Business cards are classified according to the production process: embossed business cards, offset business cards, shaped business cards, hollowed business cards, hot stamping business cards, embossed business cards, folded business cards and so on.

offset printing business cards

offset printing business cards: the printing of business cards can only be completed with the cooperation of a computer, a black-and-white laser printer, a printer and a business card offset press. The paper used for business cards is 9×55mm special paper, and only one business card can be printed on each paper. Its characteristics are: it can fully express all the creativity of business cards, and it is the traditional printing form of business cards at present. Disadvantages: the printing speed is slow, the delivery cycle is long, the price is high, and the quality is not very high.

offset business cards and special business cards can be delivered after printing, and at most, bronzing operation is required. The post-processing of business cards is mainly computer card paper. Because of its large format and low thickness paper, it can't be used immediately, and it has to be post-processed, such as plastic, die-cutting, bronzing and boxing.

Special-shaped business cards

are business cards with special shapes. Normal business cards are rectangular in shape, mostly in several sizes, such as 9*54, 9*5 and 9*45.

Special-shaped business cards are nonstandard in shape or have holes in them.

the processing of special-shaped business cards needs to make a knife die, which is realized by die cutting machine.

Special-shaped business cards are a special process in the post-processing of business cards. Because the finished products produced by this process are high, it is not widely used. However, this process often makes business cards very novel, which is an ideal choice for some people who pursue novelty and creativity.

hollowing out a business card

hollowing out a business card means, to put it bluntly, making a penetration in the business card. The shape, position and combination of hollowing out are the key to determine the aesthetics of hollowing out business cards. One thing to note about hollowing out business cards is that there can be no faults, they must be connected, and it is not recommended to do it if it is too thin. In the past, hollowing out was mostly used to make knife plates, but now laser hollowing out can realize design creativity more accurately.

hot stamping business cards

hot stamping business cards is a widely used high-grade business card technology, which is realized by hot stamping all kinds of anodized on business card paper.

The common hot stamping business cards refer to hot stamping gold and silver, but at present, the anodized aluminum in China can achieve the effects of adhesive layer, pearlescent and laser.

The equipment required for the hot stamping process is a bronzing machine, and its principle is to coat all kinds of anodized aluminum on business card paper at high temperature and high pressure to achieve high-grade effect.

embossed business cards

embossed bronzing technology is a high-tech plate-making technology developed in recent years, which can not only achieve bronzing and embossing at one time, but also show fine lines and three-dimensional embossed effect, greatly improving the grade and artistic value of business cards. There are two kinds of business cards according to media: paper business cards and digital business cards.

Paper business cards

Paper business cards, also known as cards (Cantonese writing cards), were called name thorns in ancient China, and were pieces of paper that marked names, their organizations, companies and contact information.

digital business card

digital business card is a multimedia business card that introduces the government, enterprises, units and individuals by using modern digital information technology and digital multimedia synthesis technology. It is a new thing under the background of today's digital information age. Mr. Wang Chao, President of CUDI Urban Development Research Institute, creatively pointed out that digital business cards are the best and gentlemen in business cards, and they are symbols of political status, enterprise strength and enterprise boss status. CUDI Urban Development Research Institute has creatively designed fashionable and cutting-edge CUDI digital business cards in the long-term digital city construction.

mobile phone business cards, USB flash drive business cards, two-dimensional bar code business cards and digital ID business cards can all be called digital business cards.

mobile phone business card

A mobile phone business card refers to a business card software downloaded to a mobile phone through a computer. Through this software, people can sort out and store the contents of past paper business cards on their mobile phones, which are called mobile phone business cards. Mobile phone business cards have several advantages: portability, easy use and environmental protection; Moreover, personal business card information can be freely modified and updated at any time to ensure that your business card is always up to date; Business card exchange is fast, and after the exchange, you don't need to input manually, so you can automatically store business cards and update the business card information of your friends in your phone book, so that you can always contact your friends. Security, self-management of your private information, you can classify your private phone settings to ensure that your personal information is not leaked, which is a brand-new communication tool.

There are many such mobile phone business card software products in the market, such as iein Super Business Card, etc. Although these mobile phone business card softwares have different names and some detailed functions, they are basically the same in the following functions:

First, the mobile phone business card software generally integrates network management, SMS management and WAP management to realize synchronous storage and extraction of multiple data, so as to ensure the safety of your personal information data, and it is no longer necessary to forget or lose information data (such as losing your mobile phone and WAP).

2. Intelligent data exchange. By moving the name card exchange number, the mobile phone name card intelligently adds the latest contact information of the other party to the mobile address book of both parties to the name card exchange;

3. Intelligent search function. You can accurately search by your friend's name, or you can perform fuzzy search or combined search based on surname, industry, region, position, grouping, number, etc., so as to save you the time-consuming and laborious pain of rummaging through business cards or address books.

U-disk business cards

Concept: CD-ROM business cards, which are integrated with multimedia elements such as video and sound by modern high-tech means. The text, pictures, videos, sounds and other publicity materials of enterprises and institutions are integrated into an automatically played multimedia file and burned into a CD with the size of a business card. A U-disk business card is a combination of a business card and a corporate brochure.

advantages: the electronic business card has a large capacity, which can store 1, pages of A4 content if it is properly controlled. Compared with traditional paper business cards and printed picture books, it is more widely used, more convenient, more intuitive and more sufficient, and is suitable for government investment promotion, promotion meetings, corporate publicity and so on.

Two-dimensional bar code business card

Concept: The two-dimensional bar code business card has no information such as our common professional position, mobile phone, telephone number, email address, etc., and there is a mosaic-shaped square pattern-two-dimensional bar code on the lower right. When the mobile phone with two-dimensional bar code recognition function scans the bar code, the text information of the whole business card can be immediately analyzed, including the name, position, telephone number, address, email address and other pre-entered information contents of the business card owner.

Advantages: Compared with traditional business card management, 2D barcode business card can quickly and accurately input personal information such as name and phone number on the business card into the mobile phone by scanning the barcode on the business card with the mobile phone camera, which can be saved or sent, thus eliminating the tedious text input process. When applied to business communication, it can better reflect the strength of enterprises, respect customers, be more conducive to communication effectiveness, and be more conducive to the realization of mobile commerce in the long run.

Digital ID card

Concept: Digital ID card is a kind of identity authentication method, which means that you first register with an identity authentication institution to obtain a digital identity and key, and then use this digital identity and key to issue documents. Others can also verify the identity of the documents issued by this identity institution, and the personal identity information established in this identity authentication system is the digital ID card.

business card principle of digital ID card: the principle of double-key identification and verification, that is, in the mutual information communication between enterprises, units and individuals, first register their identities with the identity authentication institutions trusted by the recipients, and obtain the digital certificates issued by the identity authentication institutions. After signing the documents with the keys, send the digital certificates, issued documents and signatures to the recipients, and the recipients will verify with the identity authentication institutions whether they are consistent with the issuing keys registered by you, so as to determine your identity.

extended application: digital ID card-network address book-network address book, that is, the contacts and contact records that need to be saved are stored through the network, so as to prepare the address book that you can query anytime and anywhere. The system can keep the contact information by storing the digital ID card of the other party, permanently obtain the latest contact information of the other party, and can carry out group two-level classified management to realize easy management of the personal network. It can also be recorded on the Internet by means of non-address book to avoid losing the contact information of the other party due to the loss of mobile phones, business cards and other items.

Advantages:

1. Breaking through the circular appearance of traditional optical discs, it is abrasion-resistant, easy to carry, high in transferability, digital in information, large in information, high in circulation rate and high in technology.

2. Unique piracy is not easy, with high stability, easy preservation, simple collection, fashion personality and high added value.

3. Diversified commercial/personal PIS/ corporate CIS/ cultural/entertainment uses are the most popular new media in the 21st century.