Papkaura Print & Sign

If you going to design your own business card, please follow the following instruction:

Text and Graphics
When you design your card, make sure that artwork(unless borderless) and text are positioned at least 5mm away from the edges of the card. Otherwise a part of your text or logo may get trimmed when cards are cut.

Bleeds
We require the original artwork file to include bleeds. Bleed is a border surrounding the card which will be trimmed off during the cutting process. So, when you export your design to PDF in Business Card Composer, set the 5mm bleed around the edges of the card.

Backgrounds and Borders
If you use a custom background or border in your card, it must go over the edges of the card slightly, otherwise clear area might result on the edges of the printed card. It's not necessary if you're using one of the backgrounds that come with Business Card Composer, as the program will add the necessary bleed when the file is saved to PDF.

Resolution
You may want to use photos and images obtained from a digital camera, scanner or from the Internet. For images, resolution is crucial for good quality of the printed picture. A picture that looks all right on the screen, may have jagged edges and appear fuzzy when printed. So your image must be at a resolution of at least 300 dpi. To check whether your image has enough resolution, zoom in on your document until 600%. If the image looks acceptable, it will look fine when printed.
If you still decided to use a low-resolution image, resize it in Business Card Composer to make it smaller — the print output quality will increase.

Colors
When you design your card, the colors you see on the screen are made up of the following three color components: red, green and blue (such color scheme is known as RGB). The monitor mixes these three colors to produce other colors. However, printers and other polygraphic equipment use another set of color components: Cyan (blue), Magenta (red), Yellow and Black (this scheme is called "CMYK"). Consider this when designing your card — avoid using too bright colors, because the colors on paper may not always match those you see on the screen.

File and Fonts
When you export your business card to PDF, all fonts are embedded automatically. Nevertheless, they may sometimes display incorrectly in the other computer (depending on the software and equipment they use). If you wish to insure yourself against such problem, save your card to the TIFF format. The quality will remain the same, and the text will look exactly as you want it to. Even better if you bring the material in both PDF and TIFF formats, and let the printing company choose which one works best for them. Remember: the Microsoft Office(word, powerpoint, publisher, etc...) documents DOESN'T embed fonts, so fonts might be missing or change in different computer.

The Size
Standard business card size is 90mm X 55mm, 90mm X 50mm are also common size. Maximum size for business cards we can do is 95mm X 60mm.