ARTWORK AND PRINTING INFORMATION

ABOUT INK COVERAGE

Ink coverage refers to the amount of ink that is required to print the artwork.

Printing with low amounts of ink is the best option for printing on seed paper. Our displayed pricing includes up to around 50% ink coverage over the printed page.

Artwork that is mostly text with simple/small images & logos will generally be considered as low ink coverage.

Artwork design that has high ink requirements – more than 50% ink coverage –  adds to product pricing.

High ink requirements are when your artwork contains large solid areas of ink covering approximately half to most of the seed paper. Printing with high amounts of ink is costly (ink is expensive!) and due to the nature of seed paper, we often have a lot of wastage as the seed paper just doesn’t cope as well when saturated with ink.

Seed germination is often reduced when heavily saturating the paper with ink so it’s best to avoid more than 75% ink coverage if possible.

A visual assessment of your artwork is often enough to determine what level of ink coverage your artwork requires. If you are unsure, email us your design for help.

If printing on both sides of the paper, the reverse side should have low ink coverage. We will request you to adjust your artwork if ink coverage is not suitable.

We encourage you to visit and consider the information on our ARTWORK AND PRINT SUPPORT page. Submitting artwork that follows these guidelines will help to speed up your order and achieve a beautifully printed seed paper product.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS

Don’t forget to include some planting instructions when designing your artwork.  Following are some examples you may like to use…

‘This card is made from recycled paper and embedded with Swan River Daisy seeds. Soak card in water until soft. Place card on seed raising mix (in a pot or ground).
Lightly cover with more mix, water and keep moist. Germination should take 7 – 21 days.’

‘Plant me, I’m embedded with Swan River Daisy seeds. Soak card in water until soft. Place card on soil, cover lightly with more soil and water regularly.’

LEADTIMES

How quick we supply your order is dependent on supplied artwork, total quantity ordered and current work load.

Information regarding our current lead times can be found here.