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Printer Misc

Use Clean Edge Business Cards, not Perforated

SUMMARY: Planning on printing your own business cards? Be sure to get the right kind of stock paper.

Planning on printing your own business cards rather than handing the job off to a printing specialist? In some circumstances this makes sense; you can design the card exactly as you wish using any legally usable graphic and design, and you can print as few cards as you desire.

When shopping for business card sheets, pay the extra money and get "clean edge" business cards rather that those with perforated edges. From my experience, the perforated business cards never look professional when you pop them out, yet the clean edge business cards, if printed with a high DPI and a quality printer, can be indistinguishable from those done by a professional print house.