Spot UV Business Cards

Spot Gloss Printing

Open your artwork in your preferred design software and create a new layer for the Spot UV separation. Select the elements you wish to enhance and duplicate to the new Spot UV layer.

Create a New colour swatch and name it Spot UV. Select the Colour Type “Spot Colour” and convert all Spot UV elements to this spot colour.

Density effect:
Explore how varying opacity levels can create captivating density effects, from high gloss to matte finishes. Learn essential techniques for applying opacity in Photoshop, including making masks to enhance images. Dive into the world of UV layers to master manipulating densities and elevate your design skills to new heights.

Then, we save the graphics working file and the two layers – CMYK and UV – in PDF format.

• Create a Spot UV separation
• Create SPot UV Spot Colour
• Definethe  density effect
• Save the CMYK/UV files as PDF

BPP provides business cards online printing services through our hubs located in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth,  Brisbane

Why Raised Spot Printing Creates a Solid First Impression

Spot UV Business cards should be part of your self-presentation. These eye-catching 90 x 55mm bits of 350- 420 GSM paper contain all the imperative contact data expected to catch your prospect's attention and help you stay in their memories well after your initial meeting. Today, contacts likewise expect business cards. They can enhance your believability and authenticity, giving your prospect a superior impression of your polished skills.

 They are Promoting Apparatuses

There's no denying that face-to-face communication, coupled with a firm handshake, is one of the most effective ways to promote your business. Business cards are an excellent tool as they can always be carried with you. They are a valuable marketing tool to help you develop and maintain new customer relationships for future business opportunities. You never know when you might encounter a potentially valuable prospect, so it's always best to be prepared. By keeping a stack of business cards on hand, you'll be ready to showcase your business whenever the opportunity arises.

They Help Build a Brand

Business cards are a straightforward approach to establishing your image, which in turn makes your business more easily recognised. A fruitful card should contain your organisation's logo, advertising trademark, and fundamental contact details, including a telephone number, website address, and email address where you can be easily reached. Remember that just because your business card is produced using paper, it does not mean it is technically knowledgeable. Numerous entrepreneurs now use QR codes on their cards that can be scanned by a cell phone to direct clients to the business's website or online social media page.

They are Economical

Organisations can print business cards for less than it costs to deliver various advertising materials, such as advertisements, press units, and product tests. When the cost is so low and can effortlessly fit into any business spending plan, why not keep business cards close by? A business card with an enticing outline is a fantastic tool for gaining momentum.

As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest mistakes you can make is underestimating the importance of a quality business card for your brand identity and business development. While online marketing has become increasingly popular among business professionals, traditional marketing methods remain effective. Your business card can be your first impression and directly reflects how potential prospects and clients perceive your business. A well-designed and high-quality business card can create a positive and lasting impression, while a cheap or poorly designed one can leave a negative impression. Therefore, investing in a quality business card that accurately represents your brand and positively impacts your potential clients is essential.

I am supplying press-ready files 

To ensure flawless results, your artwork must meet these press-ready specifications:

• Size: Supplied at 1:1 scale*, centred, 1-up per page *The actual size must be printed.
• Bleed and Margins: 3mm external bleed and 3mm internal margins
• Images: Embedded images at 300-600 dpi (no up-sampling); vector-based graphics will give a better outcome for non-photo elements.
• Colour: CMYK process colours (no RGB)

• Supplied with all fonts embedded or outlined (converted to curves)
• Provided with all borders a minimum of 3mm wide

• File Type: High-resolution PDF files. PDF Types: PDF/X-1a 1.3 or PDF/X-4 1.6 format unless otherwise agreed upon with your Graphic Specialist.
• Other Formats (e.g., Word, JPEG, PNG): These are not press-ready and may incur additional artwork charges

Unless you are experienced in prepress, we highly recommend you select the option: "Check My File/s & Make Press Ready."

One Free File Check Per Order

Each retail order includes one free file check to confirm your artwork is press-ready.

• If corrections are needed, additional file checks may incur fees.
• Files that don't meet press-ready standards may require our design assistance services.

Check my file/s & make press ready 

This option is dedicated to meticulously reviewing and readying your artwork for commercial printing. It's essential to recognise that this process fundamentally differs from making minor adjustments, such as typesetting and design, or beginning a design from scratch through graphic design.

 This service includes:

• Resizing: We will resize any artwork that is incorrectly sized.
• Bleed Adjustment: We take responsibility for amending any missing or incorrect bleed (internal and external) wherever possible.
• Colour Space Conversion: If your artwork has the wrong colour profile, we will convert it to the correct one, such as CMYK.
• Font Replacement: We will replace any missing fonts with standard Windows fonts; custom fonts must be supplied and embedded to ensure your design is complete.
• Border Adjustments: All borders less than 5mm in width or within 5mm from the trim edge will be modified to meet acceptable standards.
• Soft PDF Proof: We will create and provide a soft PDF proof for your perusal/approval within two working days of receiving your final payment.
• Special Effects & Embellishments: We will ensure they are amended and press-ready for artwork with embellishments or special effects in vector (editable) format. - If your artwork features rasterised (un-editable) embellishments or is not set up for effects, we will not make amendments or recreate these elements as part of this service.
• We encourage you to contact us for a custom quote if you require us to create these features from scratch.

Create my artwork for me 

We encourage you to contact us for a custom quote if you require us to create your design and additional elements from scratch.

When ordering, you will need to supply us with:

• All Text.
• All Images (for best results, 300dpi at the printed size).
• All logos/complex graphics (resolution at least 300 dpi).
• Provide an example of your existing design or a design/theme you like.
• A list of CMYK colours you would like used in the design.
• A list of fonts/font styles you like, Including a zip file with the fonts.
• The purpose of the printed material.
• Before uploading, please combine your files in a .zip file
• One hour of graphic design costs $70, and the final price is TBA after viewing your scope of work.

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Non-White Substrates

• Spot Colours developed for non-white substrates (e.g. Kraft or backside substrates) must be appropriately designed to manage the brand expectations, operational efficiency, and run-to-run consistency. All inks developed for this printing condition maintain a minimum amount of opaque additives to achieve your colour expectations and maintain printability requirements.
• Inks developed using the above method often affect the substrate's colour intent. If opacity requirements exceed the above specification to achieve the desired colour, the customer must consider printing white under the spot colour.
• Printing white ink requires different approaches depending on Flexo and offset. The sheet-fed offset requires UV curing, the web offset requires UV/EB curing, and the Flexo is wet-trapped. These approaches are location-dependent and have varying print capability requirements.

Proofing Expectations Proofs provided to BPP for colour must adhere to the below conditions:

• Spot Colours: BPP strongly suggests using a proofing RIP that leverages a spectral proofing engine and has a track record of providing a visual colour match for spot colours overprinting or interacting with other spot or process colours.
• Spot Colour Dot Area: BPP requires all dot gains associated with spot colours to be measured and adhere to linear SCTV (spot colour tone value). Please refer to ISO 20654 and/or the proofing vendor for details on achieving this specification.