Posters and banners

Posters can be a great way to let people know about an event, service or campaign. At the Resource Centre you can print A4 up to A0 size posters, as well as a variety of banners.

Printing posters at the Resource Centre

You can print full colour A4 or A3 posters on 100g, 160g, 200g or 300g paper using our laser printer. You can also print full colour A0, A1 or A2 posters on 180g paper on our large-format inkjet printer. For more information look at our full price list.

If you want to make a large number of posters on  a low budget, you could use one of our copyprinters to print in black, green, maroon, or red ink on white or coloured paper (up to A3 size). You can use more than one ink colour using the spot colour printing method.

More information about spot colour printing is available on our artwork page. To find out how much your posters would cost to print on a copyprinter, use our online print quote calculator or contact us for a quote.

If your posters will be displayed outside or need to last a long time, you may want to laminate them. You can use our laminator for posters up to A2 size, and we can also laminate banner-size paper. See the Links tab above for details of other local places where you can laminate larger items.

Top tips for designing great posters

1. Make it eye catching. Lots of posters use a captivating, interesting image to catch the attention of passers by. Others include lots of blank space around words in large text or word art, to draw attention to the message on the poster.
2. Keep it clear. It should be easy for people to work out the message from your poster. Choose pictures that help communicate your message, not just ones that look nice! Unusual fonts can be eye catching, but avoid ones that are difficult to read. Check that you have placed your text in places on your poster that it can be easily seen. Generally speaking, it is harder to read text if it is laid over a complicated image than over a plain background.
3. Less is more. Remember the purpose of your poster – to communicate information to people. Avoid crowding it with lots of different images, fonts and text that could confuse the reader.
4. Prioritise the information. If all the writing on your poster is the same size it is hard for people to work out quickly what the most important details are, and they are less likely to read it at all. Decide what is most important, such as the title of your event, and put that in the biggest font size. Information that people will only need once they are already interested, such as the time that your event starts, can be in much smaller letters. Also think about this when deciding what order to put things on the poster. People generally read English from top to bottom and left to right. Details that you place above or to the left of the main message on your poster are likely to be missed.

Have a look at our artwork tips for more information about getting the best results from your printing at the Resource Centre.

Banner printing

We have a new large-format printer which can print vinyl banners, roller banners and large posters on paper. You can also make paper banners (297mm x 1200mm) on 160g paper using our laser printer.

Vinyl banners

These are printed on a roll that is 915mm wide. We charge £15 per metre.

You can add eyelets to your banner for 20p per eyelet, or sewn sleeves for banner poles for £2.50 per banner.

Roller banners

These are designed to be used with a portable banner stand, for exhibitions and displays. You can hire our stand, and design your own banner which we will print and attach to it for your event. We can store your banner between events, to save you remembering who took it home.

Paper banners

Our banner paper is 297 x 1200 mm. We have a banner laminator which you can use to laminate your paper banners.

Large format printing (A0, A1 and A2)

You can print full colour A0, A1 and A2 posters on 180gsm paper using our large format printer.

See the Links tab above for details of local places where you can laminate A1 and A0 prints.

A0 is 118.8 x 84cm

A1 is 59.4 x 84cm

A2 is 59.4 x 42cm