Wedding Invitation Card Printing Types Part One
1. The Digital
Digital printing is currently the most popular, cost-effective, and straightforward printing process accessible. It's quite similar to the laser printer you use at work, except that most industrial digital printers would take up your entire desk! Digital printers have advanced significantly and can now create a wide spectrum of vibrant colors.
Because a digital printer is quick, smooth, and cost-effective, it is the most often used method for producing invites. When ordered in quantity, cards can cost as little as $1.00 apiece. You can also upgrade with a wide range of special papers that are digital-ink compatible.
2. Letterpress Printing
Letterpress printing harkens back to the early printing presses, where metal plates are used to press ink into paper. The method creates an imprint, which adds a wonderful texture to everything printed with letterpress.
Furthermore, letterpress printing necessitates thick, malleable paper, which adds a tactile aspect to the invitation. Cotton paper is the paper of choice for letterpress printers. It's softer than wood pulp sheets ("traditional" paper) and hence seems almost...friendlier.
Because each metal plate is only meant to hold one ink at a time, the cards must effectively be printed anew for each color. However, because each card requires a fresh unique metal plate and needs to be put into the letterpress machine, special invitation card produced this method might cost an extra $1.50-2 for each color.
Many couples and designers believe the investment is worth it for the added character, but they normally restrict the colors to one or two.
3. Stamping With Foil
Foil is a terrific way to spruce up an invitation! Foil lends a touch of sophistication and brightness to the design. It catches the light in a way that ink does not.
Colors are becoming more readily available, and you can now acquire foil in nearly any hue of the rainbow.
Foil is often applied in the same manner as letterpress is, by pressing the foil into the paper with an adhesive compound using a metal plate. The upcharge is slightly more than letterpress, ranging between $2 and $3 per piece.
Bonus: Combine printing methods to save money. If you want foil or letterpress, print one color and the rest digitally. In this manner, you can have your foil and eat it at the same time.
