PRINTING INFORMATION

EDGE TO EDGE PRINTING

We try to keep prices as low as possible with product pricing often based around the amount of cards we can get from a printed sheet of seed paper. Keeping your artwork design clear of any edges allows us to use the paper more efficiently – this means less printing/cutting time, and also less wastage.

If your design prints to the edge (even just one edge!) we need to set up artwork differently. The added 3mm bleed reduces the quantity of products we can fit to each sheet of printed paper. This increases the price per product as extra seed paper is required, cutting and printing time (we print one sheet at a time!) is longer and more waste is created.

INK COVERAGE

Pricing is also influenced by the amount of ink coverage required for printing. Two pricing levels are available – STANDARD or EXTRA.

• STANDARD COVERAGE: All displayed prices are based on standard ink requirements – this allows up to around 50% ink coverage over the printed page.

Artwork that is mostly text with simple/small images & logos will generally fall into standard ink coverage.

If your design comprises more than 50% ink coverage, you can upgrade to EXTRA ink coverage.

• EXTRA COVERAGE:  Allows for large ink coverage over the printed page. Full ink coverage should be avoided.

Large ink requirements are when your artwork contains large solid areas of ink covering approximately half to all of the seed paper. Printing with large 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 cards is dependent on supplied artwork, total quantity ordered and current work load.

Information regarding our current lead times can be found here.