AIM offers the ability to sell electronic cards to your customers.  These cards are similar durablity of a standard credit card.  They can be customized to reflect the individuality of your company.  We currently offer 3 different types of cards that work directly with your AIM software.
*Only gift, loyalty, and renewable cards purchased through Tri-Tech will work with your AIM software. 

Example    
 

Gift Cards  - One-time use cards where the amount is entered at the point of sale.

Renewable Cards - Rechargeable cards that a customer can purchase.

Loyalty Cards- Allows the cashier to instantly pull up the account information at the point of sales.  It also enables the customer to accumulate loyalty points based on their purchases.

Design Options

Cards are gloss white with full color on the front. Full color cards print using a mixture of CMYK color values. The back of the card is black and white and design must be solid black line art and text. Any image types from photographs, to special effects, to line art can be all be used. 

* Order quantities of 500 or more may be split into different card types (i.e gift, renewable, loyalty).  An additional $70 will be applied as an extra split charge.

Gift Card Printing Guidelines

Preferred Applications: Quark Express, Illustrator, PhotoShop. In some cases, we will accept other formats.

Quark: Make sure to include all screen, printer fonts, and support images (Photos, logos, etc).  Do NOT use Style Command to create bold, italic, shadowed, or outlined text. Instead use exact fonts. Use "Collect for Output" to create the folder and files to send.
Illustrator: Make sure all fonts are outlined and send .ai file along with a saved .pdf file.
Photoshop: Include all layers & fonts used. In addition, create a duplicate flattened file in .tif format.

Bleed:  If you have an image, graphic or color up to the edge of the card you must add a bleed. All card printing jobs require a minimum of 1/8" (3mm.) outside the final trim area for bleed.  Avoid placing text and other important elements within 1/8" (3mm.) of the edge of your card to allow for slight movement during cutting.

See illustration for details: (Please note that the Card Die Line is 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 for Gift Cards and 2 5/8 x 1 1/8 for Keychains) .

 


Resolution: No less than 300dpi. If the card back contains text (black and white) and is created in Photoshop please create in 1200dpi. Text for card backs will reproduce the best if created in Illustrator and must be solid black line art. We can design the card backs if you do not have access to Illustrator. If you design, please leave blank space for the barcode (which is manually added on our end).

Color: Artwork based on photographs should be built using CMYK (4-color process). If pantone colors are used in your artwork please convert them to CMYK. Vector graphic artwork in one to three colors can be made from pantone colors.

If possible include a PDF file as a quality control guide for us to assure that printing file is opening up properly as you intended. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat please send a .jpg or .tif file. PDF files are not recommended for actual printing due to color shifting problems unless created in Illustrator and not optimized for web viewing.

When printing on plastic exact colors cannot be guarantied, there can be a 15% shift in colors. If the job needs to match other printed material's colors or previous printed colors please send an actual sample of the required colors.

Transmission: Please email all files and questions to: [email protected]

You will be sent a PDF file for approval of your submission before printing begins. Gift Cards will be shipped 14 – 16 Business Days from final approval.