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Welcome to our premium printing services, where your visions come to life on our exquisite paper lines. We understand that every project deserves the finest canvas, and that's why we offer a carefully curated selection of high-quality paper options to suit your unique needs.
Whether you're looking to create stunning invitations, special event paper goods, captivating greeting cards, or professional business cards, our paper lines provide the perfect backdrop for your creativity to flourish. Our commitment to exceptional craftsmanship ensures that your prints will radiate sophistication and leave a lasting impression,
With a few easy steps, we can print your design and save you time!
🌿Beautiful selection of premium papers
🌿black ink 🌿full color ink 🌿white ink
Three Easy Steps!
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Design Resources
Need a design? Design marketplaces such as Etsy, Creative Market, and GraphicRiver provide access to a wide range of customizable template and design asset downloads for your next project, many at reasonable prices.
Note: be sure to read reviews and ensure downloadable files meet print file requirements prior to purchase.
Basic File Requirements
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PDF FORMAT
300 dpi minimum
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SAFE ZONE = 1/4 Inch
Example: 5 x 7 Document
= 4.75 x 6.75 Safe Zone
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COLOR
CMYK Required
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FONTS & STROKES
Embedded or Outlined
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Design File Requirements
File Type and Size
FILE TYPE: PDF
Press quality PDF/x-1a
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MINIMUM RESOLUTIONS: 300 dpi
Make sure to provide high-resolution files for crisp imagery.
- Original design files should be true high resolution before creating your pdf
- Saving a low res file to a pdf or converting a low res file to 300 dpi before saving to a pdf will produce poor results
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MAX FILE SIZE: 50 MB
Contact us if you have a larger file
File Dimensions and Bleed
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WHAT IS TRIM SIZE?
The Trim Size is the same as the finished size of your document.
WHAT IS BLEED?
When your design prints to the very edge of the finished product, it will require "bleed". Bleed is the area of your design that extends .125 inches on all four sides of the trimmed size, which adds .25 inches to the width and height of your document size.
NO BLEED:
➡️ File dimensions are the same as trimmed size
WITH BLEED:
➡️ File dimensions are.25 inches greater than trimmed size
SAFE ZONE:
Safe zone width and height are .25 inches smaller than trimmed size. Text and images inside the safe zone will be printed on the final document. Items outside the safe zone will be trimmed off.
DESIGN BORDERS:
- Borders that extend to the end of the trimmed edge must be placed from inside the safe zone to the outside of bleed area to assure evenness.
- Borders placed inside the safe zone that are not meant to extend to the trimmed edge should print as designed.
TOLERANCE:
We utilize state-of-the-art digital printing presses and precision electronic cutters / creasers for most print jobs.
- Industry standard tolerances for printing range from ±0.010 to ±0.020 inches, but allow up to ±0.03125 inches (±0.8 mm).
- Registration and trimming tolerances may be slightly looser due to the nature of digital presses and mechanical equipment.
Folded Card Orientation Guide
Print Product Templates
Right click and save these templates to your computer. Add the template to your design file to provide visual safe zone, trim line and bleed margins. Hide or delete the template before saving your pdf.
Templates are marked as follows:
FLAT CARDS - Portrait Orientation - Rotate File 90° for Landscape
FOLDED CARDS - PORTRAIT
Fold 4.25 x 5.5 A2 Portrait (8.5 x 5.5)
Fold 6.25 x 4.5 A6 Portrait (6.25 x 9)
Fold 5 x 7 A7 Portrait (10 x 7)
FOLDED CARDS - LANDSCAPE
Fold 5.5 x 4.25 A2 Landscape (5.5 x 8.5)
CMYK Ink Color Mode
COLOR: CMYK Required
- All artwork and images must be provided in CMYK color mode
- What does CMYK stand for? Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
- Rich Black is recommended for solid black areas to prevent dullnes
- CMYK for rich black is C:60, M:40, Y:40, K:100
- 100% Black is recommended for black text to prevent offsetting
- CMYK for 100% black is C:0, M:0, Y:0, K:100
Additional note:
Printing on Colored Paper: Please see White Ink Printing below to learn about white under under CMYK when printing colors on colored paper.
Color Flooding: Print designs that lay down a full color background or cover large areas with ink is known as color flooding. Color flooding on a digital press will cause the surface to take on a sheen rather than dull finish, even on matte paper. This is important to note depending on the look you wish to achieve.
If the desired result is a matte finish, we recommend choosing a solid-core cardstock and layering your color elements over a white underlay. This results in a card that is double-sided and solid core, with no white edges, and the background results from the paper color, not a layer of ink. See Designing with White Ink for details on setting up your file.
White Ink Printing - Why White Ink?
White ink on colored media (paper, cardstock and envelopes) continues to be a popular design choice, and the results are stunning and yet easily achieved.
Why use solid-core colored paper vs ink as a background color in a design?
- Using colored cardstock gives printed media and its design a custom look and feel that cannot be replicated by laying a colored background on white paper.
- Laying down ink on a large area or as a complete solid-color background, also known as color flooding, can result in the print having a sheen to it (see color flooding above).
- Using a solid color paper retains the finish and feel of the cardstock, and printed items finish with solid-color on both sides as well as the edges (no white edges) for a high-quality appearance.
Pair with premium quality colored envelopes addressed in white to make a lasting first impression!
How to Design
Printing All in White Ink on Colored Paper
- Applications: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, CorelDraw or any application that works for your print design.
- For designs printing in all white ink, spot color layers are not required, but will not affect the print process if they exist.
- For opaque white, create your design file using CMYK 100% black for all of your elements
- CMYK for 100% black is C:0, M:0, Y:0, K:100
- Creating files in grayscale or color will cause the white ink to have gradations in opaqueness according to the amount of black in each shade. 100% black will produce 100% opaque white whereas a gray that is 50% black will have 50% of the opaqueness in white. Darker colors will be whiter than lighter colors, etc.
- Be sure to follow all Design File Requirements
- Save your design file
- Save a copy of your file as a PDF/x-1a
- You will upload your design as a PDF with your order.
For more advanced white ink printing options that include using white under colored ink and printing white over colored layers, see Designing for White.
Font Sizes & Weights
FONT SIZES & WEIGHTS
- Be careful using fonts that are too small. Anything smaller than 8 pt. may be difficult to read.
- What is true about small fonts is also true of fonts, strokes and lines that are very thin or light.
- Small, thin and light fonts may look perfectly fine on your computer screen, but may not be the outcome you are looking for when printed. This is especially true if the ink color is lighter or the paper color is darker.
Fonts & Strokes
FONTS & STROKES
- Embed fonts and strokes to prevent font substitution.
- We recommend outlining if fonts need to appear exactly as designed. Some fonts will not transfer correctly, even if they are embedded.
- Fonts that cannot be embedded must be outlined.
- IMPORTANT: Be sure to save your original file with Live Fonts separate and apart from the version (copy) you outlined for printing. If you save over your original document with the outlined version, you will no longer be able to edit the text layers.
- Use the copy with outlining to create your PDF file.
Overprint
OVERPRINT:
- If using overprint in your design, check your design in "Overprint Preview" to be sure it will print as expected.
- After opening your document in Adobe Illustrator or InDesign, go to the “View” menu, then select “Overprint Preview”. Turn the option on and off to see if there are any elements that are not going to print as expected.
- Elements that appear in the Overprint Preview will print in the final printed design.
- Adobe Illustrator - Overprinting
- InDesign - Overprinting
Photo Cards
If you are printing a photo card, you will check the box accordingly on the order page. This will result in a targeted choices for paper selection.
For more information on selecting paper for photo prints, please see "Choosing Paper for Photo Cards."
Checklist
Complete this checklist before uploading design files:
✅ Check spelling, grammar, punctuation, and spacing
✅ File Format - PDF
✅ Resolution is 300 dpi or greater
✅ File Size Maximum - 50 MB
✅ Document with bleed is .25 inches greater width and length than final document size
✅ Design file trim size equals dimensions of the ordered document
✅Borders are either inside the safe zo zone or extend from inside the safe zone through the bleed for full/solid border around trimmed edge
✅ Printed elements are within the safe zone. Items are properly cropped and aligned.
✅ Color Mode must be CMYK. Also ensure your monitor is calibrated to display color accurately.
✅ Font sizes are legible when viewed actual size, especially for smaller size prints
✅ Fonts and strokes are embedded into the file or outlined. Outlining recommended.
✅ We will need to flatten Transparency and Effects prior to printing
✅ Check "Overprint Preview" if applicable
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Variable Data Merge Information
Envelopes and Place Cards / Escort Cards
Please read Design File Requirements Above. These apply to all documents, including envelopes and place cards.
Note: Envelopes cannot have a design with bleed.
- Variable data merge is available as an option to print your envelopes and place cards / escort cards.
- Should you require variable merge on a different product, contact us and we can facilitate this order for you.
- Variable Data Merge allows you to choose from the in-house fonts we offer as well as your desired CMYK font color.
- Variable Data Merge but does not allow for other custom fonts (see Custom Fonts below).
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Merge Data Template
All files submitted for printing must be Excel .xlsx files.
- Download the address or place card data merge template from their respective product page
- Enter your data. Fields left blank will be ignored.
- Save completed files to your computer - file naming convention is
Envelopes: YourLastName_FirstName_Addresses_MMDDYY.xlsx
Example: Jones_Susan_Addresses_050124.xlsx
Place Cards: YourLastName_FirstName_Placecards_MMDDYY.xlsx
Example: Jones_Susan_Placecards_050124.xlsx
- Please be sure to PROOFREAD your merge data.
- Upload your completed data file in the Upload Box located on the product page when you add the product to your cart.
- You will receive a digital pdf proof showing all of your merged data prior to printing your order.
- Changes after receiving your proof will require you to submit a corrected data file.
- Corrections after your products are printed will require a new order with a corrected file.
NOTE: We do not open your excel file - so there is no possibility of data being changed after it is uploaded.
Custom Fonts
- Envelopes or Place Cards / Escort Cards containing custom fonts cannot use the variable merge option.
- Designs using custom fonts must be submitted as a merged file in pdf format.
- Return Address and Guest Addresses must be submitted in two separate pdf files or separate pages.
- Return address file = 1 page
- Guest Addresses = 1 page for each guest.
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