How to Ensure You Receive Top Quality Business Cards Online

How can you ensure the quality of custom business cards when ordering over the Internet? When buying a specific model of stereo or camera, you go to your local store, inspect what you want, then it’s simply down to the price. If you decide to buy over the Internet, it might be cheaper than the store, but then you will have to wait for it to be delivered. However, the quality of the specific product model will be the same whether you buy online or at the brick and morter store.

Business cards are a custom-made product. You just can’t go into a store and walk out with your business cards. Going to your local printer can be time consuming, and their prices could be high. It’s important that you visit a printer to inspect the quality of similar cards before ordering.

If you decide to order your business cards online, how do you ensure that you are going to receive a quality product? Here are a few tips and aspects that you should pay attention to when your order quality business cards, especially over the Internet.

1. The quality of the paper:
You want your business card to be printed on a thick chrome coated quality 12pt paper. When you buy online, make sure a cheap business card price does not mean a cheap-looking business card. High quality, 12pt paper which is chrome coated on both sides, will help your business cards have that professional appearance and touch.

2. Images:
Images that are attached to the file should be at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). If the website that you are buying from uses low resolutions images, the business cards will not be sharp and won't look professional.

3. Printing your business cards:
Finally, the printing itself is very important. The latest technology for printing is direct to plate 175–200 line screen printing press, This latest technology has been on the market for only the last 4 years, but most printers can't afford to change their machinery to the latest technology. In order to receive the best possible quality you should check what machinery your printer uses to print your business card.

A good online business card printer should have a turnaround time of about 48 hours for printing your order, and the order price should at least include 2 days air shipping. Also ensure the online printer offers a guarantee so that if you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of your order, they will reprint it at no charge.

Jonathan Bowalsky handles news and information for Jontal Printing. For more information on business cards or custom postcards, visit http://www.jontalprinting.com

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