Can I use rub on transfer paper for addressing envelopes?

Question

I am sending out my wedding invitations, and I don't have the best handwriting, so I found an amazing font that I purchased that looks just like handwriting that I plan to use to print my envelopes with instead. I ran into a problem, however: my printer will only print one size envelope - and not the one I'm using. To get them printed or even have calligraphy done would be very costly (I checked), and I think labels would look a little too tacky. So here is what I came up with. I thought I would find some rub on transfer paper (no ironing involved) to print them out on, and then apply them to the envelopes that way. Certain brands I have seen online list envelopes as something you can transfer on. I've never used transfer paper before. I wanted to know if anyone has tried these on envelopes or even on regular paper. Does it look good? Is it durable and permanent like ink? Any recommendations? Thank you in advance for your advice. =]

Answer 1

I agree with other answers, transfers aren't a good idea (you could learn to do flawless calligraphy faster!). In case you still can't get your envelopes to work in your printer, clear address labels may be something to consider - they're not perfect, but they look much less tacky than the paper ones. Also, see if Kinko's, Copy Max, etc., would be able to print on your envelopes if you brought a disk with the addresses, and what they would charge you - it might not be much more than printing other documents.

Congratulations and good luck.

Answer 2

The post office prefers that you don't use rub on transfers, as they can get scratched off during the postal sorting system.



You should be able to print your envelopes using a normal printer, and selecting the envelope size (or making a custom size).

Answer 3

In your word processing program wherever you create your envelopes there should be an options to change the size, and if what you need isn't listed it should give you the option to put in custom measurements.

Answer 4

You can se good quality rub ons...but i prefer u print your envelopes...settings are present in a coputer with the help of which u can print them...good luck!

Answer 5

Most of the wedding invitations I've received had the return addresses on the back.