postcard two sided printing

[VisualThinker7@zzzzzzz]

I had a lot of experience with two sided printing, at one time, though not
with any current software (anyone remember Wordstar, and Wordperfect?).

You want to print the text side first, then mask it with a second piece of
paper when you reverse the paper and send it through to print the picture. This
 will protect the text side from smudges and anything else that might happen
to  it if it's exposed to the rollers of the printer.

About six years ago when I was doing a large project I discovered that it
was very very difficult to get good print quality on both sides of the paper,
consistently.

I eventually printed the photos on good quality photo print paper, printed
the text on thin white inkjet paper, and glued the two sides together.
This produced a sturdy, thicker, finished card. Printing both sides of card
stock can be hard on a machine, and in my experience jamming becomes more
common the thicker the stock you're printing on.

This method also enabled me to customize the text on the flip side of the
image as well.

If you do this well it's practically invisible to the eye and you can find
ways to maximize the number of photos you print on the more expensive paper.

I've suspected for a while, though I'm not sure of this, that really good
quality two sided printing can be done by using a higher quality  printer. I've
always used printers in the $100 - $150 range from stores like  Staples and
Circuit City and I'm sure that I had difficulties with the  performance of these
machines because they were poorly made.
Just like using the cheapest hammer drill and bits from Home  Depot. And
clamps from the 99 cent store.