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Print Brain Quiz That Asks "How Many Plastic Card Printing Uses Are There, Really?"

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Print Brain is a quick-quiz that tests your printing knowledge. This time, we're seeing just how plastic the printing world is becoming. The quiz asks a simple question - but the answers will cause you to think. Here's the Print Brain question: How many different applications of full color plastic card printing has this blogger been able to identify? Possible answers: a) 1 b) 13 c) 23 d) 2,001 Before you can answer, you might want to think through the possibilities. Excited, here is the answer . . . b) 13 Here's the list we came up with with the help of http://www.my1stop.com/Plastic-Card-Printing.aspx: Gift Card Fundraiser Printing Gift Card Printing Key Card Printing Membership Card Printing Access Control Card Printing Insurance Card Printing Pre Paid Phone Card Printing Calendar Card Printing VIP Card Printing Loyalty Card Printing Luggage Tag Printing Business Card Printing Discount Gift Card Printing Have other applications to share - dare to challenge the 13 we listed? Post up your additions anytime .

A Gallery Of Fine Cuisine - In Plastic!

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In an earlier entry, I shared my culinary expereinces surrounding the consumption of a plastic hotel key card. You might recall that the plastic card printing on the key card was so good and edible-looking - that the card was actually better to look at - and to eat - than the pizza advertised for delivery on the key card! Yum! Plastic peporoni pizza key cards! Well, that expereince with gourmet plastic - printing - got me to thinking . . . how many other great looking key card designs are out there? Are they as edible looking as the pizza card from my hotel room? How these culinary works of art in plastic getting their "just desserts"? Time to find out! If you will send me a jpg of your plastic card printing design I will post it my blog for all the world to see. Yes, your plastic card design can be famous. Here's how to get your plastic card design posted . . . Post your image up to your blog response. The design must be of a card that was actually printed. The design must include food products. As sole judge of the submitted content, I will decide which plastic card printing designs are included in the new hall of fame. The plastic card printing of food hall of fame limited to 5 designs!

Did You Know That Plastic Card Printing Is Not Done On . . . Plastic?

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Take the newest Print Brain test! Print Brain is a quick-quiz that tests your printing knowledge.   See if you can guess what full color plastic card printing is really printed on. If you know the answer already, I might guess that you are either: a) a chemist b) a printing or design professional in need of a break c) someone who buys plastic card printing - and who definitely needs a break! So what is full color plastic card printing actually done on? Got your answer? Write it down. Turn your paper over. No cheating . . . Take the newest Print Brain test! Print Brain is a quick-quiz that tests your printing knowledge. Plastic card printing is typically done on polyvinyl chloride, a thermoplastic (not a true plastic) most commonly known as . . . PVC! That's right. Before you start cutting up old pieces of white irrigation pipe to make gift cards from - keep in mind that the process for making a plastic card are a bit different than those of making a piece of backyard pipe! However, new composites are reaching the market. You can learn more about plastic card printing and emerging materials from http://www.my1stop.com where they stay on top of all things plastic cards! You can learn everything you ever wanted to know about PVC at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride.

3 Tips Guaranteed To Save You Money On Full Color Plastic Card Printing

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Full color plastic card printing can be expensive. No doubt. If you've ever designed or managed a plastic card printing project, you know what I mean. Here are 3 tips that will save you money on gift card printing, key card printing or any type of plastic card printing. Here's what you need to know . . . Plastic Card Printing - Buying Tip Number 1 Think . . . small? Of course! The new small size cards are everywhere - for good reason. They can cost less to print, distribute and replace. They are not for every plastic card printing application - but- they are a money saving deal for membership card printing, vip card printing and frequent buyer card printing, too. Plastic Card Printing - Buying Tip Number 2 Buy online! Salespeople are great people - but - they make a living earning a commission. You pay that commission! Instead, buy your plastic card printing online at a site like http://www.my1stop.com/Plastic-Card-Printing.aspx. Get lots of free information, free instant quotes and great commission-free prices! Plastic Card Printing - Buying Tip Number 3 Not over buy!If you only need 500 cards - just buy 500 cards. I know, the price always looks better if you order more - but is it really? What happens when your color scheme, phone numbers, logo or tag line changes (and one of those is almost always changing - right)? You get stick with cards that have to be thrown away - some savings! The new digital plastic card printing devices have slashed costs - go digital and buy only what you need!

You Have To Have A Membership Card To Get Inside

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Print Brain is a quick-quiz that tests your printing knowledge. Be warned -this one must be read through physchedllic glasses with traces of incense wafting in front of your monitor. How can a 70's flashback have anything to do with printing? Here comes your clue . . . No fair Googling the answer, either. Use your own grey matter for this one. Maybe you should learn more about full color membership card printing. You can check out http://www.my1stop.com/Plastic_Membership_Cards.aspx to learn more about membership cards. Give up? Here's the answer - spelled backwards to avoid cheating and to help those who actually wore their physchedllic glasses and listened to any Beattles album played backwards in the day: "sngis" by dnab cirtcele nam evif eht. Let me know if you need the answer spelled forward! Any other print in music questions out there . . send 'em in!

How About A Thick Cheesy Slice Of Plastic Pizza . . . ?

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Kansas City, Chicago, New York - which city has the best pizza? Well, that might depend on how good the local plastic is! If you've stayed in a hotel or motel lately, you've seen full color key card printing with ads for pizza - and other local goodies. The pizza pictures printed on my last key card looked so good that I was tempted to take a bite right out the card - especially after waiting an hour or so for the delivery! As I waited for my delectable looking pie, I wondered, why did the pizza look so much better in key card printing than any other kind of printing? I mean, I have never been tempted to eat my pizza coupons before - but the full color key card printing with the pizza picture on it - hey - that looked good! So, I while waiting for my mouthwatering looking slice of "za", I went to http://www.my1stop.com and did some full color plastic key card printing research (it's what print bloggers do alone in their hotel room)! See if you can guess what I learned . . . Full color plastic key card printing looks good enough to eat because: 1. The key cards cards are protected with a nice glossy laminate that makes the color really pop? T/F 2. The new composite key card materials fuse rather than soak the pigment into the card - keeping the color clearer on closer to the top of the card? T/F 3. Key card printing is done on naturally glossy materials that add natural color depth and contrast. 4. Plastic key card printing is actually done with pieces of three cheese pepperoni, green olive and anchovie pizza T/F. Send me your answers - I'll have lots of time to review them - while waiting for my hotel key card advertised pizza to be delivered. If I can hold out that is . . . Snap. Crunch. Hmmmmm. Fresh plastic ingredients. Not bad, not too bad at all, Maybe I'll cancel that delivery . . .

The Dreaded Fundraising Card Project - OR - How I Learned To Sop Worrying And Love Being In Charge Of The Fundraising Card Project!

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Ever been the one who had to design, price and order fundraising cards? Yeah, me too. Did they ask you to make sure you came in under budget - in record time - with a killer design? Yeah, me too. I felt like Alfred E. Newman. What, me worry? I worried - UNTIL - I discovered 3 things I could do to bring my full color fundraising cards in on time - under budget - and looking terrific. Here's what I learned . . . Number One - The Killer Design Use color! Use full color! Use photo quality full color! It's out there - and - it's affordable. The new digital gizmos out there that print plastic cards, can print knock-out color with great detail from almost any fundraising card design. Design digitally - print digitally! Number Two - The Online Advantage Price and order online! Get instant online pricing and cut-out the wait time for back and forth quoting. If your full color plastic card printing company can't quote online - you need a new partner - a web-based partner. We like My1stop.com for online plastic card printing. They do it all online (but have great real-world folks who can help via phone, too). Number Three - The "How Do We Get These In The Mail On Time Without Spending A Fortune On Stuffing and Mailing Supplies" Secret One word solves the distribution crisis. REALCARDS® . What are REALCARDS®? Picture your fundraising card as part of the mailing letter - no - not attached to it - part of it. REALCARDS® are a flexible, laminated card that is a part of your fundraising card letter. You can print these incredible cards on most desktop printers! Think about that. print the card and the letter, fold and mail! No inserting. No matching cards and letters. One easy - very personalized step! Check out REALCARDS® at http://www.my1stop.com/Laser-Membership-Cards-Printing.aspx. So, how do you make ordering fundraising cards an easier proposition? C'mon, share some secrets . . . let us know!

The 5 Secrets To Perfect Plastic Card Printing Results

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All plastic card printing used to be the same. Pick a plastic card color, pick a printing color - maybe two - pay a lot - wait quite a while - and your cards would arrive. Boring. Bland. Expensive. Slow! Poor results. No more! You can have full color plastic card printing done your way - with great results! Here's how . . . The First Secret Design with flair! Use full color graphics including photos, logos, products shots or whatever you have. Digital plastic card printing lets you turn a plastic gift card or key card into a mini Mona Lisa. The Second Secret Go for the edge! Design your full color plastic card printing so that the colors run right to the edge! New printing techniques eliminate the need for that old-school fuzzy white spot just before the edge. Time for your plastic cards to get edgy! The Third Secret Money is not object! Really. Adding all of the color you can come up with - printed edge to edge - typically wont cost more than the old school colored card with 1 or 2 printing colors. Get more without spending more! The Fourth Secret Think fast-features! It's a crazy digital world out there and digital in the plastic card printing world means fast. Standard turnaround for your full color - fully featured plastic cards can be done in 5 days - sometimes even less! get your plastic moving! The Fifth Secret Save time and cost by ordering online! The web is the perfect way for you to get an instant online price and to drives the sales rep commission right our of your budget. Click on http://www.my1stop.com and prove it to yourself!

A Print Brain Quiz That Asks, What's In Your Wallet?

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Print Brain is a quick-quiz that tests your printing knowledge. You'll need a wallet. One with plastic cards? Are they yours - just kidding. Got your wallet? Ready for the quiz . . . Quick. What types of plastic card printing features are on the plastic cards in your wallet? No peeking. Just guess, quick! No, not credit cards - but - what kind of printing was used to print the plastic cards? How many of the plastic card printing features below did you come up with? The "grading" curve is provided below, too! Features list is compliments of http://www.my1stop.com who offers each of the plastic card printing features listed. Have fun . . . Plastic Card Printing Features . . . How many of these were on the plastic cards in your wallet - score 1 point for each one that you knew about before you looked at the cards and at the quiz. Honesty counts . . . 30 mil plastic card material Magnetic stripe Signature panel Full color printing Edge to edge (over the edge) printing Punching (holes in the plastic card) Photo Barcode If you got more than 4, you're probably a plastic card printing genius. If you had more than 4 cards in your wallet, I sure hope that they weren't all credit cards!

Plastic Card Printing Has Gone Over The Edge!

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Plastic cards and plastic card printing services are everywhere! Standing in a department store line - a very long, long line this Christmas I noticed - of all things - that the gift cards, vip cards and other plastic I saw did not all have the same appeal. I also noticed, that some plastic card printing looked better than others! Spend enough time in a line and you begin to notice the little things like that, ya know? What I noticed was that some plastic cards were printed with a fuzzy white border all around the card. They looked - well - cheap and cheezy. Other cards - the appealing ones - included terrific color graphics that were printed right over the edge of the plastic card. I decided, as one of my many New Years resolutions, to learn more about over the edge plastic card printing. Dies it cost more and does it take longer to print . . . ? I visited http://www.my1stop.com to find out. Here's what I learned about edge-to-edge plastic card printing - that looks terrific - and costs no more than printing fuzzy edged cards! Plastic cards printing says a lot about your business or organization. I learned these simple but telling points about plastic card printing: Fuzzy white edges come from full color backgrounds that are printed by machines that cannot print over the edge. They have 1/8" or so unprintable area round the top edges of the card. Photo quality edge to edge printing is best done on digital plastic card printing equipment. The right printing partner can assure you that over the edge plastic card printing does not have to cost more. Over the edge plastic card printing can be done just as quickly -with much better quality -than non edge-to-edge printing. Try some quotes for yourself at http://www.my1stop.com to see for yourself. You can take your plastic card printing over the edge without increasing your cost per card.