Pricing: 12x6” Screen-Printed Spot-Color .055-Gauge Custom Polyethylene Plastic License Plates

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

Item #40255

For even less-expensive plastic plates — targeted at short-term use only, such as for auto dealerships — see item #40235 made with thinner .035-gauge polyethylene.

Standard items included
at no additional charge

• No setup fees, and designed free by our experienced designers in 3 business days, except when art is complex.
• 5-year plate material life. Polyethylene has over twice the life expectancy (in decent condition) of cheaper polystyrene, and won’t yellow or crack like the latter.
• Screen-printed with 3 to 5-year non-fade inks. The traditional “gold standard” for outdoor durability, screen-printing also is least expensive when it comes to volume quantities.
• Unusual high-gloss plastic that doesn’t look cheap. With a finish nearly as glossy as aluminum tags, these plates project an appearance that’s a cut above common matte (non-gloss) plastic tags. Combined with a professional custom tag design provided free like those here, your plastic license plates can do their job without making you look cheap... whether used as a church or school fundraiser, as auto dealer tags, or as a promotional giveaway. Another LeewardPro bonus you won’t find just anywhere. Ask for your no-obligation sample.
• Full-bleed printing available at no extra charge.
• Select from 16 standard ink colors (ink color chart). Custom/ PMS ink color match available for additional charge (see further below).
• Standard production time is 2–3 weeks once you’ve reviewed and approved your plate artwork. Shipping time is extra, via UPS Ground.

More about screen-printed plates and their durability.

Why we carry only polyethylene plastic instead of cheaper polystyrene, as discussed in our “Aluminum vs. Plastic” article. (Short answer: the latter deteriorates quickly.)

Extra-cost options

• Custom/ PMS color match available for $25 extra each. More details including color chart.
• Rush turnaround available if room in our production schedule for extra cost. (Contact us for additional amount — depends on circumstances.) 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 a color since on white bla nks — which are used for these plates — black is printed with ink. White doesn’t count as an ink color, since the color of the white plate surface itself is left unprinted for areas that need to be white.

Background colors other than white are achieved by printing a flood of colored ink on the white tag bla nk. In these cases, the background color counts as an ink color, but again, do not count white 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?

Feel free to call us toll-free with your questions about our custom 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.)

 

$50 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, even plastic license plates are weighty in the quantities sold here, and non-Ground shipping costs considerably more, so we recommend planning ahead.

Shipping weight is 15.9 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.