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Business cards in Markham
Markham prints differently from the rest of the GTA for one specific reason: a large share of the business community operates bilingually, and cards frequently need English on one side and Traditional or Simplified Chinese on the other. That is straightforward to produce and easy to get wrong. The failure is almost never the printing — it is a font substitution at the export stage turning characters into boxes, or a translation set in a face that does not carry the full glyph range.
We handle that by asking for the file with fonts outlined, or by setting the Chinese side here from supplied text in a font we know covers the characters. Then we proof both sides at size and ask a native reader to check before it runs, because a character rendered wrong is not a typo a printer can catch. Firms around Markham Centre and along the Woodbine corridor order this way constantly, and the ones who have been burned before always ask for the proof first.
Otherwise the work looks like any prosperous suburb. Professional services and the tech firms out toward Buttonville order 16pt coated in runs of 500 to 1,000, often with soft-touch. Retail and restaurants in Unionville and around Milliken order smaller and more often. We deliver across Markham; it is about forty-five minutes from us, so plan a day rather than expecting an afternoon drop.
If your card carries a WeChat or QR code, test it printed rather than on screen. Codes need quiet space around them and enough contrast against the stock, and a code reversed out of a dark background at small size frequently will not scan at all. We check it at final size on the actual stock before the run, which takes a minute and avoids reprinting a thousand cards.
How it worksQUOTE → ARTWORK → PROOF → PRODUCTION
01
Quote
Tell us what you need — a photo of the old sign is enough to start. You get a written quote back within 24 hours on weekdays, with the specs written out so you can compare it to anyone else's.
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Artwork
Send print-ready files and we use them as they are. Send a logo and a rough idea and we set it here, with the setup quoted up front rather than added at the end.
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Proof approval
Nothing goes to production until you approve a proof in writing. On print that is a PDF at size; on apparel it is a mockup on the actual garment colour. Turnaround starts from this step, not from the deposit.
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Production and delivery
We produce it here and deliver across the GTA, or hold it for pickup in Mississauga if that is faster. Your artwork stays on file, so the reorder skips straight to production.
FAQASKED IN THIS CITY
Business cards in Markham, answered
Can you print bilingual English and Chinese business cards?
Yes, and it is common work for us. Send the file with fonts outlined, or send the text and we will set it in a face that carries the full glyph range. We proof both sides at size and ask you to have a native reader check before it runs.
Why did my Chinese text turn into boxes when I sent the PDF?
A font substitution at export. The characters were set in a font the exporting machine had but the PDF did not embed, so the reader swapped in something without those glyphs. Exporting with fonts embedded or outlined fixes it permanently.
Do you deliver business cards to Markham?
Yes, included in the price. Allow a day on top of the standard three to five business days from proof approval — Markham is about forty-five minutes from our shop in Mississauga.
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Tell us what you need. We’ll quote it in a day.
Send artwork if you have it, a photo of the old sign if you don’t. Weekdays, you get a written quote back within 24 hours.