Postcard printing on silk laminated 19pt thick card stock is a solid choice for supple and luxurious postcards. The silky card stock has a matte surface that engages the sense of touch yet has underlying durability and thickness due to the silk lamination added to both sides of your postcards.
WE NOW OFFER FREE UPS SHIPPING ON 19PT SILK LAMINATED POSTCARDS.
Your postcards are printed in full colour on one or both sides and, on orders of 500 or more, optional UV spot gloss printing is available! Spot gloss adds a clear high gloss layer on the matte silk surface to overlay unique patterns or to highlight areas of your design in shimmering high gloss.
When you order 250 or less of these elegant postcards, we print them in full colour on a digital printing press. Orders of 500 or more cards are printed on an offset press with the most advanced stochastic screen print technology.
Printed in USA with Free UPS Ground Shipping or pick up your order at Clubcard Vancouver.
*For rush shipping please ask us for a custom estimate.
**We cannot ship by to PO boxes via UPS. Please ask us for a custom estimate for Canada post shipping to PO boxes.
Don't see the finishing options you are looking for? We offer additional finishing options like corner rounding, scoring, perforation or hole drill options by custom quote. Please complete our custom quote form for an estimate, and be sure to include the stock you are looking to print.
Without the use of spot gloss, colours under silk laminated coating will appear slightly muted and may alter the final result. (Even 100% K will appear somewhat charcoal in colour.) Colour matching of artwork is not suited to this product. Silk Laminated cards will mute your colours, if you add spot gloss to it will darken that specific section.
Due to the liquid nature of the spot gloss application, fine details may expand and fill in unexpectedly. If the spot gloss placement includes a lot of fine detail, tight corners, etc., the spot gloss will result in some filling in, especially at smaller sizes. Make sure that spot gloss designs are as simple and large as possible.
Because there may be some slight shifting of the spot UV (spot gloss) we do not advise putting the spot UV over the text. You can expect up to 1/16" variance between the gloss and the CMYK layers. So trying to line up the thin gloss with small or thin text underneath may not turnout as expected.
Spot gloss doesnt always line up 100% perfect. Usually "blind" spot gloss applications turn out the best. Aligning the spot gloss with CMYK elements often reduces the contrast of the spot gloss and any shift in alignment is noticeable. Spot gloss alone provides great contrast when applied over a solid fill or even just on the white matte stock. Another great effect is to have a pattern in just spot gloss in the background.
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 |
Offset Printed using Stochastic Screens (Quantities under 500 are printed on Advanced Digital Press)
16pt coated card stock w/ 1.5mil silk lamination both sides, 30% post-consumer waste (130lb)
Full Colour Both Sides (4/4) or Full Colour One Side (4/0), using soy-based inks
Spot UV available on both sides
