Akuafoil Trading Cards

Quick Review:

Radiance never seen before – dazzle you can afford! Akuafoil gives you a wide range of CMYK colors with a sparkling foil finish and an ideal reflection that is priced to give you a true competitive advantage. State-of-the-art features allow you to produce large solid areas as well as reversed out areas of foil. You can produce foiled half tones, gradients and have multiple colors in foil on the same design. The design possibilities are limited only by your imagination, giving your customers an exquisite edge.
 

Possible Applications: 

• Party Invitations
• Club handouts
• Unique business Cards
• Colorful promotional postcards
• Birthday handouts
• Holiday handouts
• Standout booklet covers

Sizes:

• Available in a wide variety of sizes ranging from 1.5" x 3.5" to 8.5" x 11"

Stock Types:

• 16 PT
• 70lb Sticker with split liner

Run Sizes:

• 500 to 5,000

Color Options:

• 4/0
• 4/1
• 4/4
• 4/5
• 5/0
• 5/1
• 5/4
• 5/5

Coating Options:

• No Coating
• Spot UV
• Spot UV on Back Only
• Spot UV on Front Only
• UV Coating
• Spot UV both sides

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.