@Party Monger: Thanks! This is going to cost me around Rs. 1.4 per card for 500 cards.
@PiXeLpUsHeR: I'm not offended. I seriously didn't understand what you meant at first.
And I still don't get what you mean by "Yellow doesn't read well", as there is absolutely no text in yellow to be read. :| I agree on the point that it still needs to be polished, that's why I'm getting feedback from people right now.
@6pack and PiXeLpUsHeR: I am a 4th year Graphic Design student.... I am in no way a n00b at printing, I have studied printing techniques and get a LOT of stuff printed for projects. So it goes without saying that I wouldn't ever use a huge black patch or so many colors if I was going for screen printing. Neither will I use digital printing for a large quantity because it is expensive and doesn't always give satisfactory print quality.
I'm getting this printed from an offset press. These guys, thankfully, print quantities as low as 250 cards on an offset machine, so I'm getting 500 cards from them (250 cards cost almost the same amount as 500!!!!!). They print on 300GSM stock and I'm getting the cards matte coated as well so that adds a bit to the weight. Overall the stock is quite stiff and I'm happy with it for the price I'm getting it at. to put this into perspective, 300gsm stock will cost me only Rs. 700-something for 500 cards, where as the really stiff 400GSM which I originally wanted costs a whopping 4-5k for a small quantity like mine.
I do work with proof and overprint preview on with the correct paper and coating settings, but that still doesn't give an accurate enough preview. What I'm using to judge colors instead is a number of sample prints from earlier jobs that the printer has sent me. I have to get a test print from a digital printer today, lets see how that goes.