business card embossing
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- thompson
anyone ever done some blind embossing on business cards that didn't want the emboss to show through to the other side?
If so, how did you deal with it?I have on printer telling me they can do it by gluing two paper stocks together and one printer telling me that would be too expensive.
- brains0
Black magic.
- bulletfactory0
duplex? glue backer after the emboss? i dunno.
- brains0
BEVEL AND EMBOSS YOUR TYPE IN PHOTOSHOPPPS
- t_rock0
try letterpressing the job?
- monNom0
there are 'embossing' inks available that puff as they set... may be a solution.
- magnificent_ruin0
glue two stocks = only way
- gramme0
If your or the client doesn't mind 130# + weight cover (160# cover board would be better), then you could engrave it for a subtler impression, rather than embossing. You'd still have a raised appearance, just not as deep as an emboss.
Trouble is, there are like 3 companies in the states that still do engraving. I happen to have a great relationship with one of them :)
- gramme0
The gluing option would give you the desired result, but it's likely that cards will start to unglue after a while—especially if you try to glue a debossed side to a flat side.
- we did this for a client and it worked fine... ironically they ended up preferring seeing the emboss on the other sidemagnificent_ruin
- overall more of tactile impresionmagnificent_ruin
- good to know!gramme
- gramme0
This makes me want to get my new business cards done. I've been thinking about using black & white duplex (pre-duplexed) 130# cover. Engrave opaque white and silver on the black side (my logotype), then litho black and silver on the white side (contact info).
You guys think it would be utterly inappropriate in this day/age if I were to paint the edges of these cards silver? Is that over the top?
- defnitely goes against the grain of the zeitgeist, but hey, we won't be in this depression for more than a decademagnificent_ruin
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- Just so you know gramme it's called guilding, and I nearly did it in red the oethr dayDancer
- Wearethedistrict0
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- You could probably kill someone with one of those if you threw it hard enough!Gifto
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- • Can use stock to kill someoneutopian
- is that monoblack board? recently got some invites foiled onto that stuff - tis niceAkiraprise
- Gifto0
I'd agree with gramme, engraving would be a good way to go, the result is fantastic.
These guys are based in Scotland, but I believe they have a lot of US clients (well, they have a US site too!) and their work is superb:
- magnificent_ruin0
my experience is that over 130#, the thickness of the stock inhibits the crispness of the deboss
- and will limit how many you can carry in a case (and forbid, one's wallet).jaylarson
- gramme0
Engravers/lithographers. High end stuff, but fair prices for their level of quality.
- jaylarson0
More high end here in Minnesota:
http://www.mcintoshemboss.com/
- letters20
printer/finisher can control the depth, assuming you're talking about debossing. This is why being on-site is always a must. As with others, suggest you use a heavy stock – there are plenty of papers out there now meant for letterpress and not costing a fortune. Or you can go the duplex route, but that comes with other headaches.
- 23kon0
We need some new cards designed for our company.
As I dont do print stuff that much I was quite excited about getting to do it, ideas started flowing ..... got some prices ..... ideas became cheaper lol.The cards i initially had in my head would have meant id have been as well giving people a pound note with name n contact details on it haha.
- utopian0
glue two stocks = confirmed and correct