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Soft Touch Laminated Postcards 20pt - Clubcard Printing Canada

Postcards with a soft touch lamination have a velvet soft luxurious and pleasant feel to the touch. Clubcard Vancouver prints these 20pt thick, soft touch laminated postcards in full colour on coated card stock on the Hewlett Packard Indigo printing press and then add a 1pt thick layer of soft touch lamination to each side.

These postcards are printed with Pride in Canada.

Soft touch cards have a subtle matte and muted look and colour that is well suited to elegant and understated designs. We suggest Indigo printing for postcard projects that require colour consistency on repeat and ongoing orders as well as colour matching on multiple sets of postcards.

Your soft touch postcards are printed in Canada with pride to ensure you always hand out a postcard that exudes the luxury and premium quality your name means to you and your customers.

Proofs Do Not Include Lamination

Because of the additional step required, printed proofs do not include the soft touch lamination.

Does Lamination Dull The Colours?

Like any lamination, soft touch lamination will dull or mute the colours when applied.

Does Lamination Help Protect The Cards?

Soft touch will be more durable and protect the ink from rubbing off especially with heavy coverage.

Can I Use Small Fonts On Soft Touch Cards?

The minimum recommended text size is 6pt. With any small text, if grey use a black ink only version; if black, use 100% K.

Can I Use Thin Lines On Soft Touch Cards?

Anything thinner than a hairline stroke (0.25") - even at 100% K may look choppy when printed due to Indigo print resolution.

Is Indigo Resolution Different From Offset?

There is a screen to the Indigo print which customers should be aware of if they're comparing to traditional offset printing.

Should You Use Rich Black On Indigo Cards?

Don't use rich black on Indigo printing. 100% K will be just fine.

What Is The Difference Between Soft Touch and Silk Lamination Cards?

Soft Touch Lamination is different than our Silk Lamination, it feels very similar to a peach. If you are unsure, ask us for some free samples.

Can I Write On Soft Touch Cards?

Coated cards aren't ideal for writing on. If this is a big deal, check out our uncoated card stock options.

Can Greys Can Shift?

CMYK Process colours in the grey range and de-saturated images can shift in colour throughout the print run and may cause the greys to appear either cooler or warmer. For a neutral grey, we recommend converting all grey values and de-saturated images to true greyscale consisting of K (black) only values.

Is there colour variation on solid blue?

Depending on the colour value, you may experience colour variation in solid fills of blue colour. For great blue results we recommend a 30% difference between your Cyan and Magenta levels to ensure a nice rich dark blue, rather than purple.

Technical Specifications + Templates

Bleeds: all files must have a 1/8" bleed on each side
Live Area: keep all critical text and artwork 1/8" inside the trim
Colours: supply your files in CMYK colour (Pantone/RGB colours will be converted or rejected)
Resolution: 300 dpi minimum (400 dpi preferred)
Fonts: fonts must converted to curves/outlines (we do not accept fonts).
Transparencies: flatten all transparencies
Types Of Files We Accept: MAC & PC files from Photoshop (PSD), Illustrator (EPS or AI), CorelDraw (CDR or EPS), Adobe Acrobat PDF, TIFF or JPEG.


Trim Size File Size Template
Postcard 4.25" x 5.5" 4.5" x 5.75" UNAVAILABLE
Postcard 6" x 4" 6.25" x 4.25" DOWNLOAD
Postcard 6" x 4.25" 6.25" x 4.5" DOWNLOAD
Square Card 5" x 5" 5.25" x 5.25" DOWNLOAD
Square Card 6" x 6" 6.25" x 6.25" UNAVAILABLE
Postcard 7" x 3.5" 7.25" x 3.75" DOWNLOAD
Fat Postcard 7" x 5" 7.25" x 5.25" DOWNLOAD
Postcard 8.5" x 3.5" 8.75" x 3.75" DOWNLOAD
Postcard 8.5" x 4" 8.75" x 4.25" UNAVAILABLE
Product Card 5.5" x 8.5" 5.75" x 8.75" DOWNLOAD

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Print Specifications

Digital-Offset Printed Using Indigo Liquid Ink Technology

Available Stocks:

  • Coated 15pt Card Stock
    15pt Pacesetter Silk Cover (350 gsm / 130lb)
    10% PCW Recycled Content
    91 Brightness

  • Uncoated 15pt Card Stock
    15pt Classic Crest Cover Solar White (352 gsm / 130lb)
    100% PCW Recycled Content
    97 Brightness
  • Bamboo 16pt Card Stock
    Hahnemühle Bamboo Matte Fine Art (290 gsm)
    90% Bamboo Fibre, 10% Cotton
    Natural White, 87 Brightness

  • Hemp 18pt Card Stock
    Hahnemühle Hemp Matte Fine Art (290 gsm)
    60% Hemp Fibre, 40% Cotton
    White, 89 Brightness

  • Coated 18pt Card Stock
    18pt White C2S Tango Digital Cover (330 gsm / 122lb)
    10% PCW Recycled Content
    92 Brightness

  • Uncoated 22pt Stock
    Cougar Smooth Double Thick Cover (433 gsm / 160lb)
    10% PCW Recycled Content
    98 Brightness

  • White Stipple 24pt Card Stock
    24pt Classic Crest Cover Solar White Stipple (446 gsm / 165lb)
    97 Brightness

Full Colour Both Sides (4/4) or Full Colour One Side (4/0), using HP ElectroInk



Soft Touch Laminated Postcards 20pt

$321.20 - $392.70
$321.20
$321.20 - $392.70
$321.20