| Sizes | | Folder Template | Download template with explanations:
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| A4 1mm double-sided folder template |
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| A4 5mm double-sided folder template |
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| A4 1mm one-sided folder template |
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| A4 5mm one-sided folder template |
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The template serves only as a pattern for designing your own business card. Before saving your artwork please remove the template. Otherwise they will be printed together!Leaving the blue line outlining area of the project is acceptable. | | Final Trim Size | | Final trim size – see the template – marked with red line. | | Full Bleed Size | | See blue outline on the template (to download above). | | Bleed | | Make sure that both background and all design elements which touch the edges of the page (red line on a template) are extended by 2mm i.e. hanging 2mm of EACH edge of the paper (up to blue line on a template). | | Additional Tips | The artwork background should not extend over the area delimited by the blue line. Important objects must be kept away from the trim line (red) and folding line (yellow) by at least 5 mm.
Trimming and scoring tolerance is ±2 mm. Therefore, you should avoid creating a visible boundary between the front- and backside artwork on the scoring line (spine).
Do not change the layout of the template (and the artwork itself) on the sheet.
Otherwise, the printed piece will be trimmed unevenly. |
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| Preparing file for spot varnish UV or Raised Ink 3d | | How to prepare the file for Spot Varnish UV or Raised Ink (3D)? | Prepare additional page(s) in the file (at the end) and apply areas for varnishing in one colour (K100%). The image for spot varnish must not contain greyscale. Even the slightest or brightest greyscale elements get automatically converted into black and will be varnished.
Spot varnished elements must meet the following requirements:
- Design lines must be at least 0.4 mm thick.
- The distance between individual elements must be at least 0,5mm.
- Font size must be at least 14 pt.
Varnish may be shifted up to 0.3 mm in respect to printed elements.
UV Spot Varnish on Presentation Folders
- Varnish thickness of 10–15 micrometres.
- UV spot varnish may be applied up to bleed with certain limitations imposed by the size of the spot varnish area (see template - the contour of the spot varnish area is marked with a green dotted line).
PLEASE NOTE: The application of spot varnish or Liquid Metal creates most impact on small elements and lines that do not exceed 4 mm in width. For elements with a size of 5 x 5 mm or larger, where the whole area is to be covered with solid varnish / metallic film layer, using Soft-Touch laminate underneath is recommended. If matte or glossy laminate is used underneath such elements, the coating may be uneven and the final product quality may appear defective.
Please note: In the case of long-run jobs or if the varnished area exceeds the final trim size by 15%, the turnaround time may be extended to 5 working days.
File names should clearly indicate their purpose (mask, obverse / reverse) |
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| Preparing additional Liquid Gold/Silver colour | Liquid Metal – metallic film available in: Gold, Silver, Red, Green, Blue
Liquid Metal spot colour should be prepared in the same way as spot varnish. Prepare additional page(s) and apply areas for varnishing in one colour (K100%). The image for spot varnish must not contain greyscale. Even the slightest or brightest greyscale elements get automatically converted into black and will be varnished.
Please note:
Varnishing and using Liquid Metal effect is not recommended for elements thinner than 0.4 mm in the negative and 0.6 mm in the positive. Minimum recommended font size is 10 points, the distance between individual elements must be at least 0,5 mm. Liguid Metal effect may be shifted up to 0.3 mm in respect to printed elements.
Designing Liquid Metal effect up to bleed and on scores is not recommended because the metallic film may crack/chip off near edges and scores.
Liquid Metal is a printed colour. For that reason, to maintain registration precision (0.3 mm), do not remove/cut background graphics out of your CMYK artwork. The page containing background design should not include repeated mask elements.
When Liquid Metal is used on bigger elements/solids, the coating may be uneven. 
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| Preparation for embossing | |
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Files for embossing are prepared in a similar fashion to files for spot varnish. Prepare an additional page in the file (the last one) at the size of the business card. On this page, apply areas/items for embossing in one colour (K 100%)
If you decide to send us zipped separate files, their names must clearly indicate their intended use (face/back/embossing mask). The same applies to embossed business cards with 3D spot varnish (face/back/3D mask/embossing mask).
Embossing creates a raised surface on the face and an indented surface on the back.
The maximum embossing area size is 100mm x 200mm.
It is possible to emboss up to the edge.
Exact matching of embossing with printing is not possible. Tolerance of matching +/- 1mm.
How to prepare a file for embossing?
- Minimum item thickness 0.8 mm
- Minimum spacing (clearance) between embossed elements 0.75 mm
- Minimum basic font size 16 pt.
For embossing, both vector and bitmap graphics are accepted!
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| Graphics | | Colour Model | Prepare your artwork in CMYK model (except for artwork with additional colour). If your artwork contains halftone images (textures, photos), convert it also to CMYK.
Using different colour spaces or colour models in one document (e.g. CMYK and RGB) leads to incorrect colour rendering and is not covered by warranty.
When defining your own CMYK colours, the total tonal value at one point should not exceed 300% (for one-side coated cards, 200% should not be exceeded on the uncoated side, and, in particular, placing saturated solids in the same place on the face and back of the printed piece should be avoided). If this parameter is exceeded, no warranty claims shall be accepted. (The above mentioned rule means, for example, that black cannot consist of four 100% components.)
For printed materials to be laminated, the total tonal value at one point should not exceed 250%.
Using ICC ISO Coated v.2_300 profile is recommended, whenever possible, as it limits color components to 300%, unlike ISO Coated v.2 profile, which allows components to achieve up to 330%. | | Rich Black | | To achieve solid, saturated black, use black composed of the following components: 60%C 55%M 50%Y 100%K. For digital print, use the following components: 33%C 33%M 33%Y 100%K. | | Gray Large Solid | Offset printing: Grey solid should be created using all CMYK components. Values: C:50% M:40% Y:40% K:22%
Digital printing: If you want the background to be grey, compose it of the 'K' component only, without using the remaining 'CMY' colours. | | Tone Gradation | To avoid visual bands, add some noise to your gradation. | | Optimum Resolution | | Optimum resolution for bitmaps (graphics, photos) is 300dpi.
| | Layout | Please set texts and any important information (graphics, photos, text) at least 3mm from the edge of a page (in actual trim size) and from scores for folding.
When rotating your artwork by -90 degrees please check whether the bitmaps rotate correctly.
In case of saving your artwork as CDR file, please group all the objects and convert all fonts to curves / paths.
In your file please define your artwork size in accordance with above mentioned size and place your artwork centrally on a page.
If you save as EPS file the artwork which has no background (white), please frame it to above mentioned size.
Due to cutting tolerance some slight movements in relation to artwork edges may occur. For that reason we recommend to avoid those kinds of framing where such distortions could be visible.
By default utilities are reversed "Head to Head" |
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| Saving to File | | File Formats | Preferred: PDF
Accepted: CDR, TIFF, JPG (not recommended).
Please note: In case of INDESIGN software, we accept only PostScript files. Otherwise, please use the Comment section to inform us: "Attention: InDesign file. Convert to PS, please". PDF, EPS, PRN
Accepted: CDR, TIFF, JPG (unrecommended).
We are adding the extra fee 3,5 pln, for the preparation of the pdf file to orders with jpg files.
Please note: In case of INDESIGN software, we accept only PostScript files. Otherwise, please use the Comment section to inform us: „Attention: InDesign file. Convert to PS, please"
| | Additional Information | When saving to a PDF file, set the graphics to high resolution. Save your PDF files as PDF/X, PDF/X-1a or PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4.0.)
If you have text in your artwork please remember to convert it to curves / paths or attach used fonts to your file (refers only to PDF files).
Don't convert texts to bitmaps!!!
If your artwork consists of more than one page, please save all pages in a single file. If the chosen file format does not allow for saving all pages in one file, please save them in two separate files named face and reverse. (projekt_awers.tiff, projekt_rewers.tiff)
In case of preparing separate files for finishing, please include in their name information, which sides concern.
If you send more than one file, please send them in ZIP format if possible.
In case of TIFF files please save them as single layer files, with no additional channels. For complex projects with multiple layers, overlapping graphics, shadows, transparencies etc., as far as possible, flatten to a single background image, retaining texts, logos, lines and other important elements of the project in the vector form only. In particular, this problem concerns CorelDRAW X4, where in extreme cases, despite a good-looking PDF file, the printout may contains errors. |
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| Additional Information | | | Please keep in mind that due to differences in printing technology and colour presentation, some differences in colours may occur also when compared to inkjet printouts or colours displayed on a computer screen. |
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