Signs & Large Format Print
Illustrative visualisationCommunity organisations have two traits that shape their orders. First, every euro counts and money often comes from a grant or an appeal, so it has to be accounted for – including mandatory project signage. Second, orders are usually placed by volunteers or the parish priest between other duties, without a designer and without experience of working with a printer. So we say plainly what's needed and what can be skipped, and prepare the files ourselves.
Most orders revolve around events: the parish fair, an appeal, an anniversary, a children's day, a charity concert. Some things (a roll-up, a banner with the organisation's name, a gazebo) are bought once and used for years; others are printed every year – calendars, posters, fundraising cards. For grant-funded project plaques we always follow the programme guidelines you receive with the agreement; more in [EU plaque requirements](/poradnik/tablica-unijna-wymagania).
1. Building, church and grounds
A board with the name and the times of services, office hours or drop-ins is the first information for an outsider. In dibond with UV print it lasts years in sun and rain, and when the content changes we print just a new board in the same size. For listed buildings we always first ask about agreement with the conservation officer.
- Board with the organisation or parish name→At the entrance or on the fence. UV-printed dibond doesn't fade quickly and resists moisture; PVC is fine under cover.
- Board with service times, drop-in or office hours→The content changes more often than the name, so we make it as a separate, cheaper board. When the times change, you replace only that one.
2. Grant-funded projects
Foundations and parishes increasingly renovate, buy equipment or run activities with public money. Almost every programme requires signage – a plaque, a poster or stickers on purchased equipment. Sizes and mandatory elements depend on the programme, so we ask for the guidelines from the agreement and design accordingly.
- Project information or commemorative plaque→For a renovation, energy retrofit or new build. Dibond on a galvanised frame, 200 × 100 cm, from approx. €165 net, excluding ground installation.
- A3 project information poster→For smaller projects a poster in a visible place is often enough. We print on paper or on rigid board so it doesn't bend.
3. Fairs, appeals and events
What works best here is a 'buy once, use many times' kit: a banner with the organisation's name, a roll-up, a few feather flags and a gazebo. We print a fair banner on cheaper material if it will hang for a few weeks, and on coated material if it's to come back every year. The date and programme are best printed on a separate banner or poster.
- Banner for a fair, appeal or fence→Hung on the fence of the church, school or village hall, it tells the whole village the date. A 3 × 1 m laminated banner costs approx. €33 net.
- Roll-up with the organisation's name and mission→For meetings, conferences, fairs and sponsor visits. Fits in a car boot, sets up in a minute.
- Gazebo for fairs and the organisation's stall→For fairs, markets and town festivals. Keeps the rain off and says at once who's behind the table.
- Feather flags at the entrance to the fair→Visible from the street, they mark the entrance and car park. One person can put them up, and a ground spike costs very little.
4. Print: calendars, leaflets, fundraising cards, publications
A parish or charity calendar is, for many organisations, the main material for the whole year – it hangs in donors' homes for twelve months. Plan orders for October and November, because in December everyone prints at once. Numbered fundraising cards and tickets make accounting for an appeal easier, and a leaflet shows donors where the money goes.
- Parish and charity wall calendars→Photos from community life, key dates, contact details. Handed out during parish visits at Christmas or as a thank-you for support.
- Numbered fundraising cards and tickets→For a building fund, a renovation, a charity concert. Perforation and numbering let you account for every piece.
- Leaflets about your work→To hand out at a fair, send to sponsors, leave at the council office. A DL leaflet in a run of 1,000 costs approx. €90 net.
- Anniversary book, history, hymn book→For the anniversary of a parish or organisation. We help lay out text and photos and print in soft or hard covers.
- Notice and event programme posters→For the noticeboard, the shop, the bus stop. Ten A2 posters cost approx. €28 net.
5. Volunteers and team
At a big event volunteers need to be recognisable from afar. The cheapest solution is a matching printed T-shirt plus a badge on a lanyard. The T-shirts then serve several seasons, so better not to print a date on them.
- T-shirts for volunteers and the team→One colour and a print with the organisation's name. At 20–49 pieces an A4 print comes to approx. €3.30 net per item.
- Badges and lanyards→Name and role on a badge make contact easier with people at an appeal or fair.
- 01Brief
Description, sizes, site photos and deadline — a few sentences are enough.
- 02Design and quote
Our designers prepare artwork or a visualisation and you get a price.
- 03Approval
You approve the design; for brand colours we provide a proof.
- 04Production
35+ machines in our own plant in Poland: 3.2 m UV print, CNC, laser, 3D, sewing.
- 05Installation or delivery
Own crews and vehicles across Europe, partner network, couriers worldwide.
To start with — an indicative package
A sample kit for an organisation starting to run regular events and wanting to look good in front of sponsors. Prices from our price list.
| Standard roll-up 85 × 200 cm with graphic and bag | from approx. €55 net |
| Banner 3 × 1 m, laminated 510 g (3 m² × approx. €11) | approx. €33 net |
| Dibond board 200 × 100 cm on a galvanised frame | from approx. €165 net |
| DL leaflet, 6 pages, 1,000 pcs | approx. €90 net |
| A2 poster, 100 pcs | approx. €85 net |
| A4 print on volunteer T-shirts, 20–49 pcs | approx. €3.30 net / pc |
Indicative net prices; an exact quote follows a short description. Designing a simple banner or board costs approx. €42 net if you don't have a ready file.
From our experience — what to watch out for
- Before ordering a plaque for a grant-funded project, send us the programme guidelines or the relevant section of the agreement. Without them it's easy to miss a mandatory element and have trouble at an audit.
- Don't print dates on items meant to last for years (roll-up, gazebo, T-shirts). Put the date and programme on a poster or separate banner.
- Order calendars in October. In December queues are longest, and a calendar handed out in January loses a month of display.
- Send phone photos for a calendar or leaflet as originals, not via a messaging app – messengers heavily compress files and the print comes out blurred.
- If the building is listed or in a conservation area, ask the conservation officer or local authority about the rules before hanging a board or banner.