Pricing & Extra Charges for Business Cards you’ll be proud of!

Available Extras & Additional Charges - Description and Pricing
Photographs	15.00 each Photographs must be screened in order to print by offset lithography. The photograph charge includes reproducing, on one order of business cards, a photograph with a halftone screen positioned according to your layout. We normally scan photographs and create the halftones electronically. Like prescreened art, final quality is affected by the dot structure of the halftone. Photos lacking contrast between facial features, hair, clothing, and the background will not print well. Production Requirements: To insure quality reproduction, we will make the halftone from your black and white continuous tone photograph. Halftones can be produced from color photographs, however due to lack of contrast in a colored photograph, we cannot guarantee the quality of the halftone. NOTE: Photographs you supply should be no more than three (3) times the size you want printed. Wallet size or smaller is preferred. Thermography on halftones tends to make photographs appear coarse or mottled. To insure quality reproduction, all photographs and halftones are examined by our Art Department. If there is a problem, you will be contacted. WE WILL NOT assume responsibility for any lost of damaged customer photograph.
Close Registration	10.00 per unit Close Registration is when any two colors of ink are closer than 1/32 of a inch. All color separations are done electronically. Stock logos are made to be printed in one color, but can be changed to print in two colors. See Custom Logos below. Limitations: A. We cannot guarantee intricate registration between ink and foil. B. Since ink and foil are applied on two different presses there is always the possibility of slight movement between the ink and foil registration within a run. For this reason, we require at least 1/32" (2 points) space between ink and foil copy on business cards.
2nd Side Printing	15.00 per unit on Raglan & Black Glaskote 50.00 per unit on Cambric Linen, Classic Laid, Concept Fiber, Astrobrights or other Glaskote Cards - discounts on orders of 2 or more units, call for pricing 2nd Side Printing is printing on the reverse or back side of a business card. Copy direction on the top of the 2nd side will be the same as the top of the front side (top to top) unless otherwise instructed. When a second side card has one side vertical and one side horizontal, the top of the vertical side will be on the left edge of the horizontal side. 2nd Side Printing is available in 500 or 1000 quantities with flat black ink. The charge includes flat printing in black ink, any copy that could be printed on a one color business card. The Logo section has 30 standard back setups plus 4 styles of calendars available and ready to be printed.
Bleed	12.00 Vertical per unit; 12.00 Horizontal per unit A bleed is when the printed image extends off the trimmed edge of a sheet or page. The bleed charge includes print extending off any horizontal edge (left, right, or both edges) or off any vertical edge (top, bottom, or both edges) of either the front or back of a business card. Example: A bleed covering the left and top edges of a card will have 2 bleed charges, 1 for horizontal and 1 for vertical. Production Requirements: Artwork you supply for an image to bleed must extend 1/8" beyond the edges of the business card. Clearly indicate the areas which are to bleed. Limitations: A. No full reverse cards except screens or halftones. We will not thermograph a solid area more than 1/2 of a card. B. Foil bleeds are not available.
Cancellation of an Order	10.00 Thermographed Cards per unit 15.00 Foil Cards per unit 15.00 2nd Side Cards per unit A cancellation is stopping your order and taking it out of production after it has been started. The Cancellation charge includes all work done on your order and other costs involved in locating and removing the order from production. NOTE: This charge applies to orders in production or orders pending proof approval. Production Requirements: To cancel a job, you must phone, fax or e-mail us before the job has been printed or shipped. After you call, you will be told if there are any charges for work done on the order. Do not contact us by mail to cancel an order.
Special Shipping	Quoted per job Special Shipping is any type of air shipping method you select and any shipments made outside the U.S. or its territories. If the address has a U.S. zip code, we can ship to it. If Parcel Post or Priority Mail is requested, we cannot guarantee delivery. The Special Shipping charge will include the amount of the charge by the carrier or shipping method of your choice and the extra handling needed to process and ship your order. Production Requirements: If proper instruction and payment are given we guarantee to ship by the method you specify. We cannot, of course, guarantee timely delivery once it is placed in the hands of the carrier. A street address is required for shipping by any air or freight carrier (other than by U.S.P.S.).
Changes to an Order in Production	6.00 Thermographed Cards per unit 10.00 Foil Cards per unit 10.00 2nd Side Cards per unit If your job is in production, the service charge includes locating your order, making the change, and returning your order to production. An order not received or an order “on hold” but not printed, is NOT considered “in production.” As with all changes, we guarantee to make the change if the order has not been printed. Production Requirements: You must phone, fax, or e-mail your change request so your job can be taken out of production quickly. Some changes may be too complex to take over the telephone and we will require you to provide new written copy, but you must request the change by phone, fax or e-mail, not by letter.
Additional Proofs	10.00 each This charge applies to orders that require additional proofs after the two proofs allowed in the base price have been reviewed and changes made. There is never any charge for correction of errors made by us. We will contact you concerning any questions or clarity of instructions on a proof, either faxed or electronically submitted.
Minor Art Rework	15.00 to 30.00; you will notified of charges before production Minor Art Rework is touch up and other work done on customer supplied or stock art. Examples: 1. Reversing type by setting the type as white letters centered on a colored background. 2. Addition of type to art. 3. Making a change and/or combining one or more pieces of art to make a logo using your original or stock art. 4. Color separation (separating two colors and making a new file.) 5. Setting type on a curve. 6. Rearrangement of artwork. Production Requirements: We must have and original piece of artwork in order to make alterations, but not a pencil sketch. Limitations: A. Fine type styles are not suited for reverses. B. Occasionally there are intricate logos that we are not able to color separate because the 2 colors are intertwined. A Custom Logo will have to be created.
Custom Logos	30.00 and up; you will notified of charges before production These charges include the time required, scans and production of your custom logo. Production Requirements: We must have and original piece of artwork in order to make alterations, but nor a pencil sketch. Examples: 1. Cleaning up art by removing faint lines, fuzzy parts, filling in gaps, etc. 2. Complex deletion of parts of a logo. 3. Separating copy and art as necessary to meet ink/foil standards on complex art. 4. Reverse color fill and knock-out. 5. Addition of type to complex art. 6. Creation of art from pencil or other type of drawing.
Production Tolerances & Variations	QUANTITY VARIANCE: Due to stock variance, thermography coverage, and amount of copy, the number of cards which fit into a box can vary. Our normal production practice is to run 20 extra cards per order (to allow for samples, etc.). This means occasionally either not all the cards will fit in a box or a box will not appear completely full even though the correct quantity was printed. Normally, we give credit for minor shortages. SQUARENESS/MARGINS: Our production methods are designed to ensure a competitive price while maintaining commercial quality standards of squareness and margins within a run. Cardstock widths can have a maximum variance of plus or minus 1/32" (2 points). Likewise the margins can have a plus or minus variance of 1/32" (2 points). PAPER COLOR VARIANCE: Due to manufacturing inconsistencies, there may be slight color differences in dye batches in some stocks and between orders. RECYCLED PAPERS: Recycled paper meets E.P.A. specifications for recycled paper. As with all recycled products, paper imperfections and color/finish variations from run to run are to be expected. REGISTRATION TOLERANCE BETWEEN INK AND FOIL: Since ink and foil are applied on two different presses, there is always the possibility of slight movement between the ink and foil registration within a run. For this reason, we require at least 1/32" (2 points) space between ink and foil copy on business cards. BORDERS: 1. On borders that bleed, the area remaining on the card must be at least 1/16". 2. We cannot be responsible for exact registration of double borders. 3. Double borders which include one ink border and one foil border are not available.