No suggestions?

I have no idea about NY-specific printers, but for the white ink on colored paper you have effectively four options -

1. reverse offset print, i.e. start with white paper and print the background on it

2. intaglio engraving - by far the best option, but typically most expensive one

3. thermography - a cheaper imitation of engraving, not bad if the type is thin

4. silk screening - pretty exotic, but if done well it looks very very nice

See my older post for some pretty pictures and the replies for some more information on the subject.

Alex

White ink on uncoated colored paper using offset printing is probably not going to give you the opacity you desire. I tried this several years ago and it was acceptable, but not great. The printer even gave me a double bump at no extra charge and it was still only at about 40% of full opacity — a double bump means they printed two coats of white ink. The problem is that uncoated paper soaks in the offset printing ink. You could maybe lay down a clear coat using the white plate before running the white ink on top of that, but still don't think that would work very well.

Best of luck to you, and let us know how it turns out.

For option 1 (offset print) I recently had cards printed by vistaprint.com. Very pleased with the result. I went with uncoated stock, their heaviest paper, printed on both sides, uploaded my own graphics - in short their most expensive options - and I still paid only $45 for 500 of them. Got them in just a few days.

I really would prefer white raised ink. Rather than offset.

I'll poke around the streets.

thanks.

Has anyone ever seem cards done by Greenwich Letterpress?