Re: Business cards dimensions for printing.
This is fairly straight forward. If you have a biz card and if the colour goes right to the edge then you have to give a bit of leeway when the card is being cut. Normally biz cards are printed in large sheets and then they are cut in rows to their "crop marks" which show the cutter where to trim. Now not every cut can be that precise so that you have got to have your colour and design going past the actual size of the card to allow for an inaccurate cut and this is called "Bleed".
CMYK is the colour mode used by printers. When you export your biz card as a PDF then it will be exported in that colour mode not the RGB that you see on your screen. This means that your colour in your design may look slightly washed out and you may have to adjust them.
Normally printers prefer m.m. in Europe and inches in the states. Have a search on this site for CMYK and you will see loads of answers and problems. If you want more info please don't hesitate and come back and ask.
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