Printing in Edinburgh, Fringe season and the rest of the year
Printing in Edinburgh goes a bit mad every August, and we are here for it. Posters, venue banners, A-frames and roller banners, made to order and couriered to any EH postcode on the standard mainland rate. The other eleven months are covered too.
Handy print for Edinburgh jobs
6 favourites for Edinburgh, each priced on the option its page opens with. Cheapest of the bunch: Poster Printing from £18.38; size and material are picked on its own page.
PVC Banners
Festival Banners
Roller Banners
Poster Printing
A-Frame Pavement Signs
Backdrop Banners
Printing in Edinburgh for the Fringe #
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe puts shows into hundreds of venues, and every one of them is fighting for a passer-by’s attention. Performers want posters for every wall that allows them. Venues want a PVC banner over the door and an A-frame by the queue. Box offices like a roller banner they can wheel away at night.
Sort it before July gets going. In August you want to be rehearsing, not refreshing a tracking page.
Making a Fringe poster work #
Your show title and your face, big. The venue, the time and the dates, clear. Then stop. A poster fighting forty others on the same wall has about two seconds, so a single strong image beats a collage. Got a great quote from a critic? Fine, add it, but the title comes first.
Shows, conferences and rugby #
- EICC: the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, for delegates’ roller banners and stage backdrops.
- Royal Highland Show: every June out at Ingliston, by the airport. Outdoor stands want mesh banners and feather flags that cope with a breeze.
- Murrayfield: supporters’ banners and hospitality boards on match days.
Students and graduations #
Heriot-Watt, Napier and the University of Edinburgh all have societies that want freshers and open day banners. Proud parents order a graduation banner for the party afterwards. Fair enough, they paid for the gown hire.
Cafes, shops and old buildings #
Cafes and shops use A-frames, window posters and festival banners for summer events. Clubs and charities order banners for fun days and street collections. Much of the city centre is a conservation area, so read the council’s rules before fixing anything to an old frontage.
Families, clubs and the rest of the year #
Once the festival crowds go home, the city gets back to normal life. Rugby clubs want sponsor boards for the clubhouse. Schools want a banner for sports day. Families want a big one for a wedding anniversary or a new baby, hung off the garden fence for the neighbours to admire. A PVC banner with eyelets covers most of it, and a roller banner does the job indoors when there is nothing to tie to. Order online whenever suits you, and the courier does the rest.
Putting a banner up outside #
Outdoor advertising in Scotland has its own rules. Going on a wall, railings or beside a road? Check with the City of Edinburgh Council first.
Getting your print to Edinburgh
Costs and timings for Edinburgh at a glance. Everything else is on the delivery page.
| What it costs | £7.95 per order to Edinburgh, nothing once your goods reach £100 after discounts. Add £15 once if the order has a banner longer than 3 m on a side or a board bigger than A0. |
|---|---|
| Courier | Tracked all the way to Edinburgh: normally 1 to 3 working days once it is dispatched, and the tracking link lands in your inbox as it leaves. |
| Production | The products above, on the options they open with, are ready to go in 5 to 8 working days from when your order and artwork are confirmed. Where Express is offered, it is on the product page. |
| Example | PVC Banners (6 working days): confirmed on a Monday, ready to leave on the following Tuesday, and normally in Edinburgh between the following Wednesday and the following Friday. |
| Postcodes | Edinburgh EH postcodes are mainland Scotland, so they are on the UK mainland rate. |
| How it is made | A person checks every uploaded file for free, then your order is made to order and dispatched from the UK. We have no shop or office in Edinburgh. |
Sending it to a venue? Fringe venues and the conference centre are flat out in August. Find out when your venue takes parcels and where, and get your order in early, because half the country seems to want print at the same moment.
Full rules: delivery and turnaround.
Edinburgh orders: your questions
Does Edinburgh pay the normal mainland postage?
Yes. It is mainland Scotland, so £7.95 a parcel, and free once the order passes £100 after discounts. Only the islands get quoted, while mainland Highlands postcodes add £10.
When should Fringe performers order?
June or the start of July if you can manage it. Making time for each turnaround is on the product page and starts once we have a confirmed order plus usable artwork, then the courier needs one to three working days. August is not the month for cutting it fine.
Does FatPrint have a shop in Edinburgh?
No. FatPrint is an online print business with no shop or office in the city. Everything is made to order and leaves by tracked courier from within the UK.
What grabs attention outside a Fringe venue?
A PVC banner tied to the railings, plus an A-frame on the pavement if the venue is allowed one. Posters for windows and noticeboards fill the gaps.
Will you deliver to the Royal Highland Show or the EICC?
Yes, or anywhere else you choose. Both have their own goods-in slots and label rules, so copy them from the exhibitor pack into your checkout notes.