Reception Sign printed on a rigid sign board (reception sign printing)

Size check

The figure stands 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m). Choose a different size and the drawing redraws to match.

Included as standard

This reception sign marks the door or cabin where visitors to a Manchester depot, yard or office should go first. One word, "Reception", in the blue and white information style. Choose portrait A3, A2 or A1 and a board: 3.5mm Correx, 5mm Foamex or 3mm Dibond. It is made in 5 production working days.

Full-colour UK printing, produced only once you order
Uploaded artwork gets a free check by one of our team (size, bleed, resolution)
Send a print-ready PDF, or have us prepare the artwork
Sent by courier, or collect from our Manchester office (M8)

Site, Traffic & Hoarding Signs

Reception Sign Printing in Manchester

from £26.55

Couriers, candidates and customers find the right door without asking the first person in a hi-vis jacket. On a site full of similar sheds, one clear word on the right building does more than a paragraph of directions on your website.

Size

Material

Turnaround

…Working out your price

The price shown is the price you pay at checkout. UK delivery £7.95, free over £100. Highlands +£10. Islands and Northern Ireland: ask for a price.

Artwork

My artwork is ready to uploadA person checks your file for free: resolution, size and bleed, before it prints.FreeSet my words and logo neatly for me (typesetting)1 design + 2 rounds of changes.£15.00Design it for me from a briefA complete design built from your notes, logo and photos, with a first draft and two rounds of changes.£35.00Redraw my logo from a blurry or small fileWe rebuild your logo as a sharp vector file, and it is yours to keep.£30.00Create a new logo for meA fresh logo drawn to your brief, changes included, handed over as vector files.£50.00Use the design from another item in my basketNothing extra to pay: one design fee covers every item that shares the design.No fee

Your brief for the designer (optional)Upload files (logo, artwork, photos or a rough sketch: up to 3 files of 25 MB each)

Design fees are a fixed amount with their own line in the basket, covering every copy of this item. Not ready yet? Order now and upload later: we email you a link.

Running a charity, school, club or place of worship? up to 10% off each orderBusiness? up to 5% off the first order

Delivery £7.95Nothing to pay above £100. Goes by tracked courier, which normally takes 1 to 3 working days once it leaves us (production can be as quick as 2 working days).

Collection from M8Collecting from our Manchester office costs nothing. We email you when the order is waiting.

About this product

The classic mistake is fixing the sign above the reception door at a height nobody looks at, on a wall that faces away from where people park. Put it where the eye lands as visitors get out of the car, then add a smaller one on the door itself if needed.

A joinery yard in Radcliffe, and others like it around Manchester

Take a joinery firm in Radcliffe with three units off one yard and a cabin by the gate that acts as the office. Drivers pull in, see three roller shutters and stop. An A1 Dibond reception sign on the cabin's long side, facing the gate, reads from roughly 24 m and answers the question before anyone climbs out. If reception is out of sight from the gate, a reception right arrow sign at the turn does the rest.

Board and size

For a cabin or fence that stays put, Dibond is the long-life choice. A lobby or glazed porch suits 5mm Foamex, which sits flatter than thin board at the larger sizes. Correx is the light, waterproof option for a site that will move in a few months.

Prices start at £26.55. Want your firm's name under the word? Upload your own artwork and a real person checks it free; typesetting costs £15 if you would rather we did it. Courier delivery is £7.95, free once the order reaches £100, and normally lands 1 to 3 working days after the production days. Browse the wider set of site signs.

Manchester Printed is based in Manchester and delivers across the UK, covering the city, its suburbs and towns like Oldham. Collection from our Manchester office costs nothing once your order is ready.

Price by size

Listed from the smallest up. Choosing a price sets that size in the buy box for you.

Size	3.5mm Correx	5mm Foamex	3mm Dibond aluminium composite
A3 · 297 × 420 mm
A2 · 420 × 594 mm
A1 · 594 × 841 mm

Final prices per item with the lowest-priced options. UK delivery £7.95, free over £100. Choose a price to load it into the price calculator.

Specification

What it is made from, the sizes on offer and how it is finished.

Message	Reception
Sign type	Info
Materials	3.5mm Correx, 5mm Foamex and 3mm Dibond aluminium composite
Sizes	A3 (297 × 420 mm), A2 (420 × 594 mm), A1 (594 × 841 mm)
Viewing distance	A3: 12 m, A2: 17 m, A1: 24 m
Print	Full colour, single sided
Made by	Made to order by Manchester Printed, Manchester, in our workshop or by our UK production partner, depending on the option
SKU	MP-SIT-180
Price	The configurator shows the final price, and checkout matches it.
Delivery	UK mainland £7.95 per order, free over £100. Highlands +£10. Islands and Northern Ireland: ask for a price.
Artwork check	Every uploaded file is checked by a person for resolution, size and bleed.

What size should I order?

Pick a size people can read from where they will stand. As a cautious rule, using the distance-factor method in ISO 3864-1, allow roughly 1 metre of reading distance per 25 mm of sign height (measured on the shorter side). Check it against your own risk assessment.

Size	Can be read from about
A3 (297 × 420 mm)	12 m
A2 (420 × 594 mm)	17 m
A1 (594 × 841 mm)	24 m

Good lighting stretches the reading distance; in dim spots, go a size up.

Your design

Three routes to print-ready artwork. Pick whichever suits you.

Send your own file

Make the PDF at the ordered size plus 3 mm bleed on each edge. Someone on our team looks over every upload, free of charge, before printing starts.

Use the designer

This one needs a ready-made file rather than the designer. Stuck? We can prepare the artwork for you.

Let us do it

Choose typesetting, or a design worked up from your brief, when you reach the artwork step. File set-up advice.

FAQs

Short answers on ordering reception sign printing in manchester.

Will it survive on an exposed yard fence?

Dibond will, for years. Correx copes well with rain but is better for shorter jobs.

Can I add opening hours?

Upload a version with the hours added and a person will check the layout before it prints.

Is collection possible in Manchester?

It is. Collect from our Manchester office, Unit 3, 116 Bury New Road, M8 8EB, after our email says it is ready.

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