Business card printing
If a professional graphic design company created your business card, you can rest assured that they also followed all the necessary guidelines to make the business card printing process a good one. This means that the business card designer saved the files in a format suitable for print (such as a TIF or EPS) and left a bleed area sometimes required by printers. Many advertising and creation agencies also offer business card printing , either with their own printers or by using a dedicated printer's services to do it. Quite often, a graphic design company will offer you a package for your card: both the design and the business card printing.
Designing your own business card
Some people prefer to take matters into their own hands by trying their own business card design. While such a practice is not always advisable (as it often resembles a mechanic trying to operate an appendicitis or a doctor fixing the clutch mechanism on his Mercedes), some people still prefer to try their own design. In this case, you should know that business card printing is a rather rigorous process – save your original file in a 1:1 format. Also, tri to get high resolution photos or graphics into your card, if you are going to be using any. Save the final file at 300 dpi (dots per inch) and take multiple formats to the printer (JPG, TIF).
Costs of business card printing
Because there are many design and print packages and a variety of prices for business card printing, we will not stop to analyze actual costs. However, the general rules are as follows:
- Black and white business card printing is the cheapest, but do try to print on high quality paper, or the business cards will look unprofessional.
- Using 2-3 colors (plus white and black) can produce good visual results and is also cheap.
- Full color business card printing is more expensive, but can also produce some great visual results.
- The larger your order, the cheaper you get with the individual business card printing cost.
More information on logo design, business card creation, graphic design tips and other useful resources can be accessed through our other articles.
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