Plywood Signs
Birch plywood signs printed direct to the wood, so the grain shows through for a natural, rustic finish.
- Free standard UK mainland delivery over £50: tracked, 3-5 working days
- Same-day in London: up to 500 units with print-ready artwork, order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri; priced at checkout
Plywood Signs are printed straight onto 3mm birch plywood, so the wood grain shows through lighter colours and any white in your artwork is left as bare timber. The finish is natural and matt, which suits rustic wedding signs, cafe menus, market-stall boards and boutique shopfronts better than a glossy plastic panel. Choose A5, A4, A3 or A2, or type your own size in millimetres, then add rounded corners or drilled hanging holes placed with our on-screen picker. Order from one sign to ten. Every board is printed and cut in our Battersea workshop. Plywood is an indoor board, though it will stand outside under cover for a day.
Please supply your artwork as a print-ready PDF with 3mm bleed and no crop marks (we add our own). Make sure all colours are CMYK and imagery is 300dpi.
- • File Format: PDF (recommended) or high-res JPG/PNG
- • Colour Mode: CMYK. We print from CMYK and do not print Pantone spot colours: a Pantone colour prints as its closest CMYK match
- • Resolution: Minimum 300 DPI at actual size
- • Bleed: 3mm bleed on all edges
- • Fonts: All fonts embedded or converted to outlines
- • Safety Margin: Keep important content 5mm from trim edge
Free design templates
Each template has the bleed, cut line and safe area already marked, so your file is set up correctly first time:
- Download your size: PDF for Illustrator, Affinity or InDesign; PNG for Photoshop or Canva.
- Open it in your design app, or place it on a locked layer at 100% size. It already includes the 3mm bleed.
- Design over it: run your background right to the red bleed edge and keep text and logos inside the green safe area.
- Hide or delete the template layer, then export a print-ready PDF (CMYK, 300dpi) and upload it with your order.
Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved. That window is the whole job, not just the van: we print, finish and dispatch your order and the tracked carrier delivers it. The clock starts when you approve your free print preview, so approving promptly is the fastest thing you can do.
Choose your delivery speed at checkout. Every parcel is tracked:
- • Standard delivery: 3-5 working days, free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50, £5.99 below that
- • Next-day delivery: next working day when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, priced at checkout
- • Next-day by 1pm or by 10.30am: next working day, with the courier aiming for the time chosen (a target, not a guarantee), when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, priced at checkout
- • Saturday delivery: Saturday, for orders approved by 2.30pm on Friday, priced at checkout
- • Same-day delivery in London: order up to 500 units with print-ready artwork and approve it by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, and a tracked courier delivers the same day. Priced at checkout, including same-day production.
Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout, as are unusually heavy orders: over 15kg is £14.95 whatever the order value. Flat prints bigger than A4, such as A3 posters or 25 cm stickers, travel in a larger, board-backed pack: paid delivery services carry a packing charge for it, shown at checkout, and free standard delivery stays free. Very large pieces (any side over 120 cm, such as A0 boards) go by courier rather than post, at the courier price shown at checkout for each service. Pieces over 150 cm, or over 100 cm both ways, are beyond the parcel couriers: they travel with a specialist courier at the rate shown at checkout, or we split the artwork into smaller panels for you free of charge. See live delivery prices and times.
Every order is covered by the Presswift Guarantee: printed to the print preview you approve and the specification you choose, or put right. If what arrives is damaged, short or does not match the approved print preview, contact us within 7 days of delivery with your order number, photos of the problem and a count of the affected copies, and keep the copies unused while we look. We reprint the affected copies to the same specification or, where a reprint is not practical, refund them; approved refunds reach your original payment method within 7-10 working days. Read the Presswift Guarantee.
Because every job is printed to your own artwork and specification, we cannot take a return simply because you have changed your mind, and errors carried through the print preview you approved, or colour and trim variation within normal print tolerance, are not print faults. That is what the free print preview is for: check the colours, wording and layout on the print preview and nothing goes to press until you are happy with it.
Will the wood grain show through my print?
Yes, wherever the colour is light. Ink goes straight onto the birch with nothing underneath, so whites and pastels let the grain show and dark solids largely cover it. If you want a clean white area, plywood is the wrong board; pick Foamex or Dibond instead.
Can I use a plywood sign outdoors?
Only briefly. Birch ply is an indoor board and will stand outside under cover for a day, which covers most weddings and market stalls. For a sign that lives outside through rain and sun, choose Correx, Foamex or Dibond.
How are the hanging holes positioned?
Choose the Hole finish and a to-scale picker appears. Use a preset (one top-centre, two top corners, four corners, two sides), drag holes where you like, type millimetre positions, or mark them on your artwork. Holes come in 6, 8 or 10mm and sit at least 12mm from the edge.
Can I order a size that is not A5 to A2?
Yes. Type any width and height in millimetres on the product page and the price updates as you go. Because the Zund cutter follows any outline, we can also cut arrows, circles or a shape that matches your artwork; ask when you order.
Is the print double sided?
No, plywood signs are single sided only. If you need both faces printed, for example a hanging sign read from two directions, order two signs and mount them back to back, or ask us which of our other boards print double sided.
Do you check my file before printing?
Yes, a person checks every file for size, bleed and resolution before it reaches the printer. An emailed PDF print preview is an optional add-on if you would like to approve the layout first. Bear in mind that screen colours are RGB and print is CMYK, so shades can differ slightly.
Can I get Plywood Signs delivered the same day?
Yes, on orders of up to 500 items with print-ready artwork. Order Plywood Signs, and approve your artwork, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri and a tracked courier delivers them the same day in London. Elsewhere in the UK, standard tracked delivery takes 3-5 working days, with express and next-day options at checkout (next-day: order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri).
How much is delivery for Plywood Signs?
Standard tracked delivery is free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50 (£5.99 below that), and takes 3-5 working days from ordering. Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout, as are orders over 15kg (£14.95 whatever the order value). Express and next-day services are available at checkout (next-day: order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri), and a courier can deliver in London on the day you order when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri.
Do you provide free artwork templates for Plywood Signs?
Yes. Free artwork templates for every plywood signs size, in PDF and PNG with the bleed, trim and safe area already marked, are in the Artwork Guidelines section on this page.
About Plywood Signs
A plywood sign is a sheet of 3mm birch ply with your design printed directly onto the face. Birch has a pale grain, and because we print onto the raw wood rather than a white base, that grain shows through any lighter colour in the artwork. Solid dark inks sit cleanly on top; pastels, creams and whites pick up the timber beneath. Keep white areas in your file and they print as untouched wood, which is usually exactly the look people want. The surface is a natural matt, without the sheen of a plastic board.
Every sign is printed in our Battersea workshop on a Canon Arizona UV flatbed, which lays UV-cured ink straight onto the ply so the print is scratch-resistant, water-resistant and colourfast. The board then goes to a Zund flatbed cutter, which trims it to size, rounds the corners and drills hanging holes in the same pass. Plywood suits wedding welcome boards, table plans and bar menus, cafe and farm-shop price boards, boutique shop signs and sheltered house names. Treat it as an indoor board: a day outside under cover is fine, a season of weather is not.
Send a print-ready PDF at 300dpi in CMYK with 3mm bleed, and keep text and logos at least 10mm inside the trim. Ask if you would like us to set the artwork for you. Every file is checked by a person before it prints, and an emailed PDF print preview is an optional add-on. Screens show RGB and we print CMYK, so colours can shift slightly. London orders placed by the weekday cut-off are delivered the same day; the rest of the UK takes three to five working days.
Rustic Wedding Signs
Welcome boards, table plans and bar menus with the grain showing through.
Cafe Menu Boards
Daily specials and price lists that suit a wooden counter or shelf.
Farm Shop Signage
Produce labels and stall signs for markets, farm shops and delis.
Boutique Shop Signs
Small hanging signs and window boards for independent shops and studios.
House Names
Sheltered porch or hallway name and number plates with natural character.
Nursery Room Signs
Door names and room signs for nurseries, schools and family homes.
Event Wayfinding
Directional arrows cut to shape and hung with drilled holes.
Sustainable Brand Displays
Wooden point-of-sale boards for brands that want a natural, low-plastic look.
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Plywood Signs specifications
| Production and delivery | Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved. |
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| Artwork | Print-ready PDF, CMYK, images at 300dpi, 3mm bleed on all edges, fonts embedded or outlined, and important content kept 5mm inside the trim |
Standard delivery is free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50 (£5.99 below that) and takes 3-5 working days from ordering. Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout. Delivery details.
Quality Guaranteed
Every order is printed to the proof you approve and the specification you choose. If what arrives does not match them, or is damaged or short, tell us within 7 days of delivery and we reprint the affected copies or, where a reprint is not practical, refund them. Read the Presswift Guarantee
Fast Turnaround
Order, and approve your artwork, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri for same-day delivery in London, or standard delivery in 3-5 working days.
Expert Support
Every order gets a free file check and a free print preview within the hour (studio hours, 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday). Questions about your file? We reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday. Contact us
