Spot UV Business Cards

Spot UV Business Cards that Mean Business

Spot UV Business Cards are designed to add an exceptional burst of vibrancy and sophistication to your brand. This printing technique can be a valuable addition for emphasising essential information, like your logo, company name, or key contact details. With spot UV, these elements don’t just stand out in colour—they gain a tactile quality, inviting recipients to feel as well as see your brand. This isn’t just any business card; it’s a conversation piece, one that’s likely to stay on desks and inspire designers when it’s time for a new print run.

The impact of spot UV is rooted in a meticulous printing process. An ultraviolet gloss coating is selectively applied to our 350gsm silk-finish cards, creating a stunning gloss effect that contrasts against the matte background. This precision technique works particularly well on larger areas, such as logos, bold patterns, or solid colour blocks, delivering a glossy finish that enhances the card’s visual depth and reinforces your brand’s quality.

These top-tier business cards are a step above the standard, requiring more thoughtful design preparation and attention to detail. By investing in spot UV, you’re choosing a card that’s crafted to leave a lasting impression and communicate your brand’s commitment to quality. Please note: Spot UV cards with rounded corners aren't available, as the cutting process may affect the finish due to production tolerances.

Learn how to create artwork for single-sided Spot UV with our blog video and our Help Center Spot UV help pages. We also have templates to help, see the Artwork Templates section above.

Choose from single or double-sided litho printing, with a single or double-sided spot varnish to suit.

UK shipping is free, exceptions apply.

Technical Specifications for Spot UV Business Cards

Artwork specification

• For multi-name cards, please provide 1 PDF file which contains all designs. The running order should be card 1 front, card 1 back, card 2 front, card 2 back etc. We will require all designs, even if they are duplications.

• For Spot UV business cards, please supply your artwork as a 4-page PDF. Page 1 is the front of the artwork, page 2 is the back of the artwork, page 3 is the Spot UV artwork for the front and page 4 is the Spot UV artwork for the back.

  • The Spot UV artwork should contain solid black shapes in the exact position where the Spot UV is required.

  • Please ensure Spot UV artwork is 100% black only and does not contain any cyan, magenta or yellow.

  • We advise that Spot UV artwork is supplied as vector to ensure the best result.

  • Please note: Spot UV is applied using a process similar to screen printing, and has registration tolerances of approximately ±0.5 mm. It is not therefore recommended that small text or thin lines are Spot UV'd as perfect register cannot be guaranteed.

  • If you are printing a one-sided document, then a 2-page PDF is required where page 1 is the design and page 2 is the Spot UV artwork.

  • If you are printing a double-sided document but Spot UV is required on one side only, then still submit a 4-page PDF, leaving the page blank where Spot UV is not required.

• Finished size is 85 x 55mm (91 x 61mm with 3mm bleed)

• Include 3mm bleed on all sides

• 3mm minimum safe zone/margin on all edges (5mm for an artwork border with an even finish)

• Supply as a CMYK PDF

• Outline or embed fonts

• 300dpi resolution

• Spot UV business cards cannot be printed with rounded corners

For more guidance on how to successfully set up and submit your artwork, see our technical guide.

High Quality Printing with Sustainability in mind.

We are working hard to mitigate our environmental impact and are following an emissions reduction program to lower our direct and indirect emissions which will lead us to Net Zero by 2040.

We are working hard to introduce more environmentally credible products in our range and we encourage you to consider using more of those products.

Tradeprint supports Two Sides, the print and paper advocacy group that aims to dispel myths around greenwashing and promote paper as a truly sustainable product.

We are committed to reducing waste and in particular aiming to eliminate problematic plastics from our printing and fulfilment operation.

Read full Environmental policy here.