*Help*!!! (printers)

*Good* News*!!!!!!!

That's funny, I did get a quote - maybe I didn't know that the e-mail went through?

I can't afford to have this run into thousands, though - no WAY could I HOPE to make it back & anyway my mother is paying & we only have so much money here!

Haha - but I have good news!!

I have, indeedy, found a local printer that can print the cards for a mere few hundred - VERY few hundred - although I'm not sure what the lamination fee is yet, but the estimate was so low for the cards I'm not worried ($380 for 50)!!

The only problem is, they will have square corners. Which will take me to my NEXT thread...

Ok, got the corner-cutter (just about) in the baggie, the printer V-'d out ok as far as I could see - I will ask for a sample before I commit, of course!

I am going to be varnishing my cards. The lamination is just those sheets of plastic with a lip over the edge - NOT what I want my cards to look like.

Hehe!!

I have that Windsor & Newton varnish I was talking about - the question I have now is, do I pick matte or do I pick gloss? I have the matte, nice, smooth satin finish - but I COULD go glossier.

Anybody out there have an opinion?

Here's a list you can look through, but I'll bet it's mostly playing cards. I haven't looked at it too thoroughly. It includes card printers, publishers and vendors.

http://www.guntheranderson.com/cards/manuf.htm

I like glossier than matte finish, but not a real high gloss.

I found a really valuable resource at Carta Mundi: Pre-press technical specs
http://217.136.239.177/files/CMTechnicalSpecs_ENG.pdf

Thanx for the link!

I like something in between. A sort of satin finish.
Not too glossy, that's too shiney. Not too matt, that's too dull, looks unfinished.

Just my personal preferance.

As a matter of fact, that's pretty much what I am aiming for. This wonderful matte-finish varnish gives it a satiny, not-too-glossy finish but it is definitely not dull at all.

Lillie said:

I like something in between. A sort of satin finish.
Not too glossy, that's too shiney. Not too matt, that's too dull, looks unfinished.

Just my personal preferance.

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That's what I was trying to say. The word would not come to me.

try this link...

http://www.veritasgames.net/cgi-bin/article.cgi?article=Card_Game_Manufacturers

i got to it via this link... http://www.veritasgames.net/ ... but i can't quite remember the particular route.

ugh... here's another one... http://www.card-press.com/Custom_card_games.htm

i've been looking into the short-run printers lately.... still searching for "print-on-demand" though...

derek