Custom Printing in Boston, MA

Lab benches to poster sessions

Life sciences give this city a kind of print demand few places have. Researchers at the hospitals and labs across the river in Cambridge present at poster sessions every month, and a clean, full-color research poster at the conference's required size is a routine order. Biotech and device startups add retractable banner stands for the lobby, tension fabric displays for investor days and recruiting fairs, and step-and-repeat backdrops for a funding announcement. Because the content is technical, the digital proof matters: check figure legends, units and small text at full size before approving. Send the poster dimensions from the conference guidelines and your PDF, and a printing specialist confirms the size and material options.

Move-in weekends and commencement

With dozens of colleges in and around the city, the academic calendar sets the pace. Late August brings orientation and move-in, when departments order vinyl banners for the quad, event directional signs for check-in lines and feather flags marking the right building. Spring brings commencement and reunion weekends, with step-and-repeat backdrops for family photos and posters for the alumni tent. The spring road race season adds cheer-zone banners, water-station canopy tents and sponsor table covers for the organizers and the charities running with them. Order from the official sizes your campus or organizer publishes so the pieces fit the frames and tents already in storage in Somerville or on campus.

Harbor wind, snow and brick sidewalks

The weather here is hard on outdoor print. Nor'easters, salt air along the harbor and heavy snow in January all take a toll, and spring can be wet for weeks. Mesh banners are the sensible choice for fences and scaffolding, aluminum signs for anything permanent, and A-frame signs with a weighted base for a restaurant patio in Quincy or a cafe in the North End. Summer patio season is short, so many restaurants order a fresh patio banner and sidewalk sign each May. Many neighborhoods also sit in historic districts with their own exterior sign review, so check your city's sign permit rules before ordering a permanent sign, and use window decals and sidewalk signs for seasonal messages.