| Did you know that you can design your own personal | | | | computer with a scanner. |
| photo stamps? | | | | Add a touch of pizazz to your mailings and create a |
| You don't have to settle with the limited selection of | | | | great impression. Whether you are mailing out |
| standard-issue postage stamps made available | | | | invitations for a wedding or birthday, you are mailing |
| through the United States Postal Service (USPS). You | | | | out holiday greeting cards, or you are a business that |
| are allowed to design your own stamps, as long as | | | | needs to send correspondence to clients, customers, |
| they are paid for and printed using one of the USPS' | | | | or vendors, personal photo stamps can leave a lasting |
| authorized retailers. | | | | impression on your recipients. |
| All you need in order to print your own personal photo | | | | You can have photographs of your family or your |
| stamps are the following: | | | | loved ones on your stamps. If you are a business, you |
| - A computer with Internet access. | | | | can actually use your company logo as your stamps. |
| - A printer. (Color ink is optional. Black and white works | | | | The possibilities are limitless. |
| just as well.) | | | | What's more, because you are printing your own |
| - A metered weighing scale. | | | | stamps, you never have to go to the Post Office ever |
| - Adhesive label printing paper using standard sizes in | | | | again! Weigh your own envelopes or packages, print |
| compliance with USPS standard guidelines. | | | | your own stamps, and drop your packages in the |
| You can design your own stamps using your own | | | | mailbox. If your packages are too big, you can call up |
| graphic design software. You can download images | | | | the USPS to have your local mail carrier come directly |
| from the Internet. Or you can take photographs with | | | | to your home or office to pick up your packages. |
| your digital camera, or scan a picture onto your | | | | |