Metallic Printing
Craft Introduction
What is metallic printing?
Strictly speaking, it is one type of the silk screen printing, but only silk screen printing the whole card can be called the metallic printing unlike ordinary screen printing. And the ink needs to be added with flash powder, which make this printing sparkle. Generally speaking, the common metallic types are as follows:
Operation Details
The operation method is the same as the silk screen printing, and the difference is as follows:
1. The ink is mixed with the flash powder.
2. Only silk screen printing the whole card can be called the metallic printing.
Attention Please
It just supports the single color printing.
Crafts Effect
The ink is mixed with the glitter powder, so the whole card looks shiny and attractive. The ink color is different, and the metallic print type will also be different. As for the shiny effect, the more glitter added, the more obvious the glitter effect is, and there may even be the frosted effect. If the glitter added not so much, the card may be not so shiny, but refined and restrained.
Metallic Gold
To Other Choice: Metallic Silver Metallic Pearl
Applied to cards: PVC card, Epoxy card
What do you need to prepare?
- Card type and metallic print type confirmation.
- Design file at .ai/ .pdf/ .psd/ .eps/ .jpeg (jpg)/ .tiff. format, the minimum resolution at 300dpi.
- Color confirmation including the CMYK value or Pantone color No. Or you can directly send us samples if you don’t know the exact color, and we would help you find the color which can best match the sample color.,
- Color No.: CMYK value, Pantone color number, or send samples to us directly.
Example Exhibition
If you don’t need a complex design for your card, this blank card with gold metallic printed is a good choice. Simple but not monotonous. Gold color with glittering effect makes the whole card royal and attractive.
This VIP card is printed gold metallic, then offset printed its 2 color logo. Its white & blue logo stands out on the gold glittering background. With metallic print, this card are not monotonous any longer, but simple & elegant!
This travel agency membership card is silk printed gold metallic and offset printed the landscape of the Akaroa. The metallic glitters under light, which is like that the landscape on the card are enjoying the gold sunshine.
Metallic Silver
To Other Choice: Metallic Gold Metallic Pearl
Craft Introduction
Applied to cards: PVC card, Epoxy card
What do you need to prepare?
- Card type and metallic print type confirmation.
- Design file at .ai/ .pdf/ .psd/ .eps/ .jpeg (jpg)/ .tiff. format, the minimum resolution at 300dpi.
- Color confirmation including the CMYK value or Pantone color No. Or you can directly send us samples if you don’t know the exact color, and we would help you find the color which can best match the sample color.,
- Color No.: CMYK value, Pantone color number, or send samples to us directly.
Example Exhibition
This card has the silk printed silver silver over the whole card and doesn’t have any other decorations except it. It look much more attractive than the white blank card, it is full of sense of simplicity and elegance.
This fun club membership card adopts the silver metallic craft with its black and white logos offset printed on it. The white one reminds us of the moon night at which things interesting happened, which meets the club theme.
This diamond member card has the silver metallic background with marbling embellished on it, so elegant! The diamond shape is circling the gold foil stamping logo, which perfectly suit the diamond member noble identity.
Metallic Pearl
To Other Choice: Metallic Gold Metallic Silver
Applied to cards: PVC card, Epoxy card
What do you need to prepare?
- Card type confirmation.
- Design file at .ai/ .pdf/ .psd/ .eps/ .jpeg (jpg)/ .tiff. format, the minimum resolution at 300dpi.
- Color confirmation including the CMYK value or Pantone color No. Or you can directly send us samples if you don’t know the exact color, and we would help you find the color which can best match the sample color.,
- Color No.: CMYK value, Pantone color number, send samples directly to us to match the color.
Example Exhibition
This printing uses the pearl color ink mixed with a little glitter powder. The general effect is similar to the other 2 metallic types mentioned above, but also different.
The pearl color is brighter but softer than the gold color and silver color, and the glitter powder added to it is also less than than the metallic gold & the metallic silver, which looks more delicate.
This kind of printing make the whole card attractive and elegant like a pearl.
