Printing Basics Guides

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How to Set Up a Business Card Outline With Bleed, Trim and Safe Zone

The three lines a business card file needs: bleed at 3.75 by 2.25 inches, trim at 3.5 by 2 and a safe zone an eighth inside, plus shaped die lines.

Emma Davis

CMYK Values for Print, From Rich Black to Total Ink Limits

Rich black is 60/40/40/100 and total ink stays under 300%, with the CMYK values that print true, the ones that ruin a job and how RGB shifts on convert.

Emma Davis

Copy and Print Services You Order Online and We Ship to Your Door

Order copy and print services online: documents, flyers and booklets on press stock, with real starting prices, two turnaround clocks and file rules.

Sofia Ramirez

Creative Booklet Ideas and How to Brainstorm One Worth Printing

A four pass method for brainstorming booklet ideas, an idea bank sorted by marketing, events and product, and the page count and binding each idea needs.

Emma Davis

How Digital Foil Printing Puts Metal on Paper Without a Die

How digital foil fuses metallic film to toner with no die, how it differs from hot foil stamping and raised foil, and the artwork that survives it.

Emma Davis

How Embossed Printing Works and Which Stocks Hold the Depth

How embossed printing presses paper between two dies, what blind, registered and combination embossing mean, which stocks crack, and what it costs.

Emma Davis

Flyer vs Poster and Which One Your Job Actually Needs

Flyers leave with the reader and posters stay on the wall, so compare sizes, stocks, quantities and real starting prices to order the right one first.

Sofia Ramirez

Gold Embossing Explained and When Gold Foil Is the Better Buy

Gold embossing raises the paper with a die while foil supplies the gold, so see how foil embossing, flat foil and deboss differ, with setup and prices.

Emma Davis

How Color Prints on Kraft Paper and Which Builds to Avoid

Kraft is an unbleached tan brown and translucent CMYK ink lets it show through, so see how each build shifts, which colors to avoid and when to use foil.

Emma Davis

How Printed Magnets Are Made and Which Type Fits Each Job

How a printed magnet is built from a ferrite rubber sheet and a UV coated face, plus 17pt vs 35pt vs 30mil stock and which one survives a truck door.

Jordan Kim

How Same Day Postcard Printing Works, From Cutoff to Doorstep

Same day postcard printing explained, from the daily cutoff and a file that clears preflight first time to pickup versus transit and fast designs.

Nadia Petrov

How to Add Foil to Certificates for a Clean Gold Finish

Add foil to certificates right, with hot stamping, raised foil and foil seals compared, the foil layer your file needs and stock that transfers clean.

Emma Davis