Gloss Laminated Trading Cards
See Gloss Laminated Trading Cards in action
Player photos or game art sit under a shiny laminated face, with stats or rules printed on the back of each card.
- From $94.74 for 250 cards, across 9 quantity tiers up to 25,000.
- 2.5" x 3.5", the standard trading-card size and the only size offered.
- 16pt stock sealed on both sides with a glossy laminate film.
- Full color on the front with a blank back, or on both sides.
- 4 business day standard turnaround, rated 4.8 out of 5 across 5 reviews.
Trading Cards That Survive Real Hands
A trading card lives in hands, pockets, binders, and mailers, so the surface has to hold up. These print on a 16 point stock, then get sealed front and back with a glossy laminate film that locks in the color and guards against water, fingerprints, and scuffs, keeping a sports set, a collectible drop, an artist series, or a promo giveaway looking new after heavy handling.
One team set or a first artist series fits in 250 cards.
What Is a Gloss Laminated Trading Card
A gloss laminated trading card is a full color card with a glossy plastic film over both faces. It suits sports and team cards, game and collectible cards, artist and trader cards, and promo or membership cards that get passed around.
What Size Are Gloss Laminated Trading Cards
There is one size here, and it is the one that matters for this format: 2.5 by 3.5 inch. Finished cards drop straight into the sleeves, penny sheets, top-loaders, binders and boxes collectors already use, with no trimming.
One size means one file to set up: the blank gloss laminated trading card template marks the 1/8" bleed and safe margin around the trim. Keep player names and stats inside the margin so a border design still frames them after the cut.
Press-Ready Blank Templates
How Much Do Gloss Laminated Trading Cards Cost
Gloss laminated trading cards start at $94.74 for 250, about 38 cents a card. A run of 1,000 is $145.26 and 5,000 is $352.41, near 7 cents each. Set your count on the slider below to see the set total and the per-card cost for that run.
Wally seals every card in gloss
Why a stack of trading cards survives real hands.
A set of 250 gloss laminated trading cards costs $94.74, and the glossy laminate on both sides makes color pop while shrugging off water, scuffs and fingerprints. Print one side or both at the standard 2.5 by 3.5 inch size, pick your speed, and Wally gets them out of NYC fast, even same-day.
What Does the Gloss Lamination Actually Do
The film is bonded over the ink, so the card comes out thicker and stiffer than the bare stock, resists creasing and tearing, and gets a reflective shine that makes photography and bold color read richer than on an uncoated sheet. If you want a different hand-feel, the Silk Laminated Trading Cards and Velvet Laminated Trading Cards swap the shine for a softer laminate, and the plain Trading Cards skip lamination for the lowest price.
Can You Print Full Color on Both Sides
Yes. 4/0 prints full color across the front and leaves the back blank, which suits a single-image collectible or a promo card. 4/4 puts the photo or art on the front and stats, rules, a roster, a card number or artist credits on the back. The laminate covers both faces either way, so even a blank back stays sealed. When you upload, choose Free Online Proof to check your file before it prints, or send it Straight To Production when you are ready to go.
How Do These Compare to the Rest of the Trading Cards
The chart below sets gloss laminated trading cards beside the plain and kraft trading cards on price, stock and turnaround.
Laminated Card Printing Beyond Trading Cards
The same gloss film runs on other card formats when yours is not 2.5" x 3.5". Gloss Laminated Business Cards carry it at business card size. Gloss Laminated Postcards take it to mailer size. Gloss Laminated Bookmarks cover the tall narrow format, and Laminated Menus put a wipe-clean surface on a table.
See the Rest of Our Cards
Every other card and print format we make is in the full print product range.
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How Fast Can You Get Gloss Laminated Trading Cards
Standard production is 4 business days. When a release date is close, move to 3-day, 2-day, Next-Day or Same-Day production in the configurator.
Print Your Gloss Laminated Trading Cards Today
At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by five guarantees and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Pick your ink coverage and count, and print your gloss laminated trading cards today.
Gloss Laminated Trading Cards: Frequently Asked Questions
How much is it to laminate cards?
There is no separate lamination charge. The film on both faces is in the card price at every tier, from $94.74 for 250.
