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Set yourself apart from the standard rectangular card with a die-cut shaped business card! Guaranteed to make your branding stand out, we have a wide variety of pre-made shapes for you to choose from. Ranging from rounded corners to classic tickets, bite marks to bubbles, we have something to boost your brand.
Discover the exquisite qualities of 16pt Vibrant Gray, the smoothest of all our elegant Premium Gray stocks. The 18pt Cool Gray offers a more individual tone and more papery texture, while 18pt Dark Gray boasts a gorgeous shadowy shade with a natural feel. Our 20pt Gray Pulp is made from 90% recycled content and possesses the same unique texture of our other Pulp stocks but in a beautiful gray colour.
Do you need a promotional product that is designed to stand out? With five different options to choose from our mini brochures are a perfect option if you are looking for something compact while maintaining a cute, contemporary look that will stand out to your client. As one of our more versatile options we think these are perfect for businesses like photography studios, bakeries, florists, and believe they are excellent options for rate cards and special announcements.
Whether you want to bind your product catalogs or informative booklets, we provide our customers with perfect bound books. Unlike traditional saddle stitched method of binding, the perfect bound method is unique, stylish and gives your books a cleaner finish. With this versatile service, you can not only create catalogs and booklets but also storybooks, yearly diaries, and notebooks, which can be used in-store, at events and trade shows.
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Elevate your business cards with custom embossing! The raised design adds sophistication and catches the eye through its impactful texture.
Elevate your business cards with custom embossing! The raised design adds sophistication and catches the eye through its impactful texture.
Elevate your professional persona with the refined elegance of embossed business cards. These cards captivate with a raised design that adds texture and depth. The uniqueness lies in the tactile experience; they engage the holder, leaving an enduring impression. At Jukebox, we believe that your business card is a reflection of your brand. Our artisans handcraft each card with precision, ensuring unmatched quality. With Jukebox, you get more than just a business card; you get a statement of excellence that sets you apart. Opt for Jukebox’s embossed business cards for unforgettable introductions.
Any artwork to be printed to the edge must be extended to this area.
Keep important information out of this area.
This is where your business card will be cut.
Embossing is a premium service that creates a metal plate called a "die" of your specific design. The die is used to then add pressure to cardstock, raising areas of the card as indicated in your emboss design.
Embossing creates a reverse debossed effect (impression) on the back side. While blind embossing is often used for a more subtle yet high-end effect, embossing can also be registered to offset output ink printing, foil stamping or spot UV with only very slight shifts between the two processes.
BLIND EMBOSS EMBOSSED SILVER FOIL
Minimum Runs for Embossing
We can offer as low as 100 quantity for an embossed order (or as low as 500 quantity with offset printing), however we recommend ordering larger quantities due to the set up costs involved.
This complex process requires a lot of work to prepare for production, as well as higher setup fees due to creating the custom die. This means ordering 1000 quantity or more could be only slightly more than ordering 100 quantity, depending on the stock or other processes required. A lower price per unit will always be given when ordering a higher quantity to be embossed at once.
Fine detail refers to the line weight used in your artwork, and includes the small dots and serifs on fonts.
Fine Detail According to Stock
The finest detail for embossing is largely dependent on the paper stock – thinner uncoated stocks hold fine detail when embossed the best, while thicker rigid or coated stocks do not hold fine detail as well.
The thickness of the paper as well as the rigidity will affect how fine of detail is suitable in your design. We offer a very wide range of stocks, each of which may affect the way your embossed detail turns out. As such we do not recommend to place an embossed order "run-as-is" unless it is a repeat order. Choosing the "online PDF proof" option before production will give you the benefit of our Prepress Team's review of your files - they may make recommendations to change your design to better suit your chosen stock. If you are ordering a custom job please make sure you upload files with your quote request so an Estimator can let you know if they think the chosen paper stock will not be suitable.
Fine detail can be as small as 1pt on soft uncoated stocks 16pt or thinner. Coated stocks and thicker uncoated stocks can be more rigid and will have lower tolerances for embossing, meaning details in the design will need to be larger.
Line Weight and Embossing
Although increasing your line weight may make the design look thicker than desired, it is important to keep in mind that the embossed effect is visually thinning due to the curved surface of the emboss. Embossed artwork appears thinner than it does when viewed as a flat design. We recommend to choose sans-serif fonts as the font size will not need to be increased as much to meet the minimum line weight as it would with serif fonts.
1pt is our minimum recommended line weight, with a few points to consider:
if your design is to be blind embossed (not registered to ink printing) it is highly recommended to use a thicker line weight, since the effect of a blind emboss is much more subtle. Small embossed text registered to ink printing can still be readable while this same text created in a blind emboss may not be legible.
Spacing between printed elements should also be kept at a minimum 1pt.
If you're using negative space for your artwork, the minimum recommended line weight is increased to 2pt.
The finer the detail in your artwork, the less precise the registration of ink printing to embossing will be. 2pt line weight or higher generally has better results for registered embossed designs.
The larger you can make details in the artwork for embossing, the more impact it will have, so we do not recommend a large amount of fine detail.
Emboss print-ready files should be supplied as separations. Before you create a press-ready file for your design, be sure to carefully read through Design Considerations for Embossing.
This means the emboss layer is supplied in a separate file (or separate page) of your press-ready PDF file.
See: Setting up press-ready separations file.
3D Emboss
For 3D embossing you will also need to provide a text file (exported as a PDF file) including a description of how you would like the 3D elements produced.
See: Example of a File for 3D Embossing.
Thinner and softer stocks show the detail of an emboss and deboss much better than thicker, rigid stocks. Uncoated stocks also generally hold these details better.
That being said, greater depth of the raised area or impression can be produced with thicker soft stocks, like our 40pt Cotton. Since the thickness will make fine details less visible, designs for emboss and deboss should be more simple, bold and have no fine detail.
Thicker coated stocks will not be as suitable for fine detail or deep impressions, therefore the design for these stocks should be created with this in mind.
The impression of an emboss and deboss will show through on the reverse side. This means that any printed content that is directly behind the emboss or deboss will be affected. To avoid this, we recommend a duplex product where two stocks are mounted together. The side to be embossed or debossed will be produced first and then mounted to the second sheet to hide the impression. Note that a duplex product with emboss will reduce the quality of the impression due to the mounting process, so it is best to work around the emboss and go with a single ply product.
Please note that there are strict design considerations for these projects that one of our Print Specialists or Prepress agents will need to review with you first. You can speak to one by contacting 1.888.667.0067 - selection 4 or 5.
See: What are your paper options for duplex (2-ply) business cards?
We can emboss a wide range of stocks and materials. The best stocks for embossing are soft uncoated stocks (such as our 20pt Cotton) or for fine detail embossing, uncoated stocks 16pt or less.
If there is a specific stock you are interested in embossing, please request a Print Quote and one of our Estimators will get in touch with you.
Below are examples of materials we have embossed:
See: Embossing and 3D Emboss, Blind and registered Emboss.
The back side of a card will be affected by both embossing and debossing processes.
Embossing will show a reverse impression on the opposite side of the stock (deboss), while debossing will show a reverse raised design on the opposite side of the stock (emboss). This is important when embossing or debossing text, as it will only be forward reading on one side of the card. See image below depicting an embossed design for text. The back side of the card shows an opposite debossed effect.
FRONT BACK
To avoid the back of the stock being affected, you can order a Layered card (2PLY) that will hide the opposite effect of the debossing or embossing inside two cards that are mounted together.
Please note that "blind letterpress" is a different process that is used to create an impression and although it is similar to a deboss, it has a more subtle effect and will not create an emboss on the opposite side. "Show through" with this process will still be visible, but the level will be dependent on the thickness of the card (for example, the "show through" will be less on a thicker/stronger stock).
Example
Below is an example of a 3D emboss with letterpress. The 3D embossed area (deer) shows an opposite impression (deboss) on the back side of the card. The letterpress, both printed (Lord Fern text) and blind (background pattern) can only be seen subtly on the back side and does not create an opposite emboss.
Whimsical Spot UV Black Business Card
40PT Bright White Cotton
When it comes to adding an unmatched level of elegance to your business cards, few options shine like embossing and debossing.
Jun 5, 2019
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4 min read
Even though it is a personal preference, we love the natural impression left at the back of an embossed business card. The textured, intricate detail made from the deep impression of the die plates gives both sides of the card an artistic look and a distinct feel.
Sep 3, 2021
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4 min read
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