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Premium Business Cards w/ Lamination and Spot UV
Premium Business Cards w/ Lamination and Spot UV
Premium 18 to 19 pt Business Cards with either Matte or Soft Touch Lamination and Spot UV in quantities from 100 to 5,000 cards. A great networking tool for any professional.
Black and White or Color Printing, 16 pt Stock, 18 pt with Matte Lamination, 19 pt with Soft Touch Lamination.
These luxurious laminated business cards have clear gloss applied to areas of your choice.
- Choose from soft touch (19pt) or matte lamination (18pt)
- Slightly raised clear UV gloss
- Lamination provides a protective layer for cards
- Perfect for adding tactile elements to print
Premium Stock Cards
Our high quality 16pt stock is covered in lamination film to produce a premium 18pt card (silky matte) or 19pt card (soft touch).
Clear Spot UV
Make designs pop on your clients’ business cards with clear spot UV that brings out the colors of the design and adds emphasis to what matters most.
A Tactile Experience
The smooth feel of our laminations combined with the slightly raised spot UV creates a powerful tactile experience through print.
General File Prep Guidelines:
- Download the guides in this folder to ensure a more optimal print result.
- Be sure to DELETE any hidden layers that are not intended to print (ie: setup guide layers or other hidden artwork layers) to ensure no risk of them appearing on the final print.
- Each job (including multiple paged projects) must be submitted as a single PDF file. Ensure that all pages are the same size.
- Files must be submitted with proper orientation to ensure proper back up. Please review the File Orientation Guides carefully in the images for your particular product.
- It is best to try to avoid using borders in your design. If a border is too close to the trim, the trim may be slightly off-center.
- File must consist of 1/8" bleed and all important art and text must be within the safety margin. The more safety margin the better (to avoid awkwardly close trims or having critical elements from getting cut off).
- Ensure that your PDF is high res and that all images are CMYK at 300 DPI.
- Black text/type should have the following values: C0, M0, Y0, K100.
Larger areas of black coverage should be C:30/M:20/Y:20/K:100 to get a deep richer black. (To achieve a rich black for larger black coverage areas, we recommend the values C30 M20 Y20 K100. A black value of just K100 alone can sometimes appear as a darker grey and may not be as deep/rich compared to adding the supporting C30 M20 Y20 K100. A rich black also helps avoid potential overprint issues.
For smaller black type, we recommend one color black at K100 to avoid potential registration issues.) - Embed or outline all fonts.
- For best color results, supply a CMYK only file (unless your product type specifically requires RGB color mode or specifically requires you to supply PMS colors).
Thin White Text on Rich Black Backgrounds:
While we maintain strict quality standards, minor shifts in printing are possible. Thin or small white text knocked out from a rich black background is prone to printing issues, such as color bleeding, filling in, and poor readability due to slight misregistration. We recommend preparing files with the following tips in mind.
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Use C30 M20 Y20 K100 for Rich Black
Use this recommended rich black formula to minimize oversaturation and registration problems. Avoid heavier CMYK builds like C60 M60 Y60 K100, which can increase color shift risks.
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Thicken White Knockout Text
Increase the thickness of white text knockouts to prevent them from filling in or becoming unreadable.
- Recommended minimum line weight: 0.75pt
- Recommended minimum font size: 8pt
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Apply Swelling
Swelling (slightly enlarging knockout areas) compensates for minor ink spread on the press. Slightly increasing the size of the white knockout text can help maintain crispness after printing.
Please submit two PDF files:
- Regular full color artwork
- Spot UV template indicating the area of the SPOT
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Please submit two PDF files:
- Regular full color artwork
- Spot UV template indicating the area of the SPOT
On the spot UV template file, indicate the spot UV areas by using 100% K. Non-UV areas should be white. For best results, ensure this file is vector.
If you require one side to be completed UV coated, the corresponding page in your template file should be entirely filled with 100% K.
If ordering a 4/4 job with spot UV on only one side, please ensure that page 1 of your artwork is the spot UV side.
CAUTION: Our spot UV machine manufacturer does not recommend extending the spot UV design to the trimmed edge of the card, as there would be a high possibility of the spot UV peeling off along the trimmed edges. There should be at least a 5mm spot UV-free area around the edges. If you supply spot UV files with full bleed, please note our automation will automatically apply a 5 mm gap (from the trim edge) on your spot UV files to prevent the risks of the trimmed edges lifting/peeling. The non-spot UV varnished area may be visible along the edges as a result. It is best to avoid full bleed on your spot UV files for the above reasons.
Spot UV Accuracy
Positioning of the spot UV cannot be 100% guaranteed. Please note that there may be a shift of approximately 1/16" in the spot UV position on the printed product. We do not recommend placing spot UV on small text or very small images.
Turnaround Time:
- 100 to 5,000 Business Cards: 4 to 5 Production Days
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