Longing to catch everyone’s eye and make a lasting impression? With foil business card printing, promoting your business can be a shiny, sparkly experience. Business cards with foil stamped accents lend a sophisticated, custom look that make your company appear more professional and credible.
Here are the essential things you need to know about our custom-printed foil business cards:
Go for High Contrast. Since foil stamping is opaque, make sure your design is clearly visible by picking a background that contrasts well with your choice of foil color.
Easy to Read. Pick a font that is easy to read at a glance, preferably not smaller than 8pt. size.
Mind Your Margins. Since business cards are printed on a large sheet, there might be some slight cutting variations. To ensure your design will not be cut out, allot a 1/8” thick bleed margin on the card edges. Avoid putting any text along the edge of your business card design or borders that may look off-center when cut.
FILE PREPARATION
ACCEPTED FILE TYPE
-PDF (Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4)
-JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF
**One single file per side (no pdf bundle please).
BLEED
-At least 1/16" bleed around the perimeter of your artwork to ensure accurate cutting.
CMYK COLOR
-All files converted to CMYK color mode. No RGB or Pantone files.
OUTLINE TEXT
-Avoid potential problems with fonts by creating outlines for all text.
FINISHING OPTIONS
-One mask file for each option
-Clearly indicate the option and the side on which you want it to be applied in the file name.
SPOT UV
When creating a job with spot uv, you must include a spot uv mask file along with the regular print file. The spot uv template file is used to show where the UV will be placed. Use 100% K to indicate where you would like the UV. White will indicate no UV.
To set up your file for foil printing with spot uv:
In addition to the second layer added for the foil printing process, your file should have a third layer for the spot uv. Below are the additional guidelines for preparing your files for foil printing with spot uv.
On your third layer, create a mask file for the elements in your design where you would want to spot uv.
Use 100% K or black to elements for spot uv, and 0% K where spot uv is not applied.
Leave a 1/16" gap in between foil and spot uv elements. They cannot overlap.
Minimum font size is 8 pts.
Minimum strokes or borders should be 1.5 pts. thick.
DEBOSSING / EMBOSSING
When creating a job with embossing or debossing, you must include a mask file along with the regular print file. The mask template file is used to show where the embossing will be applied. Use 100% K to indicate where you would like the embossing.
FOIL STAMPING
When creating a job with foil stamping, you must include a mask file along with the regular print file. The mask template file is used to show where the foil will be applied. Use 100% K to indicate where you would like the foil. Make sure to remove everything that will be foiled from the print file and have those items only on the mask file.
To set up your file for foil printing, follow these important steps:
Your file should contain two layers.
One layer contains your artwork
Another layer to show where the foil will be applied
If applying foil to text, use a font size of 8 pts. or larger.
Strokes or borders must be more than 1.5 pts. thick.
Limit foil coverage to 50% of the surface area.
| Final Dimensions | Description | Download |
|---|---|---|
| 2" x 3.5" | Horizontal | |
| 2" x 3.5" | Vertical |
