Print rack cards that stand above the typical by choosing this concrete grey 20pt thick uncoated cardstock for your rack cards. Concrete grey 4" x 9" or custom size rack cards are printed in full colour with optional white ink on a Hewlett Packard Indigo Printing press to ensure excellent colour fidelity on every card, reorder and reprint. Clubcard Vancouver is proud to offer you yet another premium quality and truly unique recycled cardstock to choose from for your rack card printing.
Manufactured through environmentally sustainable practices by Neenah Paper, this beautiful cardstock has a colour inspired by nature and is made from 30% recycled post-consumer fibers. Make a bold statement, choose the strength and natural beauty of concrete grey rack cards today.
If the text in the supplied file uses a very small point size, it might appear “broken-up” or illegible due to the lower halftone resolution used with indigo printing. For best results with small type, we recommend using 100% K black as opposed to grey.
Don't use rich black on Indigo printing, it can cause issues with misregistration. 100% K will be just fine. If using grey, a black-ink only grey will give also give you best results.
For spot white printing, we require you supply a separate additional page showing the spot white areas (eg: images, text etc.).
Tightly registered detail using spot white can cause 'haloing', where the spot white might not exactly align with the CMYK elements. Anywhere that the white and CMYK tightly register and end together should be avoided.
Because this is a coloured stock, some colours are hard to read (like yellow/oranges, med browns, greens). If you are concerned that your colour won't be visible, please request a hard copy proof.
The minimum recommended text size is 6pt. With any small text, if grey use a black ink only version. If Black, use 100% K.
Anything thinner than a hairline stroke (0.25") - even at 100% K may look choppy when printed due to Indigo print resolution.
There is a screen to the Indigo print which customers should be aware of if they're comparing to traditional offset printing.
Heavy ink coverage can be problematic. When the cards rub together, the ink can rub off. This can be an issue for corner rounding so we generally advise clients with heavy coverage not to round corners.
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)
Spot White: Include a separate file/artboard with these elements coloured with Pantone Black to denote the special finishing. Alternatively, if you would like to include these elements in the same file, place these elements on a separate layer and coloured with a Pantone colour (typically Pantone Black) that denotes the Spot White.
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 | |
| Rack Card | 4" x 9" | 4.25" x 9.25" | DOWNLOAD |
| Mega Card | 4.25" x 11" | 4.5" x 11.25" | DOWNLOAD |
Digital-Offset Printing Using Indigo Liquid Ink Technology
20pt Neenah Environment Concrete Card Stock, 30% post-consumer waste
Full Colour + White Available Both Sides (5/5)
