business card pricing?
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- leftwave
i just got an estimate to print some business cards and it seems really high. what sort of price range do you think i should be looking at for the following:
SIZE: 3.5" x 2" with a diecut
QUANTITY: 500 (2 sided cards)
COLOR: 1 PMS color
PAPER: 100# whitehere's the design:
- horton0
um, what did they quote?
a die cut is expensive, any way you slice it.
;)
- doesnotexist0
true that. die-cuts kill ya
- horton0
+ i might add creating a die for 500 cards is silly.
why not move your logo in, skip the die, and use 2 or 3 colors instead of trying to pull all those tones outta 1C.
it'll look way better.
plus your logo hanging off the bottom is gonna get trashed in peoples wallets.
- LouSeffer0
250-300 bucks?
about 50 cents a card would be my guess. assuming you are using quality paper. but if you ever rerun the job, you own the die, so next round would be cheaper
- leftwave0
$902 for 500
$922 for 1000
$986 for 2000
with these numbers, it seems like if i wanted to print like 10,000 it would be a good price, but these low quantities aren't worth it.
- LouSeffer0
holy shit!
- seed0
On first glance I felt like the die cut wasn't really necessary.
- leftwave0
horton, good call about trying to eliminate the spot color. my concern would be that if i printed in CMYK that the card background color would look all grainy/pixelated instead of a nice flat color. what are your thoughts?
- LouSeffer0
thats a buck eighty a card!
- LouSeffer0
is this a hawaiian printer?
you should get that done in the states
- leftwave0
the reason for the low quantity is that the company is just getting started and so address/phone info might change.
also, although the logo sticks out of the bottom left corner, the entire card still fits within a 3.5 x 2 inch area
- horton0
no don't do it CMYK..
i'm saying 2 or 3 PMS.. use specific inks for those tones.
you'll never get the contrast/ tone range you've illustrated with 1C.
- leftwave0
oh, okay. won't 2 or 3 PMS colors be even MORE expensive then?
- horton0
horton, good call about trying to eliminate the spot color. my concern would be that if i printed in CMYK that the card background color would look all grainy/pixelated instead of a nice flat color. what are your thoughts?
leftwave
(Oct 14 05, 14:00)and if your worried about the background looking grainy, a 1C job is going to do exactly that!
your background is going to be a screen (50%) of the dark color.. which will be grainy/ halftoned.
do it 2C.. a dark for CAT and a mid for the background flood and from that screen out the light.
- Mimio0
$600-750 ?
- horton0
yes a 2C front and 1C back will be more expensive.
but with this design i wouldn't even consider it any other way.
don't waste money on die before getting the inks right.
- leftwave0
horton,
great advice, thanks. (i'm pretty new to the print world). do you think changing this from 1C to 2C effect the price a lot?
- leftwave0
will i be able to see a color proof with the 2Cs?
- horton0
prolly add $75-$100.
if you're new with print be SUPER careful pulling those screen effects..
a 50% screen will look a lot different on screen than on paper.. the inks bleeds and results darker, closer to 70%.. even more so on uncoated stock.
its always a bit of a guessing game unless you own a PMS tint book.
- LouSeffer0
ask the printer for a 'draw down' of your pms colors on the stock you are using.