Quote from John_138159 on Apr 14th, 2010, 2:24pm:I posted this in the artist area. I may have put it in the wrong area. Here are my questions: Does anyone know what printing method GCU uses to print the cards: Flexographic, offset, digital? I just ordered some of my designs to see the quality. I hope they don't print to dark! Do they enlarge the designs for the Bleed off the edge's? Do they alter the image for their printing method to ensure the cards are not to dark or light? And, does anyone think they will every let us design the inside of the cards? Just some random questions! Thanks for any help!
John
Hi John,
Welcome to GCU!
1. The printing method is digital.
2. Roughly 1/10" is trimmed off of the 3 corners of the card, and roughly 1/10" is carried over to the back of the card so that the image on the front of the card remains centered. We actually recommend keeping content 1/4" away from the edges to ensure that nothing prints awkwardly against the side of edge of the card.
3. Images are not altered on a card by card basis, as the cards are printed in batches.
4. At some point in the future we may add the ability for artists to include images on the inside of the cards but we don't have an ETA, nor do we know for certain if we will in fact add this functionality. Allowing images on the inside of the card may complicate the customization process for customers.
Shaun
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