorted at both ends
of
the journey, making delivery reasonably fast.

Paul

Eh? - 4x6 *is* an imperial measurement. It's inches. If this were the
cause, there should be an abundance of envelopes within the US

I realise that! The point is, as the OP said, they have never made (AFAIK)
an imperial sized envelope to fit 4"x6" prints. But in the case of metric,
the DL envelope (which is as common as muck) does the job perfectly -
probably more by chance than design.

The old imperial equivalent of the DL was the foolscap envelope, which I
haven't seen for 20 years. Maybe there is another name for that now?

Paul