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[MrToast]

Umm... i need one or a few made. Anyone know of a good place that is cheap and good quality?

[Jack]

I think you have mispelled "business" in katakana.

Maybe something like "bi ji ne su" can't write in Japanese on this computer, sorry.

Unless I am reading it wrong and you do not mean "business cards".

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[MrToast]

Wow I'm so happy you all got my joke! ビジネスカード is correct. I still have trouble understanding that Katakana is based on the sound of an English word but actually sounds nothing like it. There is no J in busuiness! anyway enough of my British ranting!

thanks for the info ttjereth

[ttjereth]

[Samurai_Jerk]

[quote="ttjereth"]Yeah but there's no "shu" either ]

Maybe MrToast is really Sean Connery.

[ttjereth]

Maybe MrToast is really Sean Connery.

Ug... Rising Sun flashback...

[maraboutslim]

cheap and good quality?

I used to just go into the Loft in Shibuya and get mine made. I'm sure they aren't the cheapest, but it's easy and the price difference is only a couple thousand yen, max. Tokyu Hands will take your order as well. (as will many small print shops if you prefer a mom-n-pop shop).

[joshuaism]

Ug... Rising Sun flashback...

Funny, this conversation got me thinking of an entirely different movie.

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[MrToast]

yes yes yes! thats it exactly. That why i need a card made as soon as possible. There is so much competition.

[GomiGirl]

Let me put in a plug for these guys - mojo print. http://www.mojoprint.jp/

Here are their prices for meishi. http://www.mojoprint.jp/products/item/regular-business-cards

Run by a couple of FG's these guys are really the cheapest in town. All on-line. They are fairly strict with graphic formats etc but their quality is excellent and they are fast. Plus everything in English!! Based out of Osaka but will support Japan wide.

Note: I am in no way associated with this company.

[TFG]

Microsoft Publisher has loads of templates for Meishi, it is easy to use and you can buy the Meishi printing cards 10 cards on a single sheet for just a few hundred yen for a hundred or so, or more if you like choose the best quality cards. Just be sure you get the size that is compatible with publisher.

[Charles]

Microsoft Publisher has loads of templates for Meishi..

And you should avoid using them. Sure there is something to be gained by following standardized formats. But those formats are used by everybody, to the point where they're overused and boring. If you have to use them, at least change the font or something.

Personally, I prefer the meishi templates in Adobe Illustrator (yes they have Japanese templates, yes I know Illustrator is expensive). They're easy to edit, and come with little marks to cut them out. You should avoid using those pre-perforated cards, they are difficult to get your cards to print on them perfectly centered, and the ragged edges look crappy. Much better to spend a few minutes cutting your cards with a ruler and an X-Acto knife, using the little crop marks, that gives a professional looking clean edge.

[TFG]

And you should avoid using them. Sure there is something to be gained by following standardized formats. But those formats are used by everybody, to the point where they're overused and boring. If you have to use them, at least change the font or something.

Personally, I prefer the meishi templates in Adobe Illustrator (yes they have Japanese templates, yes I know Illustrator is expensive). They're easy to edit, and come with little marks to cut them out. You should avoid using those pre-perforated cards, they are difficult to get your cards to print on them perfectly centered, and the ragged edges look crappy. Much better to spend a few minutes cutting your cards with a ruler and an X-Acto knife, using the little crop marks, that gives a professional looking clean edge.

Well, you can customize the templates anyway you like adding your own logos or whatever. You are basically only using the frame set and printing size so I fail to see the difference in any program.

[Charles]

Well, you can customize the templates anyway you like adding your own logos or whatever. You are basically only using the frame set and printing size so I fail to see the difference in any program.

Well the point is, nobody bothers to change the templates, so the cards all look the same. At least customize it with some other font (something non-MS preferably).

[Blah Pete]

Kinkos can also do decent meshi fast. I have used them when clients have run out and usually get them done overnight.

[Charles]

Kinkos can also do decent meshi fast. I have used them when clients have run out and usually get them done overnight.

I remember reading ads (a long LONG time ago) for JAL that advertised a business card printing service. You could drop your English business card with the JAL gate agent in the US, they'd call ahead to the printer, and when you deplaned in Japan a gate agent would be waiting to present you with a box of freshly printed bilingual business cards. I always thought that was a pretty cool idea.

[Blah Pete]

I remember reading ads (a long LONG time ago) for JAL that advertised a business card printing service. You could drop your English business card with the JAL gate agent in the US, they'd call ahead to the printer, and when you deplaned in Japan a gate agent would be waiting to present you with a box of freshly printed bilingual business cards. I always thought that was a pretty cool idea.

Never heard of that service but it sounds like a great idea. I guess that has been discontinued with all the cutbacks at JAL.