Full-bleed dye-sub panel ribbon printers aren't all that expensive - under £2k for a current model Evolis printer. And most card suppliers doing 5k+ cards will

Full-bleed dye-sub panel ribbon printers aren't all that expensive - under £2k for a current model Evolis printer. And most card suppliers doing 5k+ cards will offer card pre-printing services, allowing you to have sheets of [blue, green, whatever color] cards printed and die-cut, leaving you to simply print the photo and text.