Banner and Sign Printing.
Banners and signs, printed and finished under the same roof as everything else we make. Vinyl banners hemmed and grommeted to your spec. Retractable displays with the hardware included. Yard signs on corrugated plastic with H-stakes. Foamcore and rigid board for indoor signage. Window graphics in perforated, cling and adhesive. Tell us the finished size, where it is going and how it needs to hang, and the shop will quote the substrate and finishing to match.
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What we print for this category.
Sizes, stocks, finishes, turnaround.
| Property ↕ | Detail ↕ |
|---|---|
| Banner material | 13oz scrim vinyl · 18oz heavy vinyl · mesh · polyester fabric |
| Banner finishing | Welded hem · grommets at corners and along edges · pole pockets · rope |
| Rigid substrates | Corrugated plastic · foamcore · PVC board |
| Window options | Perforated one-way vision · static cling · removable adhesive |
| Common sizes | 2×4 · 3×6 · 4×8 · 4×10 ft banners · 18×24 yard signs · 22×28 boards |
| File setup | Vector or 150 dpi at final size · CMYK · 2" bleed on hemmed banners |
Industries & use cases.
What to know about banner and sign printing.
Vinyl banners: weight, hem and grommets
A banner is three decisions: material, hem and hanging. 13oz scrim vinyl is the everyday weight and is what most quoted banners are printed on. 18oz is heavier and holds its shape better on a long span. Mesh is perforated so wind passes through it, which is the usual answer for a fence or a construction barricade.
A welded hem folds and seals the edge so the grommets have something solid to bite into. Without one, grommets tear out of the face material the first time the wind gets under it. Standard grommet spacing is every 2 to 3 feet plus all four corners; tell us if the banner is going somewhere exposed and we will tighten it up.
Rigid signs, yard signs and window graphics
Yard signs are printed on 4mm corrugated plastic and slide onto a wire H-stake. Double-sided is the default request for anything on a corner, since half the traffic sees the back. Foamcore and PVC board are the indoor equivalents: lighter, cleaner edge, and they take an easel back or hang flat on a wall.
Window graphics split three ways. Perforated one-way vision material lets people inside see out while the artwork reads from the street. Static cling has no adhesive and comes off without residue, which suits anything seasonal. Adhesive vinyl is the most permanent and the most opaque.
Sizing artwork for large output
Build large artwork in vector wherever you can, and where you cannot, supply raster at roughly 150 dpi at the final printed size rather than at 300 dpi on a small canvas scaled up. A file that looks sharp at 8 inches will not hold at 8 feet.
Leave 2 inches of bleed on anything that gets hemmed, because the hem folds material away from the visible face. Keep logos and text at least 3 inches inside the finished edge on a large banner so nothing lands in a fold or under a grommet. The artwork guidelines page has the full list.
Where banners fit against the rest of the shop
Anything printed at width on a roll or a flatbed sits under large format printing, which is the broader category this page carves out of. Vehicle graphics, floor decals and the wider substrate list live there.
If the banner is part of a booth package, quote it with the rest of the show: booth backwalls, badges and handouts are handled under convention printing. For a poster, a canvas or a photo enlargement rather than a banner, see posters and canvas.
Recent work from this category.
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