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Turnaround Explained

Three speeds, one rule: the clock starts when we have your approved artwork and your payment. Every product page shows an arrival estimate that already follows these rules, so what you see is what you get.

1Order placedany time, any day2Paymentonline, before we start3Artwork approvedbefore last orders4Productionthe clock runs here5Ready or sentwe message youSame-day: this afternoonExpress: 1 to 2 working daysStandard: 3 to 5 working days
The clock starts at step 3, when payment is in and the artwork is approved before last orders.

The Three Speeds

TodaySame-dayOrder and approve artwork before on a working day () and collect the same afternoon. After the cutoff, or at the weekend, it is ready the next working day: a Friday 5 p.m. order is ready on Monday. Collection only, on the products marked same-day.
In a hurryExpressThe fastest production for that product, usually one to two working days, chosen on the product page. Priced on the page.
Best priceStandardOur everyday service and best price. Typically three to five working days, product by product below.

Same-day is produced on our own equipment, which is why it covers cards, flyers, posters, stickers, roller banners and PVC banners rather than every product. When same-day capacity for the day is full, the product page says so before you order.

When the Clock Starts

Production time counts from the first working day on which all three are true:

  1. Your order is placed and paid.
  2. Your artwork is uploaded and approved, including any proof we send you.
  3. It happened before (same-day: ).

Approve at 4 p.m. on a Tuesday and day one is Wednesday. Approve at 11 a.m. and day one is Tuesday. The due date in My Account updates the moment your artwork is approved.

Asked our team to set your file up? It joins the queue for the first member of the team who is free, so it can take longer, and the clock starts when you approve the proof we email you. Fixing it yourself in the uploader takes a minute and keeps today's timetable.

Artwork is the usual hold-up. Upload it on the product page before you check out, or straight after from My Account, and your job starts moving today.

Working Days

Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays and any closure dates we publish on the site. Weekends never count, so a three-day job approved on a Thursday is ready on the following Tuesday. The arrival estimate on each product page skips all of these automatically.

Production Days by Product

Working days from approval to ready for collection or dispatch. These come straight from our production settings, so they are always current.

ProductStandardExpress

Products not listed run on their own page estimate, usually three to five working days standard. Quote-led items state their time on the quote.

Delivery is on top

Production days end when the job is ready. Then add the delivery service's own days: Royal Mail Tracked takes 2 to 3 working days after printing, and DPD the next working day. Highlands, islands and non-mainland addresses take longer. Local collection adds nothing: we message you the moment it is ready. See Delivery & Collection.

Busy Periods

Before Christmas, the wedding season and the start of the school year we sometimes add a working day to standard jobs. When that is the case a notice appears on every product page and in the arrival estimate, so there are no surprises after you order. Same-day and express are unaffected unless the day is fully booked.

Getting It Faster

  • Upload print-ready PDF artwork with bleed: it passes the check first time and needs no proof round.
  • Pay at checkout rather than on collection, so nothing waits on us.
  • Choose express on the product page for the fastest production that product offers.
  • For a deadline that nothing on the site meets, ask for a quote and tell us the date. We will tell you honestly whether it can be done.