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Cheapest Possible Business Cards?

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  • #52
    heggie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭heggie


    and it's fair enough the thread was 'cheapest possible business cards' , but it's unfair when someone is being told they are uncompetitive when comparing a totally different product.


  • #53
    Heisenberg.
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  • #54
    Heinrich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Heinrich


    Digital printing has limitations. Laid papers and cards do not "take" well.

    Standard offset printing machines can handle all types of paper and card up to 450 gm2. Chromolux, coated cartridges, laids, woves, offset, art. It is also more expensive.

    It all depends on what you want. If you are after kitchy, glossy business cards you can do that with your colour printer and some heavy photo paper. You might get away with that if you have a good design, well laid out.

    The digitally printed cards tend to have shiny type and may look colourful but more often than not they end up looking cheap.

    To answer the OP; the cheapest way to go is as mentioned above - print on your colour printer on photo paper.


  • #55
    FusionNet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 695 ✭✭✭FusionNet


    Gees that was getting a bit heated alright and made for uncomfortable reading. Good work on ban "the scientist" I mean debating is one thing but being out n out rude is another.

    Anyways I agree with some of the other posters. We are suffering a lot in Ireland we should for the sake of the few extra euro get our products and services in Ireland.

    I personally find I could not do my media, cards, brochures etc without my local graphics guy, its great to deal with a person face to face.


  • #56
    Kine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭Kine


    I kind of mentioned this on one thread elsewhere, and I'll (in a round about way, slightly skewing off on a tangent rambling old man in his 90's way...;)) re-mention it here.

    I love doing business face-to-face. I will be getting business cards done up in the not-to-distant future. I know nothing about them (apart from what my current employer provides me with...is it 200gsm, 400? who knows). However, when I do decide to go get some, my first thought, as someone else mentioned, would be Reads, as I can call in there, see some examples etc. If I decide to purchase, I have made a contact with someone there, and will use (and er abuse) them if anything goes wrong or the products are not good etc.

    My view is that it's all about trading quality with price. Both don't tend to go hand in hand.


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