Glossy vs Matt Laminated Business Cards

[AB]

Looking at ordering around 500 business cards from here;

https://www.instantprint.co.uk/business-cards/clas...

They are double sided, one side is black with a fairly colourful but simple logo with company name underneath in white



(Above is a screenshot taken from a thumbnail so quality looks poor)

On the back is the usual Name/Title/Email/Address etc. White with orange watermark.

Glossy or Matt finish?

I'm thinking glossy?

Am I wrong?

[AB]

I like the spot UV a lot but it gets a lot more expensive and there's 6 of us needing them so circa 3,000 cards.

I certainly won't be using Vista Print!

I'm thinking a nice glossy card using good quality 450gsm paper?

[AB]

My thinking was that matte may preserve the card? I've seen plenty of black cards that seem to have the edges scuffed.

[AB]

Lund said:

Spot UV over graphics isn't really recommended within the industry as the UV varnish is applied using a screen printing process & registration with print can vary by 2 mm. This means you can expect the Spot UV element to move around the page by up to 2 mm! And in my experience, this is the case.

Spot UV varnish is more effective when used as a pattern or to create the logo/graphic itself.

Alex you want matt laminate, 400gsm silk artboard & there's even luxury 'soft touch' now too!

Cheers Tom, I went for 450gsm silk artboard but with a glossy laminate, sorted it yesterday.

[AB]

Lexual said:

Hey.. I can supply 500x - 400gsm, full colour double sided cards, Spot UV varnish, matt laminated for £36.00 total with delivery.

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Let me know if this is of interest.

I didn't see this before I ordered yesterday but I do have some more that will need printing soon for a few different people so I'll give you a shout.

Cheers.