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Caution Entrance Only Sign Printing

from £23.82 ISO 7010 W001

Caution entrance only sign printing for depots, hospitals, business parks and car parks. The sign points drivers and visitors to the right way in or out, and the biggest size reads from about 8 metres.

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Price is final, no surprises at checkout. UK delivery £7.95, free over £49.99 this week. Scottish Highlands +£10; islands and NI quoted.

Artwork

Design fees are fixed, shown as their own line in your basket, and cover the whole quantity of this item. You can also upload later: we email you after you order.

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  • Free UK delivery over £49.99 this week
  • Dispatch from 1 working day
  • Printed in the UK

Overview

If "Caution Entrance Only" needs saying clearly, this is the sign, and caution entrance only sign printing is what we do. It points drivers and visitors to the right way in or out, and you will find it in depots, hospitals, business parks and car parks.

Putting it up

At entrances and junctions, big enough to read from a moving car. In a car park, signs do most good at the entrance and wherever drivers slow down, so they are read before anyone parks.

Before you order caution entrance only sign printing, think about how far away people will be. Reading distance is worked out from the sign’s short side: about a metre for every 25 mm, the distance factor from ISO 3864-1. That makes 297 x 100 to about 4 m, 420 x 150 to about 6 m and 594 x 200 to about 8 m. Pick bigger for car parks, yards and long runs of corridor.

What the sign says

It reads "Caution Entrance Only". Yellow triangle, black border: the shape everyone reads as "watch out". The CAUTION heading tells people to watch out; the line beneath says for what.

Boards for caution entrance only sign printing

Our caution entrance only sign printing comes on three kinds of board:

  • 3mm Foamex, a rigid PVC foam board that screws or sticks up easily and is happiest indoors or out for a season
  • 3mm Dibond, aluminium skins on a solid core, the one to pick for a sign that stays outside for years
  • self-adhesive vinyl, which sticks flat to smooth walls, doors, glass and machine guards

Indoors, Foamex or vinyl is plenty; for years outdoors, Dibond is the one.

On private land the signs are effectively your terms of use. If a parking company runs the car park, check the wording and sizes they need as well.

Under the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996, employers put up a safety sign wherever a risk is still there after other controls. Warning signs take the yellow triangle with a black edge.

Upload your own file, lay it out in the online designer, or hand it to our paid artwork service, which includes 1 design and 2 rounds of changes. A person gives every file a free check first. Each caution entrance only sign printing job is printed to order and sent out from the UK. Postage is £7.95 to the UK mainland and free over £100, worked out after discounts and not counting artwork fees. The Highlands add £10, and addresses in Northern Ireland, the Scottish islands, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, Scilly or the Isle of Wight get a quote. Full details are on the delivery page.

Close relatives: car park signs and everything in site, traffic & hoarding signs. Still weighing it up? Read the guide to safety sign colours.

Sizes and prices

Smallest first. Tap a price to load that size into the buy box.

Size3mm Foamex3mm Dibond aluminium compositeself-adhesive vinyl
297 × 100 mm
420 × 150 mm
594 × 200 mm

Final prices per item with the lowest-priced options. UK delivery £7.95, free over £49.99 this week. Choose a price to load it into the price calculator.

Specs

Materials, sizes and finishing.

ISO 7010 referenceW001 (General warning sign)
MessageCaution Entrance Only
Sign typeWarning
Materials3mm Foamex, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite and self-adhesive vinyl
Sizes297 × 100 mm, 420 × 150 mm, 594 × 200 mm
Viewing distance297 x 100: 4 m, 420 x 150: 6 m, 594 x 200: 8 m
PrintFull colour, single sided
Made byMade to order and dispatched from the UK
SKUFP-SIT-035
PriceFinal price shown in the configurator. No surprises at checkout.
DeliveryUK mainland £7.95 per order, free over £49.99 this week. Scottish Highlands +£10; islands and NI quoted.
Artwork checkFree file check on uploaded artwork (resolution, size and bleed).

Which size do I need?

A safety sign must be large enough to read from where people will see it. Our conservative guide, based on the distance-factor method in ISO 3864-1, is about 1 metre of viewing distance for every 25 mm of sign height (the shorter side). Use it with your own risk assessment.

SizeReadable from up to about
297 × 100 mm4 m
420 × 150 mm6 m
594 × 200 mm8 m

Well lit or internally lit signs can be read from further away; dim areas need larger signs.

Questions

Quick answers about caution entrance only sign printing.

What size do I need so people can read "Caution Entrance Only"?

Go by reading distance rather than wall space. In normal light, 297 × 100 mm covers 4 m, 420 × 150 mm covers 6 m and 594 × 200 mm covers 8 m. Choose one size up if people pass quickly or the area is poorly lit.

Has ISO 7010 got a symbol for "Caution Entrance Only"?

Not for that exact wording. Instead, the words are printed next to W001, the ISO 7010 general warning symbol, so the hazard is still clear at a glance.

Where should the "Caution Entrance Only" message go so people act on it?

The right place is at junctions and entrances, big enough to read from a moving car. Walk the route yourself and make sure it is seen from the direction people come.

Am I legally required to display "Caution Entrance Only"?

No law requires one on private land, but the signs are how you set the terms for anyone who parks there. If a parking operator runs the site for you, check their signage rules too. Your risk assessment is what decides the exact positions.

Can I buy more than one Caution Entrance Only sign?

Yes, change the quantity before you check out; every sign is made to order. Need a big mix of different signs for a school, club or site? Use the Get a quote page. Goods worth £100 or more travel free to a UK mainland address; below that, delivery is a flat £7.95 for the whole order.

Will the price go up when I reach the checkout?

No. What the page shows is what you pay for the goods at checkout. The £23.82 starting price for the "Caution Entrance Only" sign is the full price of the goods. Mainland UK delivery adds £7.95 to the basket, and nothing once the goods reach £100 after any discount code.

Why is the Caution Entrance Only sign in these colours?

A yellow triangle with a black edge always means a hazard is ahead. The "Caution Entrance Only" sign uses that standard layout, so people read its meaning before the words.

Asked by buyers

How much will the Caution Entrance Only Sign set me back?

£23.82 is where the Caution Entrance Only Sign starts, set up as 297 × 100 mm and 3mm Foamex on the Saver speed. Change the size, material, extras, quantity or speed and the total on the page moves straight away. The price you see is the price you pay at checkout, with delivery the only thing that can be added. Delivery anywhere on the UK mainland is £7.95 an order, and it costs nothing once the goods come to £100 or more after any discount code (design and artwork fees are not counted).

If I buy the Caution Entrance Only Sign today, when will it leave you?

As the page first opens, the speeds for the Caution Entrance Only Sign are Express 1 working day, Standard 4 and Saver 6, counting Monday to Friday and skipping bank holidays. The count begins once we have your order and a file ready to print. A bigger size or a different material can move it by a day either way; each speed shows its own days as you choose. Tracking arrives by email on the day it ships, and the courier usually takes one to three working days from there.

Is delivery ever free?

It is £7.95 for the whole order, not per item, and free once the goods reach £100 after any discount code; design or artwork charges are left out of that £100. On its own the opening price of £23.82 would add £7.95 for mainland delivery; reach £100 of goods and that goes to zero. A mainland Highlands postcode puts a single £10 on the order. Northern Ireland has its delivery priced before you pay, and so do the Channel Islands, the Scottish islands, Scilly, the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Man.

I cannot design at all. Can someone make the artwork for me?

Yes. When you choose the Artwork option you can pick from: send your own finished file (no charge), we set your words and logo on a tidy layout, called typesetting (£15), we design it from your brief (£35), we redraw a blurry or low quality logo as sharp vector art (£30) or we create a brand new logo (£50). Each fee is fixed, sits as its own line in your basket and covers every item on that line. Typesetting and design from a brief each come with one first draft and two rounds of changes. Make the artwork for this sign the same size as the one you order, such as 297 × 100 mm.

Vinyl, Dibond or Foamex: which should we pick for a Caution Entrance Only Sign?

"Caution Entrance Only" might go up at the car park at a church, a gym, a pub or a block of flats, so the choice comes down to the surface and the weather. Vinyl is a sticker version for glass, doors and smooth paint. Foamex is a light plastic board, best kept indoors or somewhere sheltered. Dibond, an aluminium composite, is the long-life choice for outdoors and hard-wearing spots. For this sign, the material can be self-adhesive vinyl, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite or 3mm Foamex.

Which is the smallest and which the biggest sign I can order here?

Smallest: 297 × 100 mm, from £23.82. Biggest: 594 × 200 mm, from £35.77. One more is listed in between, and every figure is for the cheapest options. Not sure which? Mark the space out with tape or string first and stand back to look.

How big does our Caution Entrance Only Sign have to be to read across a room or yard?

Stand where someone first needs to read "Caution Entrance Only" and pace out the gap to where it will hang. Then match that number: up to 4 m for 297 × 100 mm, 6 m for 420 × 150 mm or 8 m for 594 × 200 mm. Dim corners or people on the move call for one size bigger. Those distances follow the ISO 3864-1 distance-factor method (25 mm of height per metre) and sit alongside your risk assessment, not in place of it.

Where is the best spot for a Caution Entrance Only Sign?

Three things to get right with "Caution Entrance Only". Position: where drivers come in and wherever they have to pick a direction, low or high enough to read without leaving the seat. Visibility: good lighting, and no vans, doors or boxes hiding it. Upkeep: note the location with your risk assessment paperwork, then look now and again to make sure it is still there and legible. For this sign, the material can be self-adhesive vinyl, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite or 3mm Foamex.

What will people understand when they see a Caution Entrance Only Sign?

Its job is to flag up a hazard: "Caution Entrance Only" is laid out as a warning sign, built around a black-edged yellow triangle. The picture is W001 from ISO 7010 (general warning sign), which gets the point across to visitors who read little or no English. Those colours and shapes come from the 1996 Safety Signs and Signals Regulations, which is why they look familiar.

We are kitting out a hall with several different signs. Can they all go in one order?

Yes. Put each sign in the basket with whichever size and board suits its spot, then pay once at checkout. One delivery charge covers the whole order, and it drops to nothing when the goods reach £100 after any discount code. Picking the same board for every sign gives the set a matching look; "Caution Entrance Only" comes in 297 × 100, 420 × 150 and 594 × 200 mm.

Could the total go up after I reach the checkout?

The only thing that can join the goods price is delivery; the price you see is the price you pay at checkout. Delivery anywhere on the UK mainland is £7.95 an order, and it costs nothing once the goods come to £100 or more after any discount code (design and artwork fees are not counted). If you pick a paid design option, it sits in the basket as a separate line with its own fee, so every penny is listed before you pay. Nothing is printed ahead of time: each sign is made to order for you. Before delivery, this sign costs from £23.82.

How much does a 420 × 150 mm sign cost?

Material by material, it is 3mm Foamex at £26.37, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite at £39.46 and self-adhesive vinyl at £54.80. Add £7.95 for UK mainland delivery, or nothing at all once the goods reach £100. Select it on the page and swap materials, finishes and speed to watch how the figure moves. The live price for the options you choose shows on this page before you add to basket.

I need several signs, some in different sizes. How do I buy them?

Set up the first size, type how many you need next to Add to basket, then go back and set up the next size as another line. Every price you see is for one sign, and the quantity box does the multiplying. Paying for artwork? It is charged once per line, not per item, and the option to reuse artwork from another basket item adds no second fee. For big numbers, ask on our Get a quote page. Before delivery, this sign costs from £23.82.

Can a private person buy a single sign?

Yes. One is enough, and you do not need a business name or an account to check out. The opening price is £23.82, and any bank card will do. On its own the opening price of £23.82 would add £7.95 for mainland delivery; reach £100 of goods and that goes to zero. A person still checks your file before it is printed, just as for a big order.

How much for the biggest size, 594 × 200 mm?

Material by material, it is 3mm Foamex at £35.77, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite at £44.47 and self-adhesive vinyl at £70.72. Add £7.95 for UK mainland delivery, or nothing at all once the goods reach £100. Select it on the page and swap materials, finishes and speed to watch how the figure moves. The live price for the options you choose shows on this page before you add to basket.

Is there a quicker turnaround for this sign?

Work back from the day you need it. Express takes 1 working day to get the Caution Entrance Only Sign out, against 4 on Saver, and costs £31.75 on the opening option rather than £23.82. Add up to three working days for the courier, plus any time you need to finish the file. Cutting it fine? Put your date in the question box before you order.

I live in the Scottish Highlands. Will the Caution Entrance Only Sign cost more to send?

The whole UK is covered. Outside it, sadly, we cannot deliver. Mainland addresses in the Highlands pay one extra £10 on the order, even when delivery would otherwise be free. For Northern Ireland, and for the Channel Islands, the Scottish islands, Scilly, the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Man, we tell you the delivery cost before you pay, so message us your postcode on the Contact page or our Get a quote page. Choose Saver and this sign leaves us after 4 working days; Express brings that down to 2.

Can the wording on a Caution Entrance Only Sign be changed, or our logo added?

A school can add its crest to "Caution Entrance Only", a club its badge, a shop its name. Choose typesetting (£15) if you know the words, or design from your brief (£35) if you would like us to lay it out; each comes with one first draft and two rounds of changes. Have your own finished file? Upload it free and one of our team will look it over. Keep the symbol and safety colours unchanged so the sign still reads the right way. Sizes for this sign go from 297 × 100 mm at the small end to 594 × 200 mm, 3 in all.

I am not a designer. What if the file I send turns out to be unusable?

You will not be left guessing. Each uploaded file is opened and looked over by a member of the team, and problems such as low-resolution pictures, no bleed or the wrong page size are sent back to you to fix before printing. If fixing it sounds like a chore, choose typesetting for £15: we lay out your text and logo, show you a first draft, then make up to two rounds of changes. Make the artwork for this sign the same size as the one you order, such as 297 × 100 mm.

Which file formats can I upload?

A PDF made at the size you ordered works best, with the fonts embedded or turned into outlines. AI, EPS and SVG are fine too, as are high resolution JPG, PNG or TIFF images. Word, PowerPoint or Canva designs can be used, but save them out as a full quality PDF where you can. Attach up to 3 files of up to 25 MB each on the product page, or order first and send them afterwards; we email you a link. Make the artwork for this sign the same size as the one you order, such as 297 × 100 mm.

Will anyone look at my file before it is printed?

Every file gets a human check for size, bleed and resolution, and we contact you about any problem before printing. Nobody can know your details better than you, so double-check names, numbers and dates: we print what is supplied, and work begins once the order and file are confirmed. Make the artwork for this sign the same size as the one you order, such as 297 × 100 mm.

Our wording is not finished yet. Can I still pay now and send it later?

Yes. Pay now and add the file afterwards: uploading after ordering is allowed, so you do not have to wait for the final version. If a volunteer, friend or designer is preparing it, they can send the finished file to you to upload, or get in touch through our Contact page quoting your order number. Nothing goes to print until the file arrives and has been checked, so if there is a date to hit, get the artwork over as soon as you can. For this sign, the material can be self-adhesive vinyl, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite or 3mm Foamex.

How many pixels does a photo need to print well on this sign?

Roughly 7,016 pixels across and 2,362 down for a 594 × 200 mm design, which is 300 dpi. Things read at arm's length need that 300 dpi at full size to stay crisp. Text and logos are safest as vector art, which never goes fuzzy. Pictures saved from a website or social media are nearly always too small, and our file check will point out any that could print blurred.

Does the Caution Entrance Only Sign come in a peel-and-stick version?

Yes: self-adhesive vinyl is one of the material choices, and that version is simply a sticker with a backing to peel off. Use it on smooth things like glass, doors, cupboards, machines or painted plaster. Clean and dry the surface first, then smooth it on working out from the middle. If the wall is rough or dusty the sticker will not grip well, so go for one of the boards.

What thickness is the Caution Entrance Only Sign, and does it feel sturdy?

The sticker version, in self-adhesive vinyl, is only a film, so it sits flush on a door or wall. Every rigid option measures 3 mm. Foamex is a lightweight PVC foam board. Dibond has aluminium on both faces around a plastic middle, so it stays flat and firm but is easy to fix.

We are putting up a full set of signs at our premises. Which ones sit well next to this one?

Two good companions for it are Caution Exit Only Sign and Cycle Parking Arrow Sign. Each has a page of its own with every size, material and a live price, and picking one material for all of them makes the wall look like a matching set. Put the lot in a single basket and you pay one delivery charge, which drops to nothing when the goods reach £100. For this sign, the material can be self-adhesive vinyl, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite or 3mm Foamex.

Will a Caution Entrance Only Sign cope with rain and wind outdoors?

"Caution Entrance Only" can go outside as long as you match the material to the job. For a sign that stays out for years, Dibond is the one to choose. Foamex will manage a sheltered spot, such as a porch or under a canopy, but it is really an indoor board. Strong sun slowly fades any print, so glance at outdoor signs every so often and swap any that have become hard to read. For this sign, the material can be self-adhesive vinyl, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite or 3mm Foamex.

It gets dark early in winter. Can people still read the Caution Entrance Only Sign in the evening?

Only if a light falls on it. The Foamex, Dibond and vinyl sticker versions are printed without any reflective or glow-in-the-dark layer. So for a church car park, a school path or a yard used on winter evenings, put it beneath a lamp that is already there, or add a light. If your risk assessment says a sign has to reflect or glow, buy that one from a firm that makes them. For this sign, the material can be self-adhesive vinyl, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite or 3mm Foamex.

What is the easiest way to put up a Caution Entrance Only Sign?

It depends what "Caution Entrance Only" is going on. Brick or plaster: screws through holes near the corners, washers under the heads, and a light hand (Foamex especially). Painted doors and smooth walls inside: foam tape or sticky pads, no drilling needed. Fences and railings: two or four holes, then cable ties. Glass and glossy panels: the vinyl version, pressed on after a wipe and a dry. For this sign, the material can be self-adhesive vinyl, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite or 3mm Foamex.

Where do the Caution Entrance Only Sign and the Cycle Crossing Ahead Sign differ?

Set the Caution Entrance Only Sign beside the Cycle Crossing Ahead Sign and a few things differ. Material: self-adhesive vinyl, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite or 3mm Foamex on this page, against 3mm Dibond aluminium composite, 5mm Foamex or 3.5mm Correx on the other. Sizes: 3 on this page, the smallest 297 × 100 mm, and 3 on the other, the smallest A3 (297 × 420 mm). Opening price: £23.82 on this page and £26.07 on the other. On the Standard service it is 2 working days on this page and 3 on the other. Choose by where it is going and for how long.

Which material is cheapest for the Caution Entrance Only Sign?

Taking the smallest size, 297 × 100 mm, as the example: self-adhesive vinyl at £50.78, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite at £39.46 and 3mm Foamex at £23.82. Larger sizes follow a similar pattern, and the full grid sits in the size table further up the page. Think about where it is going first: a cheap material in the wrong spot can end up costing more.

How would I decide between Cycle Parking Arrow Sign and Caution Entrance Only Sign?

Set the Caution Entrance Only Sign beside the Cycle Parking Arrow Sign and a few things differ. Material: self-adhesive vinyl, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite or 3mm Foamex on this page, against 3mm Dibond aluminium composite, 5mm Foamex or 3.5mm Correx on the other. Sizes: 3 on this page, the smallest 297 × 100 mm, and 3 on the other, the smallest A3 (297 × 420 mm). Opening price: £23.82 on this page and £26.07 on the other. On the Standard service it is 2 working days on this page and 3 on the other. Choose by where it is going and for how long.

Do we legally have to display a Caution Entrance Only Sign?

Not in every case. The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 require employers to put up safety signs where a risk is left over once other controls are in place. So whether you need "Caution Entrance Only" on display, and where it goes, comes out of your own risk assessment. A sign adds to other safety measures and never takes their place. The symbol on this sign follows ISO 7010, reference W001.

Who looks after me once I have bought the Caution Entrance Only Sign?

You deal with FatPrint the whole way through. Once you order, somebody checks the artwork, the Caution Entrance Only Sign is printed specially for your order, and a courier delivers it with a tracking link by email. Need to ask something along the way? Use the question box here or the Contact page and a real person answers.

I am not sure which options to pick for this sign. Can someone advise me?

Of course. Tell us three things: where this sign will go, whether it is for one day or for years, and your deadline. Send that through the question box on this page or the Contact page, and a member of the team will suggest options. If what you need is outside the options listed, the Get a quote page lets you describe it and get a price. Sizes for this sign go from 297 × 100 mm at the small end to 594 × 200 mm, 3 in all.

Our club needs a big batch of signs, or an odd size. Can you price it?

Our Get a quote page is the place, and it also handles delivery to Northern Ireland and the islands. For anything the page cannot do, tell us the size, number, material, date and postcode on Get a quote, add a file if you have one, and we email a price back. Nothing is printed ahead of time: each sign is made to order for you.

The parcel turned up damaged. How do I sort it out?

Look everything over when it arrives. If something is damaged or missing, contact us within 48 hours through the contact form, with your order number and photos of both the item and the packaging. Please keep hold of it until we reply; we then sort out a reprint or a refund. Your legal rights stay the same, as the returns page sets out. Before delivery, this sign costs from £23.82.

I have never ordered printing before. Do I need to know the technical words?

No. A person on our team checks every file for size, bleed and resolution and tells you in plain words if anything needs changing. Or pick typesetting for £15 and we lay out your words and logo for you, with a first draft and two rounds of changes. For this sign, the material can be self-adhesive vinyl, 3mm Dibond aluminium composite or 3mm Foamex.

Does a Caution Entrance Only Sign come upright or wide?

Landscape. "Caution Entrance Only" is offered in 297 × 100, 420 × 150 and 594 × 200 mm. That shape is made for wide spaces, such as a fence panel, the wall above a door or a long corridor. If your spot needs the opposite, pick one of the paid design options and we re-lay it to suit.

What if 594 × 200 mm is still too small for the Caution Entrance Only Sign?

The size list tops out at 594 × 200 mm, starting at £35.77. Anything bigger is priced on request: send the size, the material and how many through our quote form. A board over A0 counts as oversize for delivery, which adds £15 to the order once.

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