Cotton Business Cards

Warm-white cotton business cards with a soft, uncoated surface that brings paper texture and weight into the design.

Printing: CMYK HP Indigo printing Paper: Reich Savoy Pure Cotton, Natural White Thickness: 20pt or 40pt.
Production: Typically 4–5 business days after artwork and proof approval.
Files: PDF only, set up in CMYK, with 1/8-inch bleed on all sides and crop marks.

About this product

Cotton Business Cards are produced on premium Warm White cotton stock selected for its soft surface, substantial hand and natural fibre character. The uncoated substrate gives the finished card a distinctly tactile quality while maintaining a clean, low-reflectance appearance.

Ink interacts directly with the cotton fibres, producing softer tonal transitions and a more paper-driven reproduction than coated or laminated stocks. Fine typography, line work, minimalist layouts and restrained colour palettes are particularly well suited to this material.

Available in 20pt and 40pt constructions, the 20pt stock provides a substantial premium card while the 40pt option creates significantly greater rigidity and a prominent edge profile. Natural variations in the paper surface are characteristic of the material.

Stacks of warm-white cotton-textured business card stock in 20 pt and 40 pt weights. — Cotton paper surface and the 20pt and 40pt card profiles.

Cotton Paper Specifications

Surface: Premium uncoated cotton stock with a soft, low-reflectance surface and a naturally tactile fibre structure.

Stock Construction: Available in 20pt and 40pt finished thicknesses. The 20pt stock provides a substantial premium card profile, while the 40pt construction offers significantly greater rigidity, edge depth and physical presence.

Paper Character: Cotton fibre contributes a softer hand and more pronounced material character than conventional commercial card stocks. The surface remains fully unlaminated, allowing the paper itself to remain a visible and tactile component of the finished piece.

Print Characteristics: Ink is absorbed directly into the uncoated cotton surface, resulting in softer tonal transitions, controlled contrast and a distinctly paper-driven reproduction characteristic. Fine typography, line work, restrained colour palettes and minimalist graphic systems are particularly well suited to this substrate.

Surface Behaviour: Because of the natural fibre structure, large solid colour areas may display subtle variations in density and surface uniformity. These variations are characteristic of uncoated cotton stock and should not be interpreted as defects.

Colour Behaviour: Cotton stock generally produces lower apparent saturation and softer contrast than coated or laminated media. Dark colours may reproduce less intensely, while light neutral tones and subtle colour fields can be influenced by the warm-white base tone of the paper. Colour-critical work should be evaluated using an appropriate physical proof where required.

Prepress & Production Standards

Printing: Full-colour, double-sided production directly onto premium cotton stock from supplied press-ready artwork.

Artwork: Supply a press-ready PDF in CMYK at final trim size, with 1/8-inch bleed on all sides and crop marks. Keep important text inside safe margins, embed or outline fonts, and use production-quality image resolution. Fine rules, small reversed type and critical edge-aligned elements should be prepared with normal commercial print tolerances in mind.

Colour: Set print artwork to CMYK before exporting the PDF. Identify any spot colours or colour-critical elements for production review. Printed colour should not be expected to reproduce identically to the same artwork on coated, laminated or highly calendared stock.

Image Reproduction: Continuous-tone imagery will retain more of the underlying paper character than on coated media. Extremely subtle shadow detail, very dark photographic areas and large neutral fields should be evaluated carefully where tonal precision is critical.

Proofing: Digital PDF proofing is available for checking content, layout, trim position and general prepress accuracy. A PDF proof cannot reproduce the final paper colour, fibre structure, ink absorption or tactile characteristics of the finished stock.

Trim & Finishing: Cutting is subject to normal commercial production tolerances. The increased thickness of the 40pt stock produces a more prominent finished edge and should be considered when artwork incorporates borders or elements positioned close to trim.

Production Time: Typically 4–5 business days after artwork and proof approval. Additional finishing, colour evaluation or production requirements may extend turnaround.