Printed Signs
Banner and Sign Printing Company in Chicago
Banners, wraps and event graphics printed in our own shop and shipped anywhere in the country. No permit, no installer, no reason to wait on a third party.
- Printed in our own shop
- Ships nationwide
- Installation available locally
- Licensed Chicago sign contractor
- Design, permits, fabrication, installation
- Built in our own shop
- 25+ years of Chicago sign work
Where to start
The signage that does not need a permit
Everything on this page is produced in-house, which means we control the schedule rather than passing your deadline to somebody else.
Printed work is the fast half of what we do. There is no permit to file and, for most of it, no installer required — which is why we ship these across the country as readily as we deliver them across Chicago. What actually determines whether a printed job goes well is much duller than that: the artwork, the material specification, and the finishing.
Most printed signage that fails does so at the edges. A banner tears at the grommets because the corners were not reinforced. A wall wrap lifts because the paint was not cured. Window film bubbles because it was applied by someone who does it twice a year. The printing is the easy part.
Choose
What we print
Each of these has its own page with materials, options and the approval path.
Custom Vinyl Banners
The standard banner: hemmed, grommeted and finished for how you are actually hanging it.
Large Format Vinyl Banners
Building-scale graphics, printed in panels and welded into a single piece.
Mesh Banners
Perforated material for fences, scaffolding and elevations, where wind would destroy solid vinyl.
Retractable Banners
Roll-up stands for trade shows and lobbies. Sets up in a minute, travels in a bag.
Step & Repeat Banners
Logo backdrops laid out for the camera, which is the only place they are ever seen.
Window Wraps
Full coverage, one-way vision, frosted privacy or cut lettering on glass.
Wall Wraps
Interior and exterior wall graphics, including textured surfaces like brick.
How to choose
Choosing the material
The position usually decides this before the design does.
| Situation | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor event | Retractable or fabric | Travels well, sets up fast |
| Railing or short outdoor run | Hemmed vinyl | Color density, straightforward fixing |
| Fence or scaffolding | Mesh | Wind passes through instead of tearing it off |
| Full building elevation | Mesh, panelled and welded | Wind load at that scale is serious |
| Shop window | Perforated or frosted film | Privacy or impact without losing daylight |
| Interior feature wall | Wall vinyl, removable if leased | Comes off cleanly at the end of a lease |
Swipe to see the full table.
Our process
How a printed job runs
The same shape every time, so you know what happens next.
Specification
Where is it going, how long for, and how exposed. That decides material and finishing before anything is designed.
Artwork
Vectors where possible, CMYK, with bleed and margin for hems. We will tell you if what you sent will not reproduce well.
Proof
A digital proof for layout and color references. This is the point to change your mind, not after printing.
Print and finish
Printed in our shop, then hemmed, grommeted, laminated or fitted with pockets as specified.
Ship or install
Out the door to anywhere in the country, collected by appointment locally, or installed by our own crew.
Not sure which one you need?
Send a photo of the space and your deadline. We will tell you what the code allows and what we would build, before you spend anything.
Delivery
We ship nationwide
No installer, no permit, no reason it has to stay in Illinois.
Printed signage needs no installer and no permit, so we ship it anywhere in the United States. Chicago-area customers can collect from the Burr Ridge, Chicago or Oak Brook office by appointment. Tell us the date you need it in hand and we will work back from it and tell you honestly whether it is achievable.
Questions
Questions we get asked
Call (872) 250-4743, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Questions we get asked
Do you really ship nationwide?
Yes. Banners, retractable stands, step and repeats and window film all travel without difficulty and need nothing local to install. It is the part of our work that is not restricted to Chicago at all.
What artwork do you need?
Vector files where possible — AI, EPS, PDF or SVG with fonts outlined. For raster images, around 100 to 150 dpi at final size is plenty for large format, since these are read from a distance. CMYK rather than RGB, and Pantone references for brand colors.
How fast can you turn something around?
It depends on what it is and what else is in the shop, and we would rather ask than publish a number we cannot stand behind for every job. Tell us your date and we will tell you honestly whether we can make it.
Do banners need a permit?
Not to print or ship. To display, quite possibly — most municipalities regulate temporary signage, often limiting size and how long it may stay up. That is a display question rather than a production one, and worth checking for a long campaign.
Can you install as well?
Locally, yes, and for anything at height or at building scale we would recommend it. Tensioning a large banner evenly and fixing it so it stays put is not a job to improvise from a ladder.
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