Pricing: 12x6” Screen-Printed Spot-Color Stamped/ Embossed Aluminum License Plates

Note: “Spot-color” is the least expensive printing method, using separate individual colors rather than the full color spectrum.

Item #40031

For deluxe high-gloss gold or silver stamped aluminum license plates, see item #40033. Oval and capsule-shaped embossed tags are the same pricing as our regular embossed plates on this page — ask for item #40035.

Standard items included
at no additional charge

• All artwork and lettering embossed. Stamped auto plates with raised letters and artwork enhance the appearance of your tags with a vintage souvenir appeal. For better plate rigidity, outer border of license plate is embossed regardless of whether or not there is a printed border, which improves dimensional stability/ stiffness.
• No setup fees, and designed free by our experienced designers in 3 business days, except when art is complex.
• Long-lasting, high-gloss, rustproof aluminum plates, .024-gauge.
• Screen-printed with 5 to 7-year non-fade inks. Note: Cheap aluminum plates found elsewhere often use dye-sublimation or UV-inkjet printing with 3-year or less no-fade life. Make sure you get screen-printed or industrial-resin plates if you want them to last.
• Choice of 8 full-bleed, no-cost tag-bl ank colors, including painted/ textured gold or silver, and natural aluminum (tag-bl ank color chart). As a special bonus, these prefabricated background colors don’t count as an ink color for pricing purposes, saving you money. Note: Other background colors can be printed with ink on white plates, with a 1/4” outer white margin/ border required.
• Select from 45 standard ink colors (ink color chart).
• Custom/PMS ink color match at no extra charge. Match may not be exact since screen-printing inks are manufactured for greatest outdoor durability, and use different pigments than standard commercial Pantone inks.
• Standard production time is 3–5 weeks once you’ve reviewed and approved your embossed auto plate artwork. Contact us for current turnaround time. Shipping time is extra, via UPS Ground.

More details about our screen-printed auto tags.

Extra-cost options

• Thicker .032-gauge aluminum (white bla nks only). For extra amount, see note at bottom of price chart at right.
• Individual shrinkwrapping for small additional cost, noted at bottom of price chart.
• Rush turnaround available if room in our production schedule: 20% extra cost on quantities from 125 to 499 embossed tags, and 15% extra for 500 plates and up. Rush orders must be paid by credit or debit card.

How to count the number
of ink colors

Does white or black count toward the number of ink colors? Black counts as an ink color on white plates but not on black plates, since on black plates, the color of the plate surface itself is used for black areas instead of ink. With white as a color, the situation is just the reverse: White counts as an ink color on black plates but not on white plates.

Background colors other than white or black: If listed in the background color swatch chart, the background color doesn’t count as an ink color since it comes as a pre-fabricated baked enamel coating on the plate bla nk itself. Other background colors are achieved by printing a flood of colored ink on white tag stock, with a 1/4” outer white border (required for tag gripper edge). In these cases, the background color counts as an ink color, but do not count lettering or artwork that’s “reversed out” of the background color. (“Reversed out” means areas where the plate surface is unprinted so the plate substrate color forms the letter shapes or artwork.)

Questions about our
embossed car tags?

Feel free to call us toll-free with your questions about our custom stamped license plates: 1-800-330-8247, Mon.–Fri., 9:00–5:00 Central Standard Time. Or email us at . (Note our 125-tag minimum order for these plates.)

 

$40 order discount for print-ready art supplied in Adobe Illustrator (.ai or .eps) format using our template, and that follows our artwork requirements.

Sales tax: Not charged for states outside Kansas. KS residents other than nonprofits add 6.3% state sales tax, plus your applicable local (city and/or county) rate. For KS nonprofits, an exemption form is required for us to waive tax, which we’ll ask you to furnish.

We can expedite shipping using faster delivery methods at UPS’s usual rates for those services. However, aluminum plates are heavy and non-Ground shipping costs considerably more, so we recommend planning ahead.

Shipping weight is 17.7 lbs. per 100 plates.

We do not profit on shipping, and pass through only UPS’s rates as charged to us, plus our packing materials cost. Included in the shipping rates above is a small but mandatory UPS insurance fee to cover reprinting your order in the event of a lost or damaged shipment.

Prices and shipping rates subject to change without notice.