[thechat] business cards?

[Bob Davis]

At 1:40 PM +1300 10/23/01, you wrote:


>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.

I'm not sure if the printer will lay them up for me or not...I haven't asked!


>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.

Cool. Thanks.


>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?

It's black and white, one sided - but there is a gray logo on it. I 
don't know if that's another color or if it's just a shade of black 
though.

What are the potential gotchas here?

bob


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