Saturday, December 8, 2012

How to order Custom NCR Forms?

Ordering NCR forms printing can be big hassle if you don't know how they work and what options are available?

NCR forms as their name shows, stand for No Carbon Required forms. They are also frequently referred as Carbonless Forms. They are primarily used for making multiple copies of your original document, without using a copy machine! You can order 2 part , 3 part, 4 part, 5 part or even 6 part NCR forms. Each part is a separate sheet or copy. You just write on the first part and it is copied to all parts of the form. Make sure you write with firm hand applying reasonable pressure. After you are done writing, each sheet can be easily separated for filing or distribution.

 The first part which is also the topmost part, always comes in white color, until you specifically tell the printing company to use a different color. The rest of the parts come in several colors, yellow, pink, blue, green and canary/golden. Take an example of 3-part NCR forms; the first will be white, the 2nd part yellow and 3rd part pink. When glued together on the edge, the 3 parts make up 1 set of 3-part form.

You may be wondering why they come in different colors. The colors serve an important and very useful purpose: They help in organization of your documents. Your records can be grouped, sorted and filed using these colors. Most printing companies use a specific color sequence for NCR forms. For example when you order 2-part forms, the printer will tell you that the 2nd part will be in blue color. Or for the 4-part forms, the colors will come as white, yellow, pink and green. What happens when your requirement is have a color sequence that is different than what your printer is offering. This is called custom color sequence and depending upon who your printer is, it may cost you extra. So remember to find out the color sequence from the printing company you are dealing with.

NCR forms can be printed in standard and custom sizes. Standard sizes are 8.5" x 5.5' or half-page, 8.5" x 11" or letter, 8.5' x 14' or legal, and 11" x 17' or tabloid size. any other size generally will be a custom size and may cost you little extra.

A vast majority of NCR forms are printed in black color, which is also the easiest, fastest and cheapest to print. The back of the forms are commonly printed at 50% to 70% black on gray-scale to avoid color bleeding on the front of the forms. You can order forms in 2-color printing and full color printing as well. Full color NCR forms look elegant but cost more. Keep in mind some printer provide only the white part in full color and the rest of forms in black. Yet they will call it full color printing. PrintingFairy.com will print all parts in full color CMYK process, also called 4-color. Your business requirements may need different printing on each part of form. This will be custom printing and will need extra time.

It is worthwhile to know the weight and type of NCR paper being used for printing these form. 20 Lb or 75 gram/sq.meter carbonless paper is frequently used for NCR forms printing. Sometimes only the first part is 20 Lb paper, the rest of the forms are printed on 16 Lb or 60 gram/sq. meter paper.  This is primarily to save the shipping weight. The last part of the forms can be ordered in heavier Index tag paper which is 65 Lb or 170 gram/sq. meter weight. This is available in white and manilla covers. The top part is referred as CB (carbon back), the middle parts are CFB (carbon front & back) and the last part is CF (carbon front). The letters F (front) and B (back) tell you which side of the paper has pigment dye that, when pressed with writing pressure, produces image on the  forms below.

The most important aspect you need to know are the binding options. The cheapest and fastest binding/glue option available is edge-glued set of forms. Depending upon how many copies/parts you order, they are glued together on edge to make a 2, 3, 4 , 5 part set. Forms can also be bound in padded book or booklets with wrap-around cover. Booklets with wrap-around cover produce elegant look and while writing, the heavier cover-sheet itself wraps underneath the forms to prevent transfer of the image to the rest of the forms. Forms inside the booklet may also be perforated for easy separation.

Here are 2 images for ncr forms bound together in padded books with wrap-around cover.



3-part ncr book/pad with wrap-around cover


Depending upon you design, forms can be horizontally or vertically perforated. In fact there can be more than one perforation lines on each part/copy. Forms are further sequentially numbered for identification purpose. The numbers are generally printed in red color. However they can be printed in other colors as well. Let your printing company know this beforehand. You may need to have separate numbers for each part/sheet of forms. That will be custom numbering or custom number sequence.

Another option is hole drill. You should know what size hole you need and its location on forms.The holes are used for strings or tassels.

Finally, the most important of all is your design file that you will send to the printing company. Printing companies like to have PDF files. However look for a company that accepts MS Word and Excel files as well. Before placing order, you need to see Proof for how your printed forms will look. Make changes to the Proof and go with the printing company that offers free revisions to proof and offer Free Design Help. Adding free shipping also does not hurt either.

Hope you have learned how to order order NCR forms with confidence!!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Color Carbonless Notepads | Custom Carbonless Notepads | Duplicate & Triplicate Color Carbonless Notepads

Common notepads serve purpose of taking notes during presentations, classes, seminars and other such events?   Carbonless Notepads go one step ahead. They are big help when you want to keep the original notes copy and give duplicate or triplicate copy to the participants. They serve as authentic copies of your notes.

Grpahic artists, designers and architects find biggest use of these pads. While visiting job sites, they can draw single lien sketches and have their clients sign them on the spot. Your efforts will be paid faster this way.

Color carbonless notepads go even further. Business or professionals who are very conscious about their image, like to have their logos and company names in original colors. This way carbonless notepads will match the rest of business stationary.

Another added benefit of color carbonless notepads is that by color printing, the forms can be color coded, information, text and images printed on them can be organized for better record keeping. The top portion of form can be used to convey your message. It is customary to have all parts of carbonless notepads printed in color.

Custom color carbonless notepads can be personalized and  may have one or multiple horizontal and vertical perforations, wrap around covers and additional padding. PrintingFairy.com offers cheap color carbonless notepads with all these custom options. We also offer free dsign help, free proof file and free shipping for all printed orders.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Carbonless Forms with Tessels & Strings | Carbon Paper Forms with Index Sheet | Carbonless Work Permit Forms

Do you need Carbonless forms for use as construction work permit, workshop work order or hot work permit inside factory? As you can imagine, carbonless forms for such conditions require special features such as perforations, punched holes with tassels or strings for hanging, and printing on heavier index card stock. Occasionally work conditions require carbonless forms work permit with holes & strings to be pasted on work sites. So you will need at least one part of multi-part NCR forms printed on glued paper or paper that can be used as sticker poster.

PrintingFairy.com has perfect solution for such special purpose forms. We can print forms, punch holes and place cotton strings or thin #24 wire for easier hanging. We can even place brass or silver color eyelets in holes for durability. What is more, you need not to be restricted to a specific size. We will print and prepare your carbonless forms in sizes that serve your business requirements.

If you need to store these forms for a longer period, we will ship your forms in sets of 5 0 or 100 forms packed in stiff cardboard boxes. So when you are ready to use them, just open the box and start using them.

Send us your files and our designers will prepare a Proof File showing layout that includes cut-lines, bleeds, size, color, binding, hole locations, perforations and more. PrintingFairy.com offers cheap price on special purpose carbonless forms. Enjoy Free Designing & Free Shipping.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Custom Multipart Carbon Copy Paper | Multi Layer Carbon Copy Sheets | Caronless NCR Paper Printing

Carbonless Paper or Carbonless NCR Sheet serve are extremely useful tools because of the way they are constructed. Carbonless copy paper and sheets come in several designations: sheets that are front coated, sheets that are back coated and sheets that are coated both side. You can can combine them to create 2 part, 3 part, 4 part or 5 part carbonless forms. The top of the forms is always a paper coated at the back and the last part or sheet is usually coated on the front. Depending upon your business requirement, the weight and thickness of carbon copy paper can ranges from 15 Lb (55 GM2) per part to over 28 Lb (up to 170 GM2) per part. 15 Lb carbon sheets are very light and generally only used as the middle part of the form sets. 170 GM2 or sometimes also referred as tag paper is used as last part. These carbon paper and sheets are available in white, yellow, green, pink and golden colors. The color sequence helps in grouping and maintenance of important business records.

PrintingFairy.com offers high quality custom carbon copy printing at cheap prices. Whether you want 2-part carbon paper forms, 3-part carbon paper forms or 4-part forms, we can provide you custom option such as perforation, numbering, punch holes and padded book binding. 

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Duplicate custom Carbonless Forms Printing | 2 part NCR Forms Printing | Duplicate Carbon Copy Paper Forms Printing

Why a business would need duplicate carbonless forms? The answer is simple. Small businesses who are involved in providing services such as delivery service, home appliance repairs, maintenance calls and distribution of goods usually need duplicate forms where they can keep a copy of the form, and provide the other copy to their customers for records. Businesses involved in distribution of data also have similar requirement.

Custom Two Part Carbonless Forms books and duplicate custom NCR forms have several advantages: they provide on the spot instant copy of your valuable business documents; they are very cheap; they are much better than a xerox copy. Above all you can customize their layout the it serves best to your business practice. You can add company logo, message for increased marketing value. Finally you can print them in full color for better impression.

PrintingFairy.com offers a full range of features for custom 2 part carbonless forms printing. We provide you full color duplicate Carbonless NCR forms with serial numbers, perforations, hole drills and padded booklets. PrintingFairy.com offers best deals on custom printing services that include exclusive services like, Free Design Help, Free Proof, Free Shrink-wrap and Free Shipping..

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Carbonless Forms Receipts Books | Carbon Copy Dupicate Receipts | Carbon Paper Receipts Pads

Carbon copy receipts books or carbonless forms receipts pads are primarily used to crate instant and authentic copy of business receipts. Excellent examples would be custom rent receipts books, delivery slip pads and sales receipts. They save you a costly & time-consuming trip from copy shop. Most common are duplicate & triplicate carbonless receipts books, which are perforated and numbered as well. Perforation helps in easy removal of receipts from receipts book, while numbers help in tracking and record keeping. Addition of a wrap around cover page is good option that saves you from inadvertent tracing while filling the carbon receipts forms. Back side printing is used to show terms & conditions or other important fine print information.

Order you carbonless recipts books custom carbon pads books at PrintingFairy.com and get Free Design Help, Free Proof, Free Shrink-wrap ad Free Shipping. We can customize your receipts as per your requirements.