[thechat] business cards?

[Andrew Forsberg]

Hi Bob!

If the printer won't lay them up for you, then you'll need to get an 
x-lay from them and do it yourself. These will specify the number of 
cards per sheet, how they should be positioned, how much trim to 
allow, etc etc. There's no use at all in just making this stuff up, 
*especially* not if you're going to print double-sided cards.

Most printers, at least, almost all the ones I've dealt with, will do 
this for you. You should be able to send them an Illustrator or 
Freehand native format file (check version numbers first, and export 
back versions if you have to). It's a good idea to save a copy, 
select all the text, then convert the text to paths (called 'create 
outlines' in Illustrator), so you won't have any font troubles. Do 
save a copy so you can go back and alter the text later then 
reconvert text to paths.

A few questions jump to mind: is the card black and white, or colour? 
If colour: will you be going four colour? black + special? multiple 
spot colours? Have you imported any images / logos?

HTH & feel free to ask on,

Andrew


>Hi there -
>
>I'm trying to kill two birds with one stone by experimenting with 
>Illustrator 9 (mac) in the creation of business cards.
>
>The thing is, I know *nothing* about setting stuff up for print, so 
>I don't really know what to do to get them to the printer.
>
>I have a design I like (it's simple - just a personal card), but I 
>need to get the cards set up on a page for printing.
>What's the best way to do this?
>I suppose I can get 10 per page (3.5"x2" on 8.5"x11" paper), but 
>don't know what the margins should be.
>Is there a trick for cropping marks?
>Are there templates available?
>
>Any tips would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>bob
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