Get the Design Right Before You Print Business Cards On Plastic
Most design mistakes are invisible on screen. They show up the moment ink hits material, and with plastic, there is no forgiving paper texture to bail you out. A font that looked fine at 12pt becomes a smear. A dark logo against a dark background vanishes. Colors that looked sharp on your monitor come out muddy in print. That is not unique to plastic. Plastic just makes it more obvious, faster, with no way to blame the paper. When you decide to print business cards on plastic , you are working with a surface that has its own rules. It is rigid. It is glossy. Light bounces off it at angles that matte paper never has to deal with. All of that can work in your favor, but not if you send over a file built for something else. Here is what to sort out before anything goes to press. Plastic Is Not Just Thicker Paper. Design It Differently. Paper absorbs ink. Plastic does not. That sounds like a footnote, but it changes everything about how colors look and how small details survive the printin...