14pt Uncoated Folding Business Cards – Writable Matte Finish with Professional Fold
Create a strong first impression with 14pt uncoated folding business cards that offer a premium matte finish and a clean, flat fold. Available in flat sizes of 7" x 2" or 3.5" x 4", these cards are scored to fold down to the standard 3.5" x 2" business card size.
These cards are printed at our California print facility on uncoated card stock with a natural, non-glossy texture, these cards produce soft, muted colours, perfect for designs with an organic or minimalist feel. The uncoated surface is fully writable with pens or pencils and is ideal for stamping without smudging.
Printing Options:
100 or 250 cards: Digitally printed (toner sits on the surface)
500 or more cards: Offset printed with wet inks for rich colour and better coverage on large areas
Note: Orders that combine both digital and offset printing may show visible colour differences due to the two printing methods.
Card Stock: 14pt uncoated matte finish
Folded Size: 3.5" x 2" (standard business card)
Writable: Yes – pen, pencil, marker, and stamps
Perfect For: Business professionals, creatives, or anyone looking for a refined, writable card
It is common to see "frayed / rough edges" on uncoated stocks, especially with ink coverage that extends to the edge of the cards. When a stock is not coated the fibres can break loose when trimmed. Choosing a coated or laminated card will help avoid this issue.
Uncoated stocks produce subdued, muted colours that may appear dull compared to coated stocks with low lustre aqueous or high gloss UV coatings.
The fiber in uncoated cards may break when scored to fold, producing what appears to be cracks in the paper. If you don't like crack we suggest, you choose a coated stock instead.
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.
Due to the nature of club-run printing, you may experience colour variation in solid fills of blue/ 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.
For the richest of deep dark blacks in print use 50/40/40/100 as the CMYK value. If printing small black text (or knocked out text) we recommend a k only black (0/0/0/100) to avoid misregistration issues.
Uncoated stocks are more grainy and fibrous than other stocks, so if you are looking for really sharp lines or micro text a coated stock will be up to that challenge.
Write up a storm! Unlike our coated options, these cards work perfect as stamp cards, appointment cards, or a business card that you can scrawl a note across the back. You've found a match.
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
Colors: supply your files in CMYK color (Pantone/Spot/RGB colors 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 |
| 3.5" x 4" fold to 3.5" x 2" | 3.75" x 4.25" | DOWNLOAD |
| 4" x 3.5" fold to 2" x 3.5" | 4.25" x 3.75" | DOWNLOAD |
| 7" x 2" fold to 3.5" x 2" | 7.25" x 2.25" | DOWNLOAD |
| 2" x 7" fold to 2" x 3.5" | 2.25" x 7.25" | DOWNLOAD |
Offset Printed using Stochastic Screens
14pt Uncoated Card Stock, 30% post-consumer waste
Full Colour Both Sides (4/4) or Full Colour One Side (4/0), using soy-based inks
