Card Printing

All posts tagged Card Printing

Custom Printing Design Services from My1Stop.com

Posted by wmeadows2013 on January 11, 2012
Posted in: General Discussion. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Many companies recognize the benefits of implementing some form of plastic card printing into their business by having gift, identification, membership, or other type of cards. But many get stumped when deciding how the card should look. It’s not an insignificant decision – your card’s look should portray the utmost professionalism, brand image, and appeal.

Luckily, the design team at My1Stop.com is at your service. The process starts when you contact our design team by completing our Design Project Questionnaire in which you answer questions to help us learn about your brand and your goals. Within 24 hours, one of our designers will contact you to begin the design process. Every step of the way, our Design team will work with you to deliver plastic cards that fit your budget, meet your goals, and of course, look amazing!

My1Stop.com’s design team is comprised of experienced professionals from all areas of print and custom graphic design. Our services have ranged from single page flyers to custom graphic design for airplanes! Our printing expertise combines with our breadth of graphic design services, allowing us to create functional and attractive marketing masterpieces.

When your business is ready to take the step into plastic card printing, don’t let design limitations slow you down. A consultation from our design team is FREE with no obligation. With out design service, My1Stop.com offers truly customized printing. Get started by filling out our Design Project Questionnaire or contact us directly at 1.800.691.7867 or support@my1stop.com. We’ll be ready to answer any of your questions.

Plastic Card Printing and Uses for Automotive Dealerships

Posted by wmeadows2013 on October 23, 2007
Posted in: Automotive Printing, Industry Specific Products, Mailers, Marketing Collaterals, Plastic Printing, Promotions. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

We’ve all heard the Ford and Chevy jokes, right? We’ve all seen the bumper stickers in the back windows of big pick up trucks. Most people are loyal to their brand of automobiles because it was their first car or because they have had good luck with that certain brand. Plastic card printing can be cost effective for you and if done correctly can keep your customers coming back. One of the best ways to do this is with a well conceived print marketing campaign.

In the increasingly competitive automotive industry, how do you make your dealership stand out from the crowd? How do you keep your customers loyal to your dealership? In more instances you will find that a high level of customer service is the top answer to both of these questions. While you can provide great customer service when your customer is in your dealership, you must ensure that he/she is always thinking about you in a positive way. One of the best ways to do this is with a well conceived print marketing campaign.

A great way to start this is with a mail campaign that looks professional and is beneficial to your customer. Plastic postcard printing can be cost effective for you and if done correctly can keep your customers coming back. Plastic cards are durable and easy to carry. While there are hundreds of uses for plastic cards, the below are just a few to get the ball rolling.

Uses for plastic cards:

• Promotional offers
• Thank you card with VIP customer card attached
• Service reminders
• Warranty Cards
• Roadside assistance information cards
• Direct Mail campaigns

When purchasing an automobile, customers are very brand loyal. There are a number of places they can choose to purchase those brands. By reaching out to customers and potential customers, you can ensure that these people will have you in mind when making their next purchase.

My1Stop.Com Showcases Application of Photo Quality Color Digital Printing on Plastic Insurance Cards

Posted by wmeadows2013 on May 8, 2007
Posted in: Insurance Printing, Plastic Printing. Tagged: , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Full photo color marketing is now available for plastic insurance card printing. Insurance companies can now print cards in full color opening new brand and marketing opportunities on millions of plastic insurance cards. Photo quality digital printing from My1Stop.com also provides opportunities for much lower minimum quantities, lower inventory levels and faster turnaround. 

From the convenience of their browser, insurance card buyers can now instantly price and order plastic insurance cards – printed in full photo color. The traditional card printing methods were based on limited color “shell” programs. Insurance companies buy millions of “shells” every year and have policy information “imaged” in black ink on thermal printers. To cut costs, the “shells” are typically one color. The My1Stop.Com offering expands the buyer’s options to include photo quality, full color variable data printing on as few as 250 cards at prices that rival the traditional shell “imprint” method.

The full color options enable buyers – and marketing teams – to add photos or any color of printing to their cards. Not only can marketing messages and logos be printed in all of the corporate colors – but card colors can vary from card to card and so can the variable print information for the policy holder.

This means that insurance companies now have the flexibility to use color to cost-effectively message their policy holders – and their providers. Color can be used to indicate policy types, subscriber types, expiration dates and more. Color can also be used to print the subscriber’s policy information – with different fields having different colors.

My1Stop.Com brings this new application – and more. In addition to making photo quality and color available on plastic insurance cards, My1Stop customers can also place their plastic card printing order online -in minutes. Each order can be priced instantly, saved for immediate review and securely tied to the artwork and data files uploaded by the buyer at checkout.

To see these new plastic insurance card printing options, please visit http://www.my1stop.com

A Gallery Of Fine Cuisine – In Plastic!

Posted by wmeadows2013 on January 23, 2007
Posted in: General Discussion, Plastic Printing, Printing Tips, Promotions. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

In an earlier entry, I shared my culinary expereinces surrounding the consumption of a plastic hotel key card. You might recall that the plastic card printing on the key card was so good and edible-looking – that the card was actually better to look at – and to eat – than the pizza advertised for delivery on the key card! Yum! Plastic peporoni pizza key cards!

Well, that expereince with gourmet plastic – printing – got me to thinking . . . how many other great looking key card designs are out there? Are they as edible looking as the pizza card from my hotel room? How these culinary works of art in plastic getting their “just desserts”?

Time to find out! If you will send me a jpg of your plastic card printing design I will post it my blog for all the world to see. Yes, your plastic card design can be famous.

Here’s how to get your plastic card design posted . . .

Post your image up to your blog response. The design must be of a card that was actually printed. The design must include food products. As sole judge of the submitted content, I will decide which plastic card printing designs are included in the new hall of fame.

The plastic card printing of food hall of fame limited to 5 designs!

Did You Know That Plastic Card Printing Is Not Done On . . . Plastic?

Posted by wmeadows2013 on January 23, 2007
Posted in: General Discussion, Just For FUN!, Marketing Collaterals, Plastic Printing, Printing Tips. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment
Take the newest Print Brain test! Print Brain is a quick-quiz that tests your printing knowledge.
See if you can guess what full color plastic card printing is really printed on. If you know the answer already, I might guess that you are either:a) a chemist
b) a printing or design professional in need of a break
c) someone who buys plastic card printing – and who definitely needs a break!So what is full color plastic card printing actually done on?

Got your answer? Write it down. Turn your paper over. No cheating . . .

Take the newest Print Brain test! Print Brain is a quick-quiz that tests your printing knowledge.

Plastic card printing is typically done on polyvinyl chloride, a thermoplastic (not a true plastic) most commonly known as . . . PVC!

That’s right. Before you start cutting up old pieces of white irrigation pipe to make gift cards from – keep in mind that the process for making a plastic card are a bit different than those of making a piece of backyard pipe!

However, new composites are reaching the market. You can learn more about plastic card printing and emerging materials from http://www.my1stop.com where they stay on top of all things plastic cards!

You can learn everything you ever wanted to know about PVC at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride.

3 Tips Guaranteed To Save You Money On Full Color Plastic Card Printing

Posted by wmeadows2013 on January 23, 2007
Posted in: Marketing Collaterals, Plastic Printing, Printing Tips. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Full color plastic card printing can be expensive. No doubt. If you’ve ever designed or managed a plastic card printing project, you know what I mean. Here are 3 tips that will save you money on gift card printing, key card printing or any type of plastic card printing.

Here’s what you need to know . . .

Plastic Card Printing – Buying Tip Number 1
Think . . . small? Of course! The new small size cards are everywhere – for good reason. They can cost less to print, distribute and replace. They are not for every plastic card printing application – but- they are a money saving deal for membership card printing, vip card printing and frequent buyer card printing, too.

Plastic Card Printing – Buying Tip Number 2
Buy online! Salespeople are great people – but – they make a living earning a commission. You pay that commission! Instead, buy your plastic card printing online at a site like http://www.my1stop.com/products/plastic-card-printing.html. Get lots of free information, free instant quotes and great commission-free prices!

Plastic Card Printing – Buying Tip Number 3
Not over buy!If you only need 500 cards – just buy 500 cards. I know, the price always looks better if you order more – but is it really? What happens when your color scheme, phone numbers, logo or tag line changes (and one of those is almost always changing – right)? You get stick with cards that have to be thrown away – some savings! The new digital plastic card printing devices have slashed costs – go digital and buy only what you need!

How About A Thick Cheesy Slice Of Plastic Pizza . . . ?

Posted by wmeadows2013 on January 23, 2007
Posted in: Marketing Collaterals, Plastic Printing. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Kansas City, Chicago, New York – which city has the best pizza? Well, that might depend on how good the local plastic is!

If you’ve stayed in a hotel or motel lately, you’ve seen full color key card printing with ads for pizza – and other local goodies. The pizza pictures printed on my last key card looked so good that I was tempted to take a bite right out the card – especially after waiting an hour or so for the delivery!

As I waited for my delectable looking pie, I wondered, why did the pizza look so much better in key card printing than any other kind of printing? I mean, I have never been tempted to eat my pizza coupons before – but the full color key card printing with the pizza picture on it – hey – that looked good!

So, I while waiting for my mouthwatering looking slice of “za”, I went to http://www.my1stop.com and did some full color plastic key card printing research (it’s what print bloggers do alone in their hotel room)!

See if you can guess what I learned . . .

Full color plastic key card printing looks good enough to eat because:

1. The key cards cards are protected with a nice glossy laminate that makes the color really pop? T/F

2. The new composite key card materials fuse rather than soak the pigment into the card – keeping the color clearer on closer to the top of the card? T/F

3. Key card printing is done on naturally glossy materials that add natural color depth and contrast.

4. Plastic key card printing is actually done with pieces of three cheese pepperoni, green olive and anchovie pizza T/F.

Send me your answers – I’ll have lots of time to review them – while waiting for my hotel key card advertised pizza to be delivered. If I can hold out that is . . . Snap. Crunch. Hmmmmm. Fresh plastic ingredients. Not bad, not too bad at all, Maybe I’ll cancel that delivery . . .

The Dreaded Fundraising Card Project – OR – How I Learned To Sop Worrying And Love Being In Charge Of The Fundraising Card Project!

Posted by wmeadows2013 on January 23, 2007
Posted in: Laser Membership Cards, Marketing Collaterals, Printing Tips, Promotions. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Ever been the one who had to design, price and order fundraising cards? Yeah, me too. Did they ask you to make sure you came in under budget – in record time – with a killer design? Yeah, me too. I felt like Alfred E. Newman. What, me worry?

I worried – UNTIL – I discovered 3 things I could do to bring my full color fundraising cards in on time – under budget – and looking terrific. Here’s what I learned . . .

Number One – The Killer Design
Use color! Use full color! Use photo quality full color! It’s out there – and – it’s affordable. The new digital gizmos out there that print plastic cards, can print knock-out color with great detail from almost any fundraising card design. Design digitally – print digitally!

Number Two – The Online Advantage
Price and order online! Get instant online pricing and cut-out the wait time for back and forth quoting. If your full color plastic card printing company can’t quote online – you need a new partner – a web-based partner. We like My1stop.com for online plastic card printing. They do it all online (but have great real-world folks who can help via phone, too).

Number Three – The “How Do We Get These In The Mail On Time Without Spending A Fortune On Stuffing and Mailing Supplies” Secret.

One word solves the distribution crisis. REALCARDS® . What are REALCARDS®? Picture your fundraising card as part of the mailing letter – no – not attached to it – part of it. REALCARDS® are a flexible, laminated card that is a part of your fundraising card letter. You can print these incredible cards on most desktop printers! Think about that. print the card and the letter, fold and mail! No inserting. No matching cards and letters. One easy – very personalized step!

Check them out at http://www.my1stop.com/laser-membership-cards.html.

So, how do you make ordering fundraising cards an easier proposition? C’mon, share some secrets . . . let us know!

The 5 Secrets To Perfect Plastic Card Printing Results

Posted by wmeadows2013 on January 23, 2007
Posted in: Plastic Printing, Printing Tips. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

All plastic card printing used to be the same. Pick a plastic card color, pick a printing color – maybe two – pay a lot – wait quite a while – and your cards would arrive. Boring. Bland. Expensive. Slow! Poor results.

No more! You can have full color plastic card printing done your way – with great results! Here’s how . . .

The First Secret
Design with flair! Use full color graphics including photos, logos, products shots or whatever you have. Digital plastic card printing lets you turn a plastic gift card or key card into a mini Mona Lisa.

The Second Secret
Go for the edge! Design your full color plastic card printing so that the colors run right to the edge! New printing techniques eliminate the need for that old-school fuzzy white spot just before the edge. Time for your plastic cards to get edgy!

The Third Secret
Money is not object! Really. Adding all of the color you can come up with – printed edge to edge – typically wont cost more than the old school colored card with 1 or 2 printing colors. Get more without spending more!

The Fourth Secret
Think fast-features! It’s a crazy digital world out there and digital in the plastic card printing world means fast. Standard turnaround for your full color – fully featured plastic cards can be done in 5 days – sometimes even less! get your plastic moving!

The Fifth Secret
Save time and cost by ordering online! The web is the perfect way for you to get an instant online price and to drives the sales rep commission right our of your budget. Click on http://www.my1stop.com and prove it to yourself!

A Print Brain Quiz That Asks, What’s In Your Wallet?

Posted by wmeadows2013 on January 23, 2007
Posted in: Just For FUN!, Plastic Printing, Printing Tips. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Print Brain is a quick-quiz that tests your printing knowledge. You’ll need a wallet. One with plastic cards? Are they yours – just kidding. Got your wallet? Ready for the quiz . . .

Quick. What types of plastic card printing features are on the plastic cards in your wallet? No peeking. Just guess, quick!

No, not credit cards – but – what kind of printing was used to print the plastic cards?

How many of the plastic card printing features below did you come up with? The “grading” curve is provided below, too! Features list is compliments of http://www.my1stop.com who offers each of the plastic card printing features listed. Have fun . . .

Plastic Card Printing Features . . .
How many of these were on the plastic cards in your wallet – score 1 point for each one that you knew about before you looked at the cards and at the quiz. Honesty counts . . .

30 mil plastic card material
Magnetic stripe
Signature panel
Full color printing
Edge to edge (over the edge) printing
Punching (holes in the plastic card)
Photo
Barcode

If you got more than 4, you’re probably a plastic card printing genius. If you had more than 4 cards in your wallet, I sure hope that they weren’t all credit cards!