Custom Poster Printing: Your Design, Your Message, Printed Properly

No design skills? No problem. Pick the one that matches what you have.

Want to move fast? Copy this into WhatsApp or an email and fill in the gaps. It’s everything we need for a quick quote:

Custom poster brief Size or sizes: How many: Paper or PVC (not sure is fine): Where it will hang, inside or outside: Date I need it by: What I have: design / logo / photo / just an idea

Send Us Your Brief or use the quote form

What Will You Put on Your Custom Poster?

Custom posters work for far more than business advertising. Here are the jobs we print most, and what each one needs.

Business and Brand Posters

Offers, new ranges, price lists, menus and brand statements. Use your logo, brand colours and one clear message. Great for shop windows, counters, cafés and offices. See our custom window graphics for graphics that fix to glass.

Event, Party and Wedding Posters

Welcome signs, seating plans, schedules and personalised celebration posters. Personalised poster printing for birthdays, weddings and reunions, with names, dates and photos. Need a bigger statement? See our birthday banners and roller banner printing.

Photo Posters and Custom Pictures

Make your picture a poster. Turn a favourite photo into a custom photo poster for a shop, studio, office or home. We check the resolution first, so you never get a soft, blocky print. For all photo posters, including standard sizes, see our main poster printing page.

Art, Illustration and Design Prints

Art poster printing for artists, photographers and designers. Prints of illustration, photography and graphic design, with colour and paper chosen to suit the artwork.

School, Club and Community Posters

Open days, fixtures, fundraisers and notices. Custom posters for schools, clubs and charities, with your crest, colours and details. For signs that point the way, see our directional and wayfinding signs.

Gig, Band and Promotional Posters

Eye-catching posters for gigs, launches and campaigns. Bold colour, big type and a clear date and venue, printed in runs from one to hundreds.

Choose Your Poster Material

Whatever you put on it, the material changes how it looks and how long it lasts. Here’s the short version, with the detail on our other pages.

• Paper posters: bright, sharp and great value for indoor displays. Matt, gloss or silk finishes.

• Waterproof PVC posters: tough, wipe-clean and suited to windows and outdoors. See PVC poster printing .

• Mounted posters: a poster fixed to a board stays flat for long-term displays. See our Foamex signs.

• Big posters: for impact, see our guide to large poster printing.

• A particular size: see custom size poster printing.

Not sure? Tell us where it will hang and for how long. We’ll recommend one option, even if it’s the simpler or cheaper one.

Will My Photo or Artwork Look Good? A Quick Check

This is the question that decides whether a custom poster looks great or disappointing. Here’s how to check in 30 seconds.

1. Look at the file size, not just the picture. A photo from a modern phone (about 12 megapixels) prints crisply to about A2, well to A1 and acceptably to A0 when viewed from a couple of metres.

2. Send the original, not a copy. Photos sent through messaging apps are squashed. Send the original file, or a link to it.

3. Logos should be vectors. PDF, AI or EPS logos stay sharp at any size. A small logo copied from a website will look fuzzy on a poster.

4. Check spelling aloud. Read it out, then ask someone else. Wrong dates and misspelt names are the most expensive mistakes on a custom poster.

5. Keep important details away from the edge. Leave about 10 mm of space, and add 3 mm bleed if your colour runs to the edge.

No need to be an expert. Our free artwork check does all of this and tells you what to fix.

Custom Poster Design Rules That Work

1. One message. A single headline and a single call to action beat five competing ideas.

2. Think in three seconds. If it takes longer than that to understand, it’s too busy.

3. High contrast. Dark on light or light on dark. Avoid pale text on busy photos.

4. A clear next step. A web address, phone number or QR code, not all three.

5. Give a QR code room. A QR code needs to be about one-tenth of the scanning distance in width. For a poster read from 1 metre, aim for a code about 10 cm wide.

6. Space makes it look confident. Empty space isn’t wasted space.

How It Works: Four Steps From Idea to Printed

1. Tell us what you want. Send your design, logo, photo or idea, plus the size, quantity and the date you need it.

2. We check it for free. We check size, spelling, bleed and resolution, and tell you straight away if anything needs fixing.

3. Approve your proof. You see exactly what will be printed. Change anything you like. Nothing prints until you say so.

4. We print and finish. Printed, trimmed and quality-checked in our factory. Collect from High Wycombe at the time we promised, or arrange delivery.

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What Does Custom Poster Printing Cost?

People often search for cheap custom posters, and fair enough: you want a good price for a one-off. Price depends on size, material (paper or PVC), finish, quantity, single or double-sided and how fast you need it. Larger quantities cost less per poster.

We don’t hide extras: send us your size and quantity and we’ll give you a clear price with no obligation. If a simpler paper poster will do the job, we’ll say so.

Need it fast? We offer urgent printing on selected products. Tell us your deadline and we’ll tell you honestly whether we can make it in time.

Need Anything to Go With Your Custom Poster?

• Frames and fixings: A-board pavement signs for the street and Foamex signs for rigid mounting.

• Banners: PVC banners for outdoors and fabric banners for indoors.

• Wall branding: wall decals and custom vinyl signs.

• Browse everything: view all our products or book a consultation.