What is the TMC notecards printed on?

16pt silk, 3 Pantone floods, Gold hot foil (two tiers). Every line of that spec is what actually ran, not a proposal.

Why one layout, three floods?

Slate, oxblood and forest have different ink densities. Run at one setting, one of them prints thin. Held the layout and the plates and adjusted density per flood, proofing the three side by side rather than in sequence.

Can Print Peppermint print this specification again?

Yes. The materials on this page are live registry items, and the Studio link opens with the same paper, foil and finish locked in for your own artwork.

How do you handle one layout, three floods?

Slate, oxblood and forest have different ink densities. Run at one setting, one of them prints thin. Held the layout and the plates and adjusted density per flood, proofing the three side by side rather than in sequence.

How do you handle foil on the top two tiers only?

Adding foil to only two of three means a separate pass and a risk the unfoiled tier looks unfinished. Kept the crest position identical on all three and let the flood alone carry the base tier. Gold marks Limited and Castle.

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TMC's 2023 DBS inserts: one layout, three floods, foil where the price goes up.

Notecards for TMC with gold foil stamping, 16pt silk and 3 pantone floods.

FoilsCHENHUI Standard Metallic (M series) Bright Gold TechniquesGold Foil, Spot Colour StocksSilk matte 16pt

Two rules

01One layout, three floods. Held the layout and the plates and adjusted density per flood, proofing the three side by side rather than in sequence.
02Foil on the top two tiers only. Kept the crest position identical on all three and let the flood alone carry the base tier. Gold marks Limited and Castle.

The brief

Three 4×6 in box insert cards, "Regular", "Limited" and "Castle" tiers, on 16pt silk: same layout, three Pantone flood colours (slate, oxblood, forest); a small gold foil crest on the Limited and Castle tiers only; fanned.

Macro: the gold foil crest on the Castle tier against its forest flood, silk surface — The gold foil crest on the Castle tier against its forest flood, silk surface.

TMC notecards — 16pt silk, 3 Pantone floods, Gold hot foil (two tiers) — 16pt silk, 3 Pantone floods, Gold hot foil (two tiers).

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Same paper, foil and finish, locked in — nothing of TMC's artwork comes with it.

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Questions

What is the TMC notecards printed on?: 16pt silk, 3 Pantone floods, Gold hot foil (two tiers). Every line of that spec is what actually ran, not a proposal.
Why one layout, three floods?: Slate, oxblood and forest have different ink densities. Run at one setting, one of them prints thin. Held the layout and the plates and adjusted density per flood, proofing the three side by side rather than in sequence.
Can Print Peppermint print this specification again?: Yes. The materials on this page are live registry items, and the Studio link opens with the same paper, foil and finish locked in for your own artwork.