How does Embossing Work?

A fine printing craft that has been around for century’s. Embossing involves raising areas of a card surface above the level of the rest.

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Embossed business cards, lithography, raised printing, embossing, foil stamping

This web site is designed to meet all of your business stationery needs by illustrating an abundant selection of business cards, letterhead, envelopes and much more. Choose from a wide for range fine quality papers, including Earth friendly or recycled papers and a selection of economically priced papers for other business uses such as promotional pieces, Flyers, note pads the list goes on.

We have also included a vast assortment of creative designs to help you create the perfect image for your business. From raised printing to foil stamping and blind embossing, we tastefully combine our expertise with fine lithographic inks or any combination thereof. Your business stationary will receive the highest-quality workmanship the printing industry has to offer.

Standard Business Card Layouts

You may use any one of our standard business card layouts for the printing of your business cards free of charge.

To order, select the layout that best displays your business information. Indicate the corresponding layout number on your order form. Layout numbers indicate exact positioning and number of lines of type.

Raised printing or thermography- is an inexpensive alternative to embossing

How do I order my raised printing
Choose a Paper and Ink Combination:

1. Choose a Paper Stock: Two view our standard paper stocks please click here. Special or custom paper stocks are available upon request.
2. Standard Ink Colors Include: black, blue, process blue, red, gray, burgundy, Brown and green.
3. One Color Cards: Any standard ink may be used on any paper Stock we offer for one color business cards.
4. Standard two Color Cards: Select any two standard ink colors and any paper Stock*.
5. Custom Multiple Color Cards: When you supply a digital file please ensure your colors are set up in spot color format. We must reproduce your file using a vector based digital file. If your file contains bitmaps we can often draw or render the image in a vector format. We charge a small fee for this but if you would like to avoid this fee please feel free to contact us or visit this page and we will help you prepare your file properly.

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Today I have had a couple of requests to see the paper options available or the cost of making a die set up adequately for embossing. These are common questions that I deal with regularly so I thought I would illustrate these 2 questions as best as I can.

1) My first message sent to me was from Steve in Texas

Question

Do you print blind embossed folded cards, or can you direct me to a vendor who does?

Answer

Hi Steve: Yes we do print fold over cards. Do you have a design in mind? If possible send us an image file or design specs and we would be happy to assist you in anyway!

Reply

Hi Steve: It was nice talking with you today. Thanks for allowing us an opportunity to quote on your embossing requirements. Here are your prices.

Bordered Panel Card

STOCK: Pre-made panel card

INK: Blind emboss only + 1 standard color
SIZE: 5.50″x 4.25″

DIE: $75- 1st square inch and $5 every additional square inch

QTY and Price: 500- $245 1000- $394 1500 $524

Note: The die charge is dependant on desired finished size. Please apply formula above when you decide how big the “Voice” logo will be. The prices do not include making black and white artwork necessary for die making. If you can supply line art there will be no charge. If you require us to make your line art there will be an additional charge of $30 (one time) to make line art. FOB our plant.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call.

Cheers

Rob

2) My second message sent to me was from Rick in Illinois.

He wants a business card that has an appealing look of elegance. His ideas are to incorporate a foil stamp effect, blind emboss effect with black text printed. Rick is an expert in his field and has been credited with some very impressive awards. My suggestion was to add iconic representations of loges that illustrate the awards. This can be a major credibility booster and should not be overlooked.

Rick and I have worked together to develop the finished look . Now we are ready to print and the question arises, “What paper should be used?” Rick’s idea is to use a grey, rice looking paper, but he is thousands of miles away. In cases where a client has a card in hand they are trying to match there are a couple of reliable ways to communicate this to the printer…

• Provide an actual name such as “Strathmore Writing Cover 272.m, cool ice grey” This information is generally identified by the merchant selling the material or the manufacturer themselves.
• Snail mail the example to your printer and they will come up with an exact match or a reasonable facsimile

In this case we have swatch books of standard premium papers that we provide at affordable prices because we pre-purchase in bulk. In response to Rick, below I have placed a few images of high resolution scans of the standard materials we provide for embossed business cards.

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