1. Materials for making business cards:
The information to be printed on the business card includes: company LGOO, name, position, telephone number, contact address, instant messaging number, email address, company website, etc. You can also put the product information of the company on it. There are many kinds of business cards, the most common one is bilingual version. Such a business card needs basically complete relevant information. If you want to print more personalized information, you can also consider it yourself.
2. Introduction of business card design software:
Business card software: There are many ways to design business cards, which are generally realized by designing software. Commonly used softwares are CorelDRAW (CD or CDR) and Illustrator (AI). PHOTOSHOP (PS) is commonly used. These softwares are easy to learn, and the files designed with these softwares can basically be used for printing, and there will be no mistakes because of software conversion. Both CD and AI software belong to vector editing software, which is the best choice in design. Their vector expression effect can make the text not appear jagged in the printing process, the edges of the graphics are clear, and the text is easy to edit. There is also the use of WORD for design, but the design is limited to the function of WORD, and it is difficult to show a more ideal effect. You can design a sketch and send it to us, and we will finish the rest of the beautification.
Size of business card design: There are many kinds of "business card design sizes", the most common of which are the standard sizes of 90*54 and 90*50. Most domestic business card printers provide printing standards of this size, as well as the size of 90*55, but few printing companies provide this service, so it is best not to choose. When many foreign friends come to print, the sizes are 85*50 and 85*54. These two sizes are more individual. 85*50 is more exquisite, 85*54 is more atmospheric, which may be more conspicuous in many normal sizes. In addition, the general size of "folding card design business card" is within 90* 108 or 180*54. We printed the size of 378*54 for our customers, which is quite personalized.
Layout of business card design: layout and production of design. What needs to be mentioned here is the company LOGO (trademark), which is the essence of the company. The overall design should be expressed around the company LOGO, including standard colors and standard characters. Many companies have designed their own VIS (Corporate Visual Identification), the most important of which is the design and implementation around logo. You can also choose a picture to put in your business card, or you can choose a beautiful shading (you can choose a light-colored picture of LOGO as the shading). With regard to "portrait business cards", many companies now print their photos on their business cards. You can try to choose.
Business card color: Color (hue, lightness and chroma collocation) is a complex intuitive language. Designing personalized tones is very important for business cards.
3. Business card paper:
Four-color business cards-that is, business cards printed in color-are commonly used papers, such as coated paper and white cardboard. With the intervention of large-scale printing presses, it is difficult to make business cards no longer appear. It was difficult to print four-color business cards a few years ago, but now it has become very simple. The standing paper we provide, including coated paper and woven paper, can also be solved by digital printing.
Spot color business cards-that is, business cards printed by famous machines, now more companies choose PANTONE color to represent business cards, so printing needs to adjust the ink color. This type of business card has many advantages in paper selection. There are hundreds of kinds of paper to choose from, which can better highlight your business card personality.
4, business card production process:
From the printing mode, it can be divided into: offset printing business cards, four-color business cards (color offset printing business cards), digital printing business cards, metal business cards, PVC card business cards and so on. There are also some services that provide printing business cards, but we don't recommend this method.
From the production process, it can be divided into: bronzing business cards (commonly: gold, sub-gold, red gold and blue gold), embossed business cards (two quick editions roll up the parts that you want to highlight), drum-shaped business cards (printed business cards are heated with resin to highlight the parts that you want to highlight), shaped business cards (die-cut into the desired shape is also called blanking), folded business cards (folding can display more information) and so on. The process of making a business card is as follows:
First, the business card content:
1. Information selection: Text information includes company name, name of business card holder, title and contact information. Some business cards also include business scope, multiple-choice words, company motto or auspicious words.
2.Logo selection: if company users have their own company logo, most of them need to print business cards. If your company is a large national enterprise, our database may contain your company's logo, you can choose from it; If you don't have your logo, you must send it to us by email or fax. If you agree with us to collect your logo, you don't need to send it the next time you print your business card.
3. Picture selection: You can choose personal photos, pictures, shading, calligraphy works and simple maps printed on business cards to make your business cards more personalized. If you use offset printing or laser printing, you don't have to consider the size of the picture; If screen printing is used, it is recommended to use a larger picture, because the resolution of simple screen printing is lower.
Second, post-processing.
Offset business cards and special business cards can be delivered after printing, which requires bronzing at most. The post-processing of business cards is mainly computer paper jam. Because of its large format and low paper thickness, it can't be used immediately, and it has to be post-processed, such as plastic packaging, die-cutting, bronzing and packing.
1, plastic packaging: At present, the only way to thicken low-thickness computer business card paper is to use plastic packaging. Plastic business cards have been popular in China for many years and are still the main form of making business cards. After plastic packaging business cards, you need to cut them into business cards.
2. Card cutting: Cut the plastic business card paper into business cards. At present, computer business cards must be cut into cards to be used normally. Card cutting is an important process in making computer business cards.
3. Hot stamping: Many customers of computer business cards and offset printing business cards require hot stamping of logo or company name. Hot stamping is the last process in business card printing. Hot stamping is to use a special hot stamping machine to hot stamp various colors of anodized materials on business cards.
4. Bulging: At present, the characters or graphics on many business cards have been bulged, which is achieved by melting the resin powder stuck to the characters with a Braille machine.
5. Indentation: Use an indentation machine to press the characters or graphics on the business card into the protrusions or depressions. This craft card is a special craft.
6, die-cutting: die-cutting process is to use die-cutting machine to die-cut business cards, because the shape of the knife die is different, but first of all, the shape of the business card is different.
7. Packaging: After making the business card, put it into a special business card packaging box, that is, complete the whole process of making the business card. Professional users: professional design software and typesetting software such as CorelDRAW or Illustrator are preferred. At present, more than 90% of professional business card designs use these softwares. In addition, photoshop can also be used, but it is not suitable, and the designed works cannot be directly used for printing. Because photoshop is a graphic image processing software, not a professional typesetting software, and the generated pictures are not vector, it is not convenient to print out the film.
Ordinary users: If there is no design foundation, they will not use professional design software such as CorelDRAW or Illustrator, and they can choose to use the online self-designed business card function. For example, the online business card design function of India United Network provides rich business card templates for free. You can easily design beautiful business cards by inputting your business card information, and you can also print them online. Easy to use and free to download. In addition to providing users with the function of editing business cards, we also provide a large number of beautiful templates for free, which are constantly updated and cover various industries. The purpose is to make people who don't know any image processing technology and design skills make a beautiful business card in a few minutes through powerful functions and simple operation methods.