Send us a print-ready PDF or vector AI/EPS. We press straight from your file — no proof approval step. If our prepress team spots anything that won't press cleanly, we'll reach out before printing. Otherwise, your cards go to press as submitted.
Print-ready PDF preferred. Vector AI / EPS / SVG accepted. Up to 200 MB.
Full configurator — all 20 fields. Defaults match the most common gold-foil order. Price updates live in the right card.
Every option we offer. Price updates as you go.
Every file goes through this 8-point review before it touches the press. Most problems are fixable; we email you with options before charging anything.
Is the bleed at least 0.125″ on all four sides? Are any critical elements too close to the trim line?
Is the foil layer a labelled spot colour? Are all strokes ≥0.5pt? Any hairlines that would chip?
We check for any printed ink underneath foil areas — they don't bond well and lift over time.
All type outlined? Any live fonts get replaced or substituted at output — we catch this before press.
CMYK or Pantone for printed elements. RGB files get converted but we flag colour shift risks.
Any embedded photos or textures need 300 DPI at final size. Low-res gets flagged with a preview.
Foil + printed ink layers need tight alignment. We test plate the first 5 cards before running the full job.
Foil behaves differently on suede vs cotton vs black-core. We confirm your tone + substrate is press-tested.
The single biggest reason files get bounced. Your foil-stamped elements need to live on their own layer, named "Foil", set as a spot colour — not as a CMYK fill or gradient.
In Illustrator: open Window → Layers, create a new layer at the top called Foil. Move every element that should be foil-stamped onto this layer. Select all those elements, open the Swatches panel, and create a new spot colour — name it Foil, set to 100% magenta as a visible placeholder (we replace it with real foil at output).
Underneath that: your printed text on its own layer, then your background art at the bottom. Don't merge them — we need each layer separate to align the press.
In InDesign: same concept — make a colour swatch named Foil, set Color Type to Spot, and apply it to the elements that should be foiled. Send us the packaged file (PDF/X-4 export is ideal).