FAQ

Is the watermark (gray-transparent lettering with the Internet address) visible on the delivered greeting sea charts?

 

Is it possible to combine the fictitious coast lines with real coast lines in the greeting sea charts?

 

When selecting the folding cards, you must select the folding. You may choose between "creased" and "creased & folded". What is the difference between "creased" and "creased & folded"?

 

How to order a personalized Greeting Sea Chart?

 

How quickly a personalized greeting sea chart can be delivered?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the watermark (gray-transparent lettering with the Internet address) visible on the delivered greeting sea charts?

The watermark is for copy protection and is of course not printed on the greeting sea charts.

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Is it possible to combine the fictitious coast lines with real coast lines in the greeting sea charts?

Customization is usually restricted to changes to the texts that appear on the charts (including geographical coordinates and chart title). Changes to the coast lines in general would incur considerable extra work and thus costs and longer delivery times. In addition, a licence fee may be required by marine hydrographic services.
If you accept corresponding longer delivery times and higher costs, such special wishes can be fulfilled. Economically reasonable, however, this is probably only for greater editions.

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When selecting the folding cards, you must select the folding. You may choose between "creased" and "creased & folded". What is the difference between "creased" and "creased & folded"?

It is difficult to fold thick paper exactly. Therefore, a groove or notch is pressed into the paper during "creasing". This allows the card to be folded more exactly.
In the variant "creased", the card is delivered as an A4 sheet with the groove. The sheet can then be printed on with text or pictures in the printer (laser or inkjet printer) and then folded.
In the "creased & folded" variant, the card is delivered folded to A5 format. If the card is to be printed on in the printer, the card can be unfolded and placed in the printer (in A4). However, due to the folding already made, the sheet is no longer straight and there may be paper jams or direct contact between the paper and the print head (in the case of inkjet printers).

Finally the product is the same in both cases; it differs only in delivery condition.

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How to order a personalized Greeting Sea Chart?

All texts on the chart can be adjusted individually. This affects, for example, the date under "small corrections" as date of the anniversary, wedding, birth or christening, the latitude and longitude as well as geographical names or names of lighthouses, beacons, buoys etc.
This is how you proceed:

Click the Greeting Sea Chart you want to personalize.

Please download the product data sheet. To do so please click the green text "Product data sheet" between "Delivery weight" and price. This is a WORD file which contains all the text which can be adapted.

Enlarge the picture on the screen by double-clicking with the left mouse button on the image.

Click on the cross in the upper right corner of the image to close the enlarged view. If you now move the mouse over the image, the magnifying glass function opens and you can zoom in on the image. Chose the texts you want to adapt and enter it in the column „personalized“ in the WORD file. After you have finished this please send me the file via e-mail quoting the order number to info@greetingseachart.eu. In case you have further wishes to change or include things please let me know via e-mail.

After adjusting the texts, I will send you an email, which you can check and release. After your release, the chart will be printed and sent.

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How quickly a personalized greeting sea chart can be delivered?

Under normal circumstances, the processing of an order for a personalized greeting sea chart is as follows:

After the receipt of the order and the receipt of the personalization file (MS-Word-file with the texts to be changed), I implement the desired changes and send the graphic of the greeting sea chart by e-mail for approval. This usually takes place on the same (work) day of the order or the following day. When I receive the approval, the congratulatory card will be sent to DHL on the next working day (if necessary after small changes). According to experience, a DHL package needs one to two working days within Germany. Within Europe this may take longer. Please note that DHL needs a phone number of the addressee for customs clearance in case the shipment is to outside Germany (even if the addressee is within the European Union).

That means if the graphic is released quickly, the delivery time may be less than one week (depending on the DHL shipment duration).

However, I run this business as side business to a normal job and it may happen that I am sent on business trip or that I’m on vacation (where I do not always have Internet access). During this period, a friend is responsible for shipping the standard greeting sea charts. However the personalized greeting sea charts I can only edit after my return. Therefore, the guaranteed delivery time stated in the product description in the web shop is higher.

In any case, it is better to request a personalized greeting sea chart in advance, even if the delivery may be relatively fast.

 


Where I can find the Product data sheet?