I
pick my printers based on price, turnaround time, and quality
of work, and work hard to bring you the best of all three.
The normal printing time on most of my products runs to about
6 business day, though on some products it can be as little as
1 day and as long as 15.
You say your printers are nationwide. How does
this work?
It's pretty simple really. All of my printers are setup to
be able to take most artwork electronically and larger files I
FedEx. This means as soon as you tell me to print your order is
on the way.
Once the order is printed the printer ships directly out to you.
By using printers all over the nation I am able to give you a
larger selection of printing and a higher quality, at better prices
with a faster turnaround.
For more information on different types of printing available,
click on the links below, or scroll down to see the whole list.
Offset
Printing
Offset or "Flat" Printing is about the most widely used
type of printing for business products. It's a very high quality
of printing which produces sharp results in both large and small
details. Overall one of the most versatile types of printing available.
Over a 1000 different colors are available, however most printers
have a standard set of ink colors that they use all the time.
If you use a nonstandard ink color you usually have to pay a mixing
and clean up charge of about $36.00
Metallic inks are also available, Gold's, Coppers, and Silver.
However, these inks contain actually metal in them which is harder
to clean off the presses so printers usually charge extra for
the cleanup.
Note: Offset metallic inks do not have a shiny Chrome look to
them. If you'll looking for this consider Foil
stamping.
Business cards can be printed in 1 to full color offset printing
pretty affordable.
For Letterheads and Envelopes It's best to keep your colors down
to 1 or 2 colors if you're on a tight budget. More colors are
available but the price sky rockets.
Most of my Labels and Invoices/Business Forms are printing using
Offset printing.
Standard turnaround time: 6 business days.
Thermography Printing
Thermography or "Raised" Printing is where an item
is printed and while still wet a powder resin is dusted over the
wet ink, then melted, causing a raised effect.
Thermography is about the cheapest way to print standard stationery
items, the raised effect being very popular.
However it does not work well in designs that have very fine details,
or very large areas of solid color.
Thermography is usually only printed in 1 to 2 colors combination.
More colors are available on some items.
Standard turnaround time: 6 business days.
Foil Stamping
Foil stamping is where the printer has a metal die made of the
image to be printed and the image is then stamped into the paper
using foil.
Foil stamping works great to give you a shiny chrome look to metallic
colors, and a glossy look to normal colors. It also works well
for printing on a dark paper where normal ink would not show up.
Foil stamping does not work well on very fine intricate artwork.
Usually foil stamping is done in 1 to 2 colors.
Because of the metal die used the cost of foil printing is higher
and often takes longer to print.
Standard turnaround time: 10 to 15 business days.
Blind and Foil Embossing
Embossing is where 2 metal dies are made out of the image
to be embossed. These dies are then pressed into the paper making
a raised image in the paper.
The cost of the metal dies make embossing expensive. Depending
on how complex the design is. The dies can cost anywhere from
$150.00 to $325.00 +. This is for the die alone, then you have
printing cost.
This makes embossing one of the most expensive ways to print,
however it's also one of the most impressive and elegant
methods.
Blind
embossing means that there is no color printed over the raised
image. The image is the color of your paper, only raised, making
for a very subtle effect.
Foil
embossing is where the image is raised and cover with a metallic
or matte foil.
Standard
turnaround time: 10 to 16 business days depending on how complex
your image is.
Bleeds
Bleeds are where the printing goes right up to the edge of the
paper. (No margins)
Bleeds
can be either 1, 2, 3 or 4 sided. Bleeds usually cost about $9.00
per side.
