Gloss Laminated Business Cards

A 50-card set is enough to try the gloss film on your design before a bigger order.

Who Are Gloss Laminated Business Cards For

They suit cards that change hands a lot: sales cards passed hand to hand, contractor cards left in trucks and toolboxes, restaurant and salon cards stacked by the register. For an unlaminated card at a lower starting price, see the Standard Business Cards.

What Size Should a Gloss Laminated Card Be

Gloss laminated cards come in 3 sizes. The standard 2" x 3.5" is the default, the classic wallet rectangle that drops straight into any cardholder.

Size, print sides and design are the three choices left once the stock is set.

Square and slim gloss laminated sizes

The 2" x 2" square reads as a mini card and sits sideways in a wallet sleeve. The 1.5" x 3.5" slim card keeps the length and drops the height, which suits a name, a title and a phone number more than a full block of copy.

Print one side or both

Pick 4/0 when the front carries everything, or 4/4 when you want the back working too, with a map, a QR code, hours, or a second design. The laminate covers both faces either way.

Design it without a designer

Start from a layout in our business card design templates, part of the 10,000+ free designs we offer across every product, and change the colors, copy and logo in the online editor. A glossy finish rewards bold color and clean photography, so pick a layout with one strong image or a saturated background.

For art built in your own software, the blank gloss laminated business card template marks the 1/8" bleed and the safe margin for each of the 3 sizes. Run a saturated background out to the bleed line so the film seals color right to the trimmed edge.

How Much Do Gloss Laminated Business Cards Cost

Gloss laminated business cards start at $37.24 for 50. A run of 1,000 is $164.20, about 16 cents a card, and 5,000 is $353.66, about 7 cents. The slider below gives the total and unit cost at each count.

What Does the Gloss Lamination Actually Do

There is one stock here, and the film is the whole point. It stiffens the 16pt card and keeps a photo or a bold logo vivid instead of dulling with handling.

One honest note: a gloss laminate is smooth and slick, so a normal pen will not write on it. If people need to jot an appointment time on the back, the Silk Laminated Business Cards take pen far better while keeping a laminated finish. Our guide on matte vs glossy business cards weighs the two finishes side by side. And if the design is not quite print-ready, order a free online proof or a next-day hardcopy proof before the full run, so you approve the exact card before it prints.

Gloss Lamination vs Matte, Silk and UV Coating

A lamination is a thin plastic film sealed over the printed card. A coating is a liquid finish sprayed onto the sheet and cured. The film adds a layer and protects the edges, the coating only changes the surface.

• Gloss lamination: a clear film with a wet, reflective shine and the deepest color of the four.
• Matte lamination: the same film with a flat surface. Soft to the touch, no glare under trade show lighting, and colors read quieter.
• Silk lamination: a fine, smooth film that feels soft rather than shiny.
• High Gloss UV coating: a liquid gloss cured onto the sheet, not a film. Sharp shine and a wipeable face, but it is thinner than a laminate, so the card stays close to the thickness of the bare stock.

How Do Gloss Laminated Cards Compare

The silk laminated cards swap shine for a soft, low-glare surface, and the Spot UV Business Cards add gloss only in chosen spots. Every laminated finish we print sits on laminated card printing. The chart below sets this card beside the standard, kraft and die-cut business cards on price, stock and turnaround.

See Finished Business Cards From Our Customers

The gallery below shows business cards customers printed across all our styles and finishes. Borrow layout ideas, and tap any print to see it larger.

How Fast Can You Get Gloss Laminated Cards

Gloss laminated business cards print on a 4 business day standard turnaround, and when a date sneaks up you can move that to 3-day, 2-day, Next-Day or even Same-Day production out of our NYC plant. Each step buys back time for a set percentage on top of the base price, so you only pay for speed when you actually need it. Order by the daily cutoff and a Same-Day job ships that afternoon, and across 4OVER4.COM 99.8% of orders land on time with 82% shipping early.

See the Rest of Our Cards

Matte laminates, spot gloss effects, plain uncoated cards and everything else we print are in the full print product range.

Print Your Gloss Laminated Business Cards Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Pick your size and ink coverage, and print your gloss laminated business cards today.