in my quest to be an amatuer freelancer someday, i'd like to know how much it cost to print business cards if you provide the design.

providers vary on prices..as well as quality..the cheapest isn't always the better in quality.

i learnt it the hard way by going cheap.

my advice is that if you want to print something, build a good relationship with a printer that gives your great quality at reasonable prices.

you'd also need to know abou the types of printing (matt lamination, spot UV and etc.)

you might also want to check out the difference in paper thickness (50-100+grams) so that in future you can recommend approriate materials to client as well.

but as you know, you'll get clients who want cheap results in Malaysia..

Yea, go and look see look see pay a visit to those papers companies. They won't give you the samples so easily, they will ask for your company name, and they will go over to your company and pass the samples to you. So in this case if you are still a student, you can try asking, is there any samples that can be bought. Some of my lecturers have the samples, the place where they work last time or now, some can be bought at cheap price. I got mine from Conqueror. . Almost all my projects and assignments I use Conqueror.

Conqueror rawks!

hmm i see.. but what do you guys recomend?
oh and where's Conqueror?

all depends on what you want.

if your expectations aren't high, you can get those RM 25 for 100 pcs type.

they'll let you choose paper too. i go for this type cos they're very fast, gets them done within the hour.

i just bring my source file over to their place and print.

25 bucks 100 pcs in an hour or so.. not bad. we'll see what my budget will be like when times comes to make the cards

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Wow.. Emax is advetising here. Big clients like Patimas and ING still interested in doing small fry business? I wonder.

obviously they are.. instead of leaving illogical and rather unintelligent comments I suggest you mind your own business if you have nothing relevant to say.

People are looking for services and here people are offering it. How is that a problem for you? And how has your comment exactly help the thread starter or Emax?

Btw my advice on cards is get over 200g in weight(thick) and get it cold laminated.. it might cost abit, but the end results are amazing..
cold lamination basically makes your card extra smooth and even thicker. You dont want those thin flimsy ass cards that are damn cheap looking. Afterall business cards want to leave an impression... not forget one.

This post has been edited by nada-: Oct 30 2006, 06:58 PM

Agree with you, the thicker the better. Most cheapo namecards nowadays are using only 120gsm thickness, i really dislike that kind of namecards.

120 gsm is not card.. is paper...

yeah 120gsm is kinda thin..