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	Green Printing

Custom Handmade Paper
Our handmade paper is custom made to your specifications. We can match your colors, location or theme by altering the combination of flowers. Choose from our wide selection or bring your own ideas. Each order is tailored to your needs.

What Our Clients Say About Us
We measure our success by the feedback we receive. Each year we collect and share what our customers have to say about their wedding invitation experience. Click here to view their comments.

Examples of custom print jobs that we have done

Soy Ink Printing

Digital, offset, or lithography printing is now available. Four color process and full bleed capable with soy inks if you choose. You can now have custom printing done on our complete line of papers. This includes the seeded sheets. From invitations to large quantity brochures, we are prepared to provide you with the best printing on tree free or recycled papers, while keeping to our mission of being earth friendly. Printing can be done by us or with our team of professionals. We are happy to ship our papers direct to your local printer as well. For home printing we suggest purchasing our handmade computer paper as it is universally accepted. Just email us your needs or call us to find out your options. Below are the stock papers you can choose from. Ingredients or colors can be customized to meet your specific needs. All papers are priced as shown with our wildflower seed mix. Just plant the paper in soil, keep moist, provide sun, and flowers will bloom. Quantity discounts are given.

A few examples of print on lotka stock. There is a seeded custom invitation, place cards, business cards, custom box, and custom favor box.

Example of our seedpaper growing! Click to see larger Image

One week growth of our seed paper, indoors under a grow light.

A picture of our seed paper sprouting after two weeks of keeping it moist.

This picture shows one week of growth of our seed paper indoors under a grow light (watered several times a day).

This is an example of a custom handmade box
with custom screen printing

Our Seedpaper Sprouting! Click to see a larger image!

Our Buttercrunch Seed Paper Sprouting!

Kids Thank You Card

Made from Renewable Resources

100% Tree free

Minimum 50% recycled content

This Green Thank You card set is the perfect choice for kids. Both the cards and envelopes contain seeds making them a plantable Thank you!

Planting instructions on back of card

Contains 10 cards
and matching envelopes

Artist Asher Graham

6" x 9" folding card and

A6 envelope.

$14.80

Why Print Green?

1. To reduce carbon output in printing production by being environmentally responsible and making good choices for the planet. If using our handmade seed papers you actually reverse your carbon footprint.

2. We choose companies that have green printing standards. Such as chemical free inks, recycling of all recyclables, and solar or hydro power.

Please support our drive for a greener tomorrow.

Print Specs for Offset Image and Type on Lotka paper

Here is a list of things to help the image and type.

1. Whenever possible use InDesign or illustrator to create files. We can then go in and adjust everything to make it print better.

2. Use a font that has less drop-off to begin with.

3. Whenever possible use 100% black or dark colors for the font.

4. Printing type in 4 color on this stock will always be a trick, so the more cyan and black in the color build for the type is a plus.

5. Don't screen type.

6. Try to use images that are light or with small amount of coverage – design with the stock in mind.

**Click here for specific tips on how to design your artwork for our seed papers.**


	Printed with 4 color process, full bleed, digital and letterpress.

Large Run Paper Options

Lotka
(basil seed)

Lotka Wildflower

$4.50 Sheet (seeded)

$4.50 Sheet

20 x 30 sheets

18x24 sheets

These are available as seeded papers and can contain flowers too.

Cotton

Abaca/Cotton

Recycled Blend

$10.00 Sheet

An example of a lotka seeded paper tag that has been vegetable dyed with screen printing.

We include your choice of seeds or flower ingredients for custom runs. Click here

You have the option of printing your custom logo or artwork on our seeded favor boxes!

Discounts begin at 101+ sheets Call 1.888.294.1526

18x24 sheets $10.00/sheet

101-300 ----15% off

301-500 ----20% off

501-1000 ---30% off

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20x30 sheets $4.50/sheet

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Lotka is made in the highlands of Nepal by rural craftspeople.

The Daphne bush is farmed and harvested from 3-4 year old plants that are cut down and stripped of their bark to become the raw material from which the sheets are formed. The plant is not destroyed when cut down, it regenerates from the root. The cane like stick, once it's bark is removed is dried and used to heat the villagers homes and to provide cooking fuel for meals and also for the production of the paper. All of the water used in the paper production is reclaimed and reused. The bark is beaten by hand and boiled to break it down to a pulp (where it is mixed in with recycled pulp and paper scrap collected from the card and envelope manufacturing process) that is then pored into screens to form the sheets. These sheets are then dried in the sun. The whole process is not only earth friendly but also provides a large community with a healthy enterprise.

Custom printed bookmarks, like seeds of knowledge are planted. Spread your message with a green idea.

**Click here for specific tips on how to design your artwork for our seed papers.**

Custom Printing Options
****Requirements on Custom Printing Jobs: You must supply us with a ready to print file that is set up for screen printing (colors seperated, pantone color codes included, and also has to be a low detail image and must have simple font). File needs to be either High Resolution PDF or a Illustrator File You can email these files to ote{at}custompaper.com We will then send you a estimate via email
4.5" x 6" Folded Card (6 x 9 ") Includes: 2 color print (one design) Needs to be single sided Comes with matching envelope Minimum order 100 10 packs=1000 cards and envelopes
4.5 x 6" Folded card (6 x 9 ") Includes: Single color print (one design) needs to be single sided Comes with matching envelope Minimum order 100 10 packs = 1000 cards and envelopes

	5 x 7" Folded card (10 x 7") Includes: 2 color print (one design) one sided Includes matching envelope Minimum order 100 10 packs =1000 cards and envelopes
	5 x 7" Folded card (10 x 7") Includes: Single color print (one design) one sided Includes matching Envelope Minimum order 100 10 packs = 1000 cards and envelopes
2x3 Hang Tag with Grommet and String (blank) Minimum order 1000 pieces 4 weeks production time
2 x 3" Hang Tag with Grommet and String 2 color screen print Minimum order 1000 pcs.
	2 x 3" Hang tag with Grommet and String One color print Minimum order 1000 pcs.
		Much of our custom color and double sided jobs are printed at Rosss Printing. They are very experienced at printing on our seeded handmade and lotka papers. Click here to see their site.
3" wide x 5.25" Tall Hang Tag with Grommet and String (Blank) 1000 piece minimum order
3" x 5.25" Hang Tag with Grommet and String 2 color print Minimum order 1000 pcs.
3" x 5.25" Hang Tag with Grommet and String One color print Minimum order 1000 pcs.
	8" tall x 5" wide x 1.5" deep Gift Bag with No Handle 2 color 2 sided screen print Mimimum order 1000 pcs. Made from 50 gram natural seed paper
	8" tall x 5" wide x 1.5" deep Gift Bag with No Handle 1 color 1 sided screen print Minimum order 1000 pcs. Made from 50 gram natural seed paper
	W-5", H-7.5", D-3" Gift Bag Made from 50 gram Natural seed paper. 2 color screen print Minimum order 1000 pcs.
W-5", H-7.5", D-3" Gift Bag with Handle and Planting Tag Made from 50 gram Natural seed paper. 1 color screen print Minimum order 1000 pcs.

Color Business Cards on Seeded Lotka Paper

Please Place order and send an email with your Order ID and Artwork to mikev at cusompaper.com

Single Sided Cards

Minimum Quantity - 250 (Color Prints)
4 Color, Single Sided Print
On Lotka Seeded Heavy Weight Paper

$156.00 (Doesn't include shipping)

Minimum Quantity - 500 (Color Prints)
4 Color, Single Sided Print
On Lotka Seeded Heavy Weight Paper

$208.00 (Doesn't include shipping)

Minimum Quantity - 1000 (Color Prints)
4 Color, Single Sided Print
On Lotka Seeded Heavy Weight Paper

$267.00 (Doesn't include shipping)

You must provide camera ready artwork
(must not need any modifying)

Two Sided Cards

Minimum Quantity - 250 (Color Prints)
4 Color, Two Sided Print
On Lotka Seeded Heavy Weight Paper

$169.00 (Doesn't include shipping)

Minimum Quantity - 500 (Color Prints)
4 Color, Two Sided Print
On Lotka Seeded Heavy Weight Paper

$234.00 (Doesn't include shipping)

Minimum Quantity - 1000 (Color Prints)
4 Color, Two Sided Print
On Lotka Seeded Heavy Weight Paper

$318.00 (Doesn't include shipping)

Below is some information on our color printer Ross Printing:

Our Green Philosophy is to minimize volatile organic compounds (VOC) from entering the atmosphere and recycle as much as possible to minimize our footprint in the environment.

Here are some initiatives we've put in place to demonstrate our Philosophy:

34 tons of waste paper recycled annually, along with every wooden pallet and corrugated container.

Internally designed an oil recovery system so that 100% of our used oil is filtered down to a purer oil after recycling than when the oil is new.

We use 18% soy based ink with lower VOC content than standard inks and use only alcohol free press wash in our Litho department

Converted our roofing material from black to white which decreased energy use by approximately 15%

Installed a chemical-less, water based platesetter for our Flexo department and have totally eliminated film in all our processes.

Ross Printing has reduced VOC output by over 50% in less than two years!

They use 100% Wind Energy

You can contact them about printing on our paper through their website: http://www.rossprint.com/

Want to save money?

Cut your own business cards at home!

Black Single Sided- 50 minimum quantity

Lotka seeded heavy weight paper. Will not be a two sided print card. These will be shipped on 8.5" x 11" sheets with lines between each business card giving you a visual element to cut off.