Printing business cards - what you need to know

If you need to print business cards, then to make your order at a printing house easier and faster, it is preferable to be aware of what printing methods exist, what their differences, advantages and features are. A lot depends on the chosen printing method: appearance, circulation, cost of business cards.

Today, business cards can be printed using a number of different methods. But before you decide on one or another method of printing business cards, think about what design you want your business card to be, what colors and special effects should be used, how many identical business cards you want to receive and how much you are willing to pay for them.

Digital business card printing

This is the most common and fastest method of printing business cards. If you need urgent printing of business cards, choose “digital”. In some cases, copies will be printed and cut for you right in front of you. However, digital printing also has disadvantages - difficulty in selecting the exact color, the impossibility of applying Pantone inks (for example, for printing corporate colors) and limited choice of materials - for example, on textured papers, dies are sometimes printed unevenly. The standard circulation of digital business card printing is 100–500 pieces, and this quantity will cost you very little. If you need 1000 copies or more, it is more profitable to prefer the offset printing method.

Offset printing of business cards

These are not only large circulations, but also excellent quality print! Offset printing of business cards allows you to get an almost unlimited number of them at a low price (you must agree, sometimes such a need arises), but you will usually have to wait from two to several days. In addition, here you can control color rendering and use proprietary Pantone colors, as well as metallic paints and special types of papers, which is indispensable in the production of corporate printing products of a representative class.

Silk-screen printing of business cards< /p>

Do you want to impress everyone with your business cards? Then choose screen printing (aka silk-screen printing)! This method has no equal in the variety of materials on which you can print (various papers and designer cardboards of any density, plastic, film, fabric, metal, glass, etc.). Silk-screen printing of business cards also allows you to create an original design and make each business card “alive.” However, this method introduces significant limitations in the preparation of the layout, it is quite expensive, and the deadline for completing the circulation cannot be short.

Liteflower printing of business cards

Since the time of Johannes Gutenberg and until the 90s of the last century, letterpress printing was the main method of producing printed products. Now it is rather a rarity. Today, ordering and printing business cards using letterpress printing is a rare and expensive pleasure, even in the capital. These truly one-of-a-kind products are more expensive than a silk screen, because their production requires time, patience and special skill of the printer. Raised prints and the unique style of bygone eras are integral attributes of these unique cards for special occasions.

Foil stamping and embossing

In classical printing terminology, these methods include already for post-press finishing. However, business cards made entirely using, say, foil stamping are not uncommon these days. Embossing and foiling are also not cheap delicacies, since they require the production of special cliches, and again, you should not expect efficiency. But the result exceeds all expectations. Remember that special types of printing are always an opportunity to stand out and be remembered, even with the help of such a small thing as a business card.

Business card printing in Kyiv: who to choose?

When looking through proposals for printing business cards, always keep three parameters in mind: quality, price and deadlines. There is no need to compromise: if all three are equally important to you, contact the Wolf printing house.

Design and printing of business cards is what we are experts at. Our own fleet of printing equipment, 17 years of experience in the market and qualified specialists are the key to the stable quality of printed products of the Wolf printing house. Today we offer the most popular methods of printing business cards: digital printing of business cards, offset printing of business cards, printing of business cards on plastic. We are also capable of various types of post-printing processing: selective and full lamination, corner rounding, figured die-cutting, foil stamping and embossing. We do not stoop to seducing the client with ultra-low prices, since true quality cannot be cheap. However, if you want to save money, order digital printing of business cards from us or a large offset print run - the cost will pleasantly surprise you.

As for the convenience of working with the Wolf printing house - judge for yourself. Only in Kyiv, our offices are located in three different areas: on Podol https://wolf.ua/contacts, the Left Bank (Printing House “Samurai” http://samuray.net.ua/contacts) and the Right Bank (Printing House of Last Minutes » http://netprint.com.ua/contacts). And “Wolf” is also available in Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Lvov, Odessa and Kharkov! In addition, since 2011, the network of printing salons “White Rabbit” http://www.wkrolik.com.ua/ began operating (this is where you should contact if you need urgent printing of business cards).

We wish you I wish you success in business and the right choice in everything! Your "Wolf".