How to Make Plastic Cards at Home

These days Plastic Cards are well-liked for business, membership, ID, fundraising and alike. If you think that having professionally printed cards of this kind can be a costly plan, making your own plastic cards can be done with an easy graphics program, a color printer and the sheets of PVC essential for printing.

Required things:

1. Plastic sheet(s)

2. Printer (Laser or ink jet)

3. A Graphics program

4. A Knife or Scissors

5. Straight edge ruler

Following are the steps of making plastic card for a variety of business or personal uses that are attractive, colorful and high-class.

1. Buy Plastic Sheets from a Vendor:

Obtain plastic sheets that are designed to fit into your printer.

2. Design:

Design your card in a graphics program. A typical business card is 3 1/2-by-2 inches. Make a raster layer that is the desired dimensions with the uppermost quality resolution. If this will be a business card, take account of company logo and company contact information. Decide the colors and fonts preferred for the background and text. Combine any layers and save your creation as any ling of image file on hard drive of your computer.

3. Test Print:

Print a test on plain white paper. If it is satisfactory, print the cards onto the plastic sheets with your color printer.

4. Cut the sheets:

Cut the plastic sheets into single cards with a sharp cutter or a knife and ruler. Work bit by bit and cautiously to make sure that your cutting is smooth and straight.