The odd jobs other printers turn away

This page exists because the other pages have prices in boxes, and boxes cannot describe everything. If what you want does not fit one of them, it fits here.

Custom sizes. We cut to size in house, so a print does not have to be an A size. Square, long and thin, oversized, or a specific measurement someone gave you: send the dimensions in millimetres and we will price it.

Unusual materials. Papers, cards, board, PVC and Foamex, plus translucent backlit vinyl for illuminated signs, lightboxes and display fridges. If you tell us what the thing is for, where it is going to live and how long it needs to last, we will pick the material with you rather than making you choose from a list you cannot feel.

Shapes and finishing. Rounded corners, drilled holes, mounting on board, lamination and folding. Cutting around a shape rather than a rectangle is a common ask and usually possible, though a fully bespoke cutting blade for your own outline only makes sense at higher quantities, and we will tell you honestly where that line sits.

Branded items beyond paper. Lanyards, name badges, notebooks and pens for conferences and events, quoted per job with your logos applied.

Framing. We stock frames and can supply a print finished and ready to hang rather than loose.

One offs. A single item is fine. Our £25 minimum spend on print jobs applies, but within that we will make one thing properly rather than telling you to order 250.

Reproducing something that already exists. If you have an old printed item you need more of, such as a form, a sign, a card or a label, bring it in. We will scan it, re-set it if needed, and match the stock as closely as we can.

The products we retired from the price list. Greeting cards, calendars, brochures, envelopes, swing tags, menus, compliment slips, presentation folders and canvas prints all came off the online pricing because they varied too much to price in a box. We still print all of them, so ask and we will quote the same day.

You do not need a spec. Most of the interesting jobs start with someone describing a thing they can picture and cannot name.

Useful to include if you have it: roughly what size, how many, where it is going to live, whether indoors, outdoors, handled or posted, when you need it, and whether you have artwork. If you have a photo of something similar, that is worth more than a paragraph of description, and emailing one to info@walthamprint.co.uk is the quickest way to send it.

What you will get back, the same day: whether we can do it, what we would make it from, what it will cost, and how long it will take. If it is a bad idea we will say so and suggest the better version. If it is genuinely not something we can do well, we will tell you who can, because there are jobs that belong with a specialist and we would rather send you there than do a mediocre version.

That last part is the actual point of this page. Most print goes wrong because someone ordered the wrong thing confidently instead of asking.

Where the answer is usually one of our standard products: anything flat and large is normally posters, anything rigid and outdoors is Foamex, anything flexible and outdoors is a PVC banner, and anything with a file problem starts at artwork editing. If your job is one of those, you will get a straight answer and a standard price.

Call 020 8520 0996 or 07391 970040, or send the details through the form. Same day answer, always.