FAIR OAKS · SACRAMENTO AREA
Business Cards
in Fair Oaks.
Fair Oaks Village shops and Sunset-corridor businesses are a straight shot down Fair Oaks Blvd.
Where can I get business cards in Fair Oaks? Ace Printing & Same Day Signs, at 1835 Fulton Ave, Sacramento, CA 95825 (about 7 miles from Fair Oaks), prints business cards at 500 for $58 and 1,000 for $78. Order by 10:00 AM Monday to Friday and most standard work is ready the same afternoon. Free proof before you pay. Call (916) 944-7195.
Fair Oaks sends business cards work through this shop steadily, which is what you’d expect from somewhere about 7 miles from a print floor that closes at 5 and starts the same-day queue at 10. Free proof before anything runs, and a free reprint if we get an approved proof wrong.
The Fair Oaks buyers.
The businesses ordering business cards in Fair Oaks cluster into a few recognizable groups. Real estate, churches, nonprofits and neighborhood groups, contractors and trades chief among them.
Village businesses order window graphics, A-frames, and menus; the community side orders event banners, directional signage, and fundraiser materials; and the residential base keeps real estate signage moving.
Fair Oaks pairs a village-style commercial core with surrounding residential neighborhoods: independent shops, restaurants, professional offices, and a strong community-event calendar.
Agents order cards alongside riders and panels, and keeping everything on one file means the branding actually matches across all of it.
Cards for staff, volunteers and board members, printed in small runs and reordered as people change.
Contractors hand out cards at every estimate, so they run out fastest and reorder most, usually with a license number that has to be right.
What it costs.
Posted: 500 for $58, 1,000 for $78. Printed here, not uploaded to a plant and shipped back.
At 1,000 for $78 the per-card cost is about a third less than at 500 for $58 (7.8 cents a card against 11.6), which is the argument for the larger run when the information is stable.
Those are single-order rates. A genuine run (a crew, a campaign, a season, a roster) prices better per piece, so ask for the run rate instead of doing the multiplication yourself. The calculator handles the standard sizes.
The part worth knowing.
Cards are still the cheapest per-piece marketing that exists, and they’re the item most likely to run out at the worst possible moment. Keeping your file with us turns the reorder into a phone call rather than a design project, which matters most for the businesses handing them out constantly.
The only real decision is quantity versus staleness. A larger run costs far less per card; the risk is a phone number, a person or a title changing and turning 1,000 cards into recycling. Order the number you’ll genuinely use before something is likely to change.
Getting business cards from Fair Oaks.
Fair Oaks is a straight drive out Fair Oaks Boulevard from the shop: the same road that runs past the counter eventually gets you there.
Standard cards ordered by 10:00 AM with print-ready art are usually ready the same afternoon. If the drive is the awkward part rather than the deadline, ask about delivery when you place the order. It’s available on many jobs, though for a genuinely same-day deadline collecting at the counter is still fastest.
Questions we get from Fair Oaks.
500 or 1,000?
1,000 at $78 is dramatically better per card than 500 at $58, so order the larger run when the information is stable. Order 500 if a phone number, a title or a person is likely to change soon.
What file should I send?
A print-ready PDF at the finished size is ideal. AI, EPS, PSD and high-resolution PNG or JPG all work too, and the design desk deals with imperfect files every day. Keep important text away from the edge so trimming doesn’t clip it.
How far is the shop from Fair Oaks?
About 7 miles. We’re at 1835 Fulton Ave, Sacramento, CA 95825, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with parking in front and more in the rear.
What if I’m not sure exactly what I need?
Then describe the problem rather than the product. Where it’s going, how long it needs to last, and when you need it. That’s enough for us to tell you which material and size actually solves it, including when the cheaper option is the right answer.