Quick Review:

Bring flair and shine to your product offerings with Foil Worx! Foil Worx lets you choose from gold, copper or silver foil accents on 14pt Uncoated or 16pt Silk Laminated Business Cards and Postcards for an ultra-refined custom finish that adds sophistication and class to any business. Ideal for luxury brands, concierge services, law offices, real estate and more.

• Note: the same color foil must be used for the front and back of your product.

Possible Applications: 

• Business Cards
• Postcards
• Invitations and Announcement Cards
• Wedding and Baby Shower Invites
• Holiday Cards

Sizes

• Available in a wide variety of sizes ranging from 1.5" x 3.5" up to 5" x 7"

Run Sizes

• 500 to 5,000

Stock Types

• 14 PT Uncoated
• 16 PT C2S

Color Options

• 4/0
• 4/1
• 4/4

Coating Options

• No Coating
• Silk Laminated
• Spot UV

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.

FINISHING OPTIONS

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.