With the Konica Minolta
C6500 Digital Press teamed with the GBC Celloglazing machine and the Duplo DC 645, Projective
has the capability & capacity to provide high volumes of short run
premium 300gsm business cards at prices previously unavailable to
the retail print market.
We are again pushing the boundaries of what has
been traditionally available to meet our strategic intent of
providing quality finished output at a reasonable price.
By thinking outside the square we have managed to invest in
state of the art equipment and combine innovative solutions with
old fashion service to meet & exceed our customers end to end
printing & document finishing requirements.
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Konica Minolta - Bizhub Pro C6500
Production Colour Printer
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Standard Full Colour Business Cards
For client providing artwork, our
standard full colour business business cards are printed on premium 300gsm
gloss or satin card stock and trimmed to:
90mm x 55mm
90mm x 54mm
90mm x 50mm
The cards
are supplied packaged in a specialty box with tiled images of your
business cards displayed for easy recognition.
Please
download our retail business card estimation calculator (Microsoft Excel Format) to
estimate the pricing of business cards based
on your volume requirements:
Business Card Finishing
In
addition to our standard offering, we are also able to offer a variety of
different finishes including:
Creasing
Corner
Rounding
Because
we use a precision cutting device to trim our cards (Duplo DC-645),
our
standard business cards sizes are 55mm x 90mm, 54mm x 90mm and 50mm
x 90mm however if you
require business cards cut to a different size, please contact our office
on (02) 8012 6870 to make these arrangements.
Business Card Layout - Hints and
Tips
The following diagram
highlights some basic layout rules to ensure that your final card
layout is the best it can be:
Bleed
Your artwork needs to be a certain size to print
correctly. For business cards it is 95mm x 60mm. Part of this size
is what we call the “Bleed” which will be trimmed off. The bleed
area is 2.5mm on each side.
We strongly recommend keeping a 3mm internal margin for a "Safe
Printing Zone". Keep text, logos or important graphics away from the
bleed line as trimming can have natural variations in accuracy.
Guides and Marks
Please don't include any guides, marks, or crop
marks in your artwork. If you do include printable guidelines on
your artwork, then they may show up in your proof and your final
print.
Resolution
Images such as photos in your artwork must have a
minimum resolution of 300dpi (dots per inch). Images that have a
lower resolution may print pixelated or fuzzy.
Images taken from the internet often have a resolution of only 72dpi
and will very rarely print very well.
Colour Format
Our Digital printing uses a CMYK colour format
(Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black). The colours on your screen are
RGB colours (Red, Green, Blue).
Some RGB colours that appear on your screen can
not be printed in CMYK. You must be careful when selecting colours
on your printing, as some colours will print “dull” when compared to
your computer screen.
In the diagram below, the colours on top are RGB
colours as you seen on your computer screen. When printed in CMYK,
they would appear as the colours on the bottom, slightly duller.
Programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe
Illustrator can convert all colours to CMYK. Our RIP process also
converts RGB to CMYK, however the colour rendition of the finished
artwork will vary slightly.
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Duplo DC-645 Document Finishing
Machine - Cuts, Slits, Creases (Scores) & Perforates in a single
pass
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To assist clients that do not have access
to professional graphic design consultants or high end graphics
applications, Projective has recently completed the
development of an online business card / name card template
design system which is now available from "www.diybusinesscards.com.au". Projective Customers now have the
ability to create their own personalised business cards / name
cards from over 150 professionally designed design templates or start from a blank page
utilising our web based "Name Card Creator" application.
At a time that is convenient, simply select the link on the
above logo to create
your own business card / name card design and place your order online, 24
hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.
After creating your business card / name cards,
you will be able to order them directly online via our secure
PayPal online payment gateway. We have selected the Paypal
solution to maximise the security to you.
This solution has been developed so that no personal or
financial details are stored on our
site. If you do not have a Paypal account, you can create
one by going to www.paypal.com.au and select the "sign up"
button.
Below are a few examples of the professionally designed templates available for
your use.
We have provided templates for single & double sided cards in
both a landscape & portrait views. You will be able to
select the template that matches the general look and feel you
want and adjust it on the fly to meet your specific
requirements. This solution to our customers is
another example of us thinking outside the square to provide you
a flexible solution.
Don't settle for sub standard quality cards. The self
service design & online ordering business card / name card
offering includes the printing of full colour business cards /
name cards on a premium 300gsm gloss or satin card stock,
trimmed to 90mm x 54mm. Go online, design and order your cards today.
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ABC's of Design for Digital Printing
To
further assist our customer, we have made available the ABC's
of Design for Digital Printing (Supplied by EFI) to provide you
with real information that will allow you to gain the most from your
digital print partners. Please download and read this valuable
guides which will allow you to gain a competitive advantage in your
market place. Discover the hints & tips used by experts to
maximise the benefits provided by digital printing.
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GBC Delta Celloglazing Machine -
30 Metres Per minute
For those customers that are interested in the
processes surrounding celloglazing, here are some of the common
questions asked about celloglazing - the basics...
1. Why Celloglaze?
To give printed matter a high quality effect
(including colour enhancement and image contrast) and/or to
protect and preserve the media from moisture, and creasing,
stains, smudges that may occur through frequent handling
Celloglazing is usually quick and easy with
immediate results, and is relatively inexpensive
2. What items can be celloglazed?
Celloglazing is most popular for book covers, company brochures,
presentation folders, and business cards, gift cards, postcards
etc
3. What celloglaze films are used in our
processes?
High Tack Lay Flat Roll Films (Digital Films) –
(also known as "curl free" films) is made from Nylon and is used
when the materials have been produced on digital printers or where
curling of lightweight stocks post lamination is an issue. This
film type is relatively more expensive than offset films
BOPP Thermal Film (Offset Films) – Cello film (as
in celloglaze) is a general term covering all BOPP films (BOPP =
biaxially oriented polypropylene). In its “thermal” form, the film
has a heat-activated adhesive component, is typically around 30
micron in gauge and is ideal for the high-speed single-sided
lamination process at relatively low temperatures (90-100°C).
It provides an impressive finish, has excellent folding
characteristics and is relatively more economical than the digital
films
4. What are the main film “finishes”?
Gloss - a very shiny/glossy surface
Matt - aimed at achieving a very flat look, often
with a silky feel
5. What are the standard film sizes?
Our celloglaze films come in rolls from
310mm wide & 445mm in lengths of 1,000m (on 76mm core)
6. How is film thickness measured?
Film thickness, or gauge, is measured in microns
(or μm). There are 1000 microns (or μm) to a millimetre
The Digital Films used by Projective Short Run
Printing are 42.5 μm whilst the Offset (BOPP) films are 26μm
& 28μm
With the exception of the Self Service Name Card Template Design
System, the Projective Short
Run Printing Business card offerings do not
include layout, graphic art & design work, proofing or delivery charges where
applicable.
Delivery of items less than 3kg will be via Australia Post Express
Post Envelope at a flat rate of $15.50
All Pricing is Inclusive of GST.
If you are not utilising
the Self Service Name Card Template Design System,
our preferred file type
for printing is print ready PDF's, rendered in Adobe Acrobat Distiller, utilising the
ProjectiveShortRunPrinting.joboptions preset.
Please download the joboptions file from
the links below:
If you are unable to supply the file in
this format, we also accept files in any of the following file
formats:
Adobe Photoshop Version CS 2 / CS3 / CS4
Adobe Illustrator Version CS 2 / CS3 / CS4
Adobe In Design Version CS 2 / CS3 / CS4
Note: Additional fees may apply for
adjusting files to a print ready status.
Additional files associated with
graphic art or content variations (Multiple Names etc) will incur
an additional file rendering / imposition fee of $10.00 per
rendered file.
E.G. - 2,500 single side cards with 5
names $200.00 (Business Card Cost) + $50.00 (Rendering /
Imposition Fees) = $250.00
If Required, Layout, Graphic Art & Design Work will be charged at a rate of
$85 per hour.
The dimension of the finished cards is 90mm x 55mm / 90mm x 54mm /
90mm x 50mm. Please allow a
2.5mm electronic bleed on all outer edges of the cards for trimming purposes.
(The final card dimensions in your card layout should be 95mm x 60mm
/ 95mm x 59mm / 95mm x 55mm including electronic bleed).
Some Adobe In Design CS2 template file
are
available from our web site for download utilising the following
link:
We recommend that all images and the final card layout are at least
300dpi.
All fonts are to be supplied with the job.
Payment is required prior to commencement of the job.
Projective accept cash, business cheques
(delivery pickup after the cheques have cleared - up to 3 business
days), direct deposit, EFTPOS & credit card payments (MasterCard /
Visa).
Credit card payments attract a 3.0% processing fee.
