NCR Invoice Books

Follow these special instructions for setting up artwork for NCR (No Carbon Required) Invoice, Quote and Receipt Books. Browse NCR Products.

NCR Templates

  • Vector Artwork

    NCR artwork is best created as vector artwork, in an application such as Adobe Illustrator.  Document editors such as Microsoft Word, Apple Pages or Google Docs are also suitable to create the artwork, as long as you can save your final artwork as a PDF.

  • Black Ink

    The cheapest way to print NCR books is a single colour black ink or greyscale.  The numbering will always be printed in red ink.

  • Colour

    Full colour and Pantone spot colours are also available for an extra fee.  Full colour is printed in CMYK.  Pantone spot colours are best setup in Adobe Illustrator, and are priced per spot colour used.

  • Numbering

    Choose a place in your artwork where the red numbering will be placed, and show this to us in a separate supporting document when supplying your artwork.  Please do NOT include the red numbering in your final PDF artwork.

  • Perforation Margin

    Standard pricing for NCR Books comes with one single perforation, usually at the top or side of the page.  Allow a 15mm margin on the side where the perforation will be. You may choose to show the location of the perforation in a supporting document when supplying your artwork. Please do NOT include a perforation line in your final PDF artwork.

  • Printing on the reverse side

    You may want to print extra information on the reverse side of a page, such as “terms & conditions”. Supply an extra PDF page for this, keeping in mind:

    • NCR paper is thin and transparent, so use lighter ink such as grey on the reverse side.
    • If the perforation on the front of the page is on the side (eg left side), then it will be on the opposite side on the reverse side (eg right side). Remember to leave a 15mm margin for the perforation on the correct side. A top-perforation will remain on the top side for both sides of each page.
    • It is common practice to print on the reverse side of the first copy only, to give to the customer.