As a start up new business, I’m doing everything on a pretty tight budget. A few weeks ago I got a logo designed for Murrion Software by Ion Ltd in Dublin.

This week I got some business cards made up on the lowest budget ever… my father printed them out.

My father is a fantastic photographer (though I may be biased) and in the past few years has been what he would refer to as ‘messing’ with various digital cameras and printers to make prints, moving over from developing them in his dark-room.

His office has a half a dozen printers and often prints out the same shots on different pictures to compare the shade of black that comes out. He leaves these images out on the counter to surprise us and get our opinions when we call in home.

As well as the printers he has various types of paper and inks. A couple of weeks ago I asked him if he would have a good type of paper and a printer that could print business cards. Turns out he does.

The paper/card he used is Hahnemuhle Photo Rag. The ink is HP Ink, Vivera pigment (Good for 200 years) and he used a HP 9180 Printer.

The cards look excellent. I was worried the paper would be too light but its not the case. The card is a good weight and feel and the logo and text is crisp. Im very happy with the cards and im even pretty happy with the close-up photo I took of them too.

Thanks Dad!