Business Cards
Avery 8859 Glossy Business Cards
Every other card in the family is matte — 8859 is the one that shines. Photo-quality glossy fronts, a matte back that takes pen and crisp small type, smooth Clean Edge smooth edges, 200 cards to the box. One caution before you buy: 8859 sits on its own Avery template with a half-inch gap between the card columns — the 5371-family grid our builder produces does not line up with it. Use Avery’s 8859 template to print this stock, and treat this page as the guide to whether glossy is your finish.
Printing 8859 stock? Use Avery’s template
avery.com/templates/8859
The glossy sheet has its own column spacing — only the matching template lands on the card positions.
Want our free builder instead?
Avery 8871 — the matte Clean Edge match for it
Same smooth edges and heavyweight feel, on the 5371-family grid the builder is built for.
Glossy card questions
Frequently asked questions
What's special about Avery 8859?
It's the glossy option: a photo-quality glossy front with a matte printable back, on 83 lb (227 GSM) smooth-edge Clean Edge stock — the only glossy finish in Avery's 2″ × 3.5″ 10-per-sheet lineup. A box is 200 cards on 20 sheets. If your card leans on a photo or rich color — real estate headshots, photography, food — gloss is what makes it pop.
Does the standard 10-up template fit 8859?
No — and this matters before you print. The cards are the same 2″ × 3.5″ size, ten to a sheet, but Avery lays 8859 out on its own template: a 0.5″ gap runs between the two columns and the side margins are 0.5″, versus the 5371 family's edge-to-edge columns and 0.75″ margins — we measured Avery's own blank templates to confirm. Print a 5371-geometry PDF onto 8859 stock and every card lands 0.25″ off horizontally. Print glossy 8859 sheets from Avery's own 8859 template (avery.com/templates/8859); use our builder for the 5371-family stocks it's made for.
Which printers handle glossy stock well?
Avery rates the stock for laser and inkjet, with the body copy calling it inkjet-optimized — the glossy coating absorbs inkjet ink the way photo paper does. Use best-quality mode for the front either way. The back is matte specifically so contact details print crisply without gloss glare (and so you can write on it).
Any printing gotchas with gloss?
Two: drying time and fingerprints. Give glossy fronts a few minutes before stacking — glossy coatings hold ink on the surface longer than matte. And handle fresh sheets by the edges; the coating shows fingerprints until fully dry. Otherwise it's the same 100%-scale, US Letter, no-fit-to-page routine as every sheet in the family.
Layouts, Avery compatibility list, and print guidance updated through July 2026.