Bookmarks printed on this hefty 23pt thick chipboard will tell a tale of your good taste and stewardship for the environment. While this brown kraft chipboard stock is a natural choice for an artisanal and organic appearance, it happens to be made from 100% post-consumer recycled fibers.
These chipboard bookmarks are printed In Canada on a Hewlett Packard Indigo press that produces top-quality photographic images and colour consistency, even on future reorders.
Not only can you print a wide palette of colours on this 23pt chipboard stock, but you can also choose to print with optional white ink.
While all colours can be printed on this kraft stock, we think dark colours look best and suggest taking advantage of the white ink printing option on your bookmark. We have seen many great designs that incorporate white on their own or as a backup base on this natural stock. The contrast of full colour and white ink on your bookmarks will tell a great story at the turn of each page.
The text in the supplied file uses a very small point size, which due to the lower halftone resolution used with indigo printing, could cause the type to appear “broken-up” or make it illegible. 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 | |
| Bookmark | 6" x 2" | 6.25" x 2.25" | DOWNLOAD |
| Bookmark | 7" x 2" | 7.25" x 2.25" | DOWNLOAD |
| Bookmark | 8" x 2" | 8.25" x 2.25" | DOWNLOAD |
Digital-offset printing using Indigo liquid ink technology
24pt Natural Kraft Chipboard, 100% post-consumer waste
Full Colour Both Sides (4/4) or Full Colour One Side (4/0) + spot white ink (optional), using HP ElectroInk
