Printing Services in Singapore: Prices, Turnaround and How to Choose (2026 Guide)
Every business in Singapore prints something — name cards for the first handshake, flyers for the weekend push, a roll-up banner for the trade show, stickers for the packaging line. What most buyers don't have is a clear picture of what printing services in Singapore actually cost, how long jobs really take, and which type of printing suits which job. This guide lays all of it out with real prices, so you can budget a print run before you talk to anyone.
Two things to know up front. First, prices below are live rates, not estimates — they're the same figures on our product pages, and there's no GST added on top. Second, most everyday jobs are ready the next working day; we'll flag the ones that aren't.
What printing services cost in Singapore
Here's the honest answer to "how much does printing cost" — starting prices for the jobs Singapore businesses order most, from our own catalogue:
| Print job | Starts from | Typical unit |
|---|---|---|
| Name cards | S$24 | box of 100 cards |
| Stickers | S$15 | per A3 sheet run |
| Posters | S$12 | per piece, A3–A0 |
| Flyers (offset) | S$34.70 | bulk run |
| Roll-up banners | S$75 | per unit, stand included |
| X-stand banners | S$58 | per unit |
| Life-size standees | S$120 | per piece |
| T-shirt printing | S$14 | per shirt |
| Polo shirts | S$16 | per shirt |
| Letterheads | S$59.50 | bulk run |
| Rubber stamps | S$25 | per stamp |
| Booklet printing | S$9.40 | per book |
Two patterns explain almost every price on that table. Per-unit cost falls fast with quantity — name cards drop from 24¢ to 14¢ a card between one box and ten. And anything printed offset (flyers, letterheads, paper bags) has a minimum run, because the cost sits in the plate setup, not the paper. That's why a paper bag order starts in the hundreds while a poster starts at S$12: one is a bulk manufacturing run, the other rolls off a large-format printer on demand.
Digital, offset or large format — which press your job needs
"Printing services" covers three different machines, and knowing which one your job runs on tells you most of what you need to know about its price and speed.
Digital printing
Toner or inkjet, no plates, no minimum worth mentioning. This is how name cards, stickers, short-run flyers and booklets are produced. Setup cost is near zero, so small quantities are cheap and turnaround is fast — this is the "ready next working day" category. The trade-off: above a few thousand pieces, offset becomes cheaper per unit.
Offset printing
Ink and plates on a press. Unbeatable per-unit price at volume and the standard for bulk flyers, letterheads, NCR forms, money packets and packaging. The plate setup means minimum runs and an extra day or two — plan offset jobs a week ahead rather than a day.
Large format
Wide-roll printers for the big stuff: posters up to A0, roll-up banners, PVC banners, life-size standees, artist canvas. Priced per piece or per square foot, and since there's no plate, one-offs are economical — a single A1 poster for tomorrow's event is a completely normal order.
A fourth bucket worth knowing: specialty finishing. Hotstamping, spot UV, embossing and lamination are applied on top of digital or offset work, and they're what separates a S$24 box of name cards from a luxury duplex card at S$70. Our guide to name card prices, paper and finishes breaks down when each finish earns its keep.
A worked example: when offset overtakes digital
Say you need flyers for a weekend roadshow. Digital printing charges essentially per sheet, so 200 flyers cost roughly double 100 — no surprises, ready tomorrow. Offset front-loads the cost into plates: the first thousand is the expensive part, and every thousand after that is mostly just paper.
In practice the crossover sits in the low thousands. Need 300 A5 flyers for Saturday? Digital, next working day. Need 10,000 for a month-long letterbox campaign? Offset, from S$34.70 a run, planned a week out — the per-piece price will be a fraction of digital's. Need 2,000 and it's Thursday? Call us and we'll price both against your deadline honestly.
This same logic decides letterheads, money packets, paper bags and every other bulk item: quantity and deadline pick the press, and the press picks the price.
The business essentials
The stationery a Singapore business actually needs on day one, and what each costs to do properly:
Name cards — from S$24 per box of 100, next working day. Standard size here is 90 × 54 mm; if you're setting up artwork yourself, our file setup guide covers bleed and safe zones so nothing gets trimmed off. Not sure what goes on the card? This guide covers content. For a card that opens doors, NFC cards (from S$28) tap a phone straight to your contact details.
Stickers and labels — from S$15. Die-cut shapes, waterproof materials, and UV DTF transfers (from S$25) that stick to almost any surface. Product labels, packaging seals, laptop-style promo stickers — all the same machine family.
Letterheads, envelopes, NCR forms — offset runs from S$59.50, S$150 and S$100 respectively. The unglamorous paperwork that makes invoices and quotations look like they came from an established company.
Rubber stamps — from S$25. Company stamps, signature stamps, date stamps. Small job, same-week essential for anyone dealing with contracts.
Beyond the standard name card: which card type fits
"Business card printing" in Singapore now spans six materials at six price points. The right one depends on who's receiving it:
| Card type | From | When it's the right call |
|---|---|---|
| Standard name card | S$24 / 100 | Everyday networking — 250GSM art card, full colour, dependable |
| PVC card | S$20 | Cards that live in wallets for years — waterproof, tear-proof |
| NFC card | S$28 | One tap opens your contact, site or portfolio on their phone |
| Transparent card | S$45 | Design-led businesses that want the card itself to be the talking point |
| Luxury duplex/triplex | S$70 | When the card must signal weight before a word is exchanged — 600GSM+, hotstamp, painted edges |
The honest advice: most businesses are best served spending S$24 on the standard card and putting the difference into more boxes. Upgrade when your clients judge materials — property, finance, weddings, design.
Marketing print: posters, banners, displays
Posters start at S$12 and run up to A0. Matte or gloss lamination protects anything going up in public. We've written a full guide on poster printing that actually gets noticed, and a companion piece on standard poster sizes from A4 to A0 — worth two minutes before you order, because the jump from A2 to A1 changes what a poster can do across a room. Framing or lamination? See our note on matte versus gloss lamination.
Roll-up banners (from S$75, stand included) are the workhorse of every roadshow and exhibition booth in Singapore — one person can set one up in thirty seconds. X-stands (from S$58) do the same job lighter and cheaper; roll-ups win on stability and finish.
Life-size standees (from S$120) put a person, mascot or product at the door. Retail floors and event photo points get more mileage out of these than any equivalent spend on flyers.
Point-of-sale extras — wobblers from S$15.20, table tents from S$127.60 a run, hand fans for outdoor events. Small print that works at the exact moment a customer is deciding.
Apparel, packaging and merchandise
Apparel: t-shirts from S$14, polos from S$16, aprons from S$16. Silkscreen for big runs of one design, DTG/DTF for small runs and full-colour artwork. Company events, F&B uniforms, class tees — the maths favours printing once you pass about ten pieces.
Packaging: paper bags, rigid gift boxes (from S$163.80), cup sleeves, belly bands and ang pow packets. These are offset manufacturing runs with real minimums — budget in the hundreds, order two to three weeks ahead, and the per-piece cost lands surprisingly low.
Merchandise and gifts: beyond flat print, there's a whole personalised gifts catalogue — photo frames from S$12, fridge magnets from S$5, engraved keychains, LED displays. Corporate door gifts and client thank-yous mostly live here.
How fast is fast: turnaround in practice
Most digital jobs — name cards, stickers, posters, banners, standees — are ready the next working day after artwork confirmation. That's the honest standard for digital print in Singapore, and it's ours.
Plan more lead time for three categories: offset runs (flyers, letterheads, packaging — add several working days for plates and drying), apparel (varies with method and quantity), and anything with specialty finishing like hotstamping or embossing, which adds a pass through another machine.
The single biggest cause of delay isn't the press — it's artwork going back and forth. Which brings us to files.
Ordering: files, proofs and delivery
Every print shop in Singapore will tell you the same three things about artwork, because they're what prevents reprints:
1. Supply PDF with bleed. Export at press quality with 3 mm bleed on all sides and keep text 3–5 mm inside the trim line. 2. Use CMYK, not RGB. Screens show RGB; presses print CMYK. Converting at export avoids the "why is my orange brown" conversation. 3. Outline your fonts (or embed them), so the file prints the same on our machines as on your screen.
Order online through any product page — prices are live, so what you see at checkout is the final figure — or walk in to talk it through. Delivery is free above S$150; below that, standard courier rates apply, or collect in person at Paya Lebar Square for nothing.
How to compare printing companies in Singapore
Whoever you print with — us or anyone else — five questions sort the reliable shops from the headaches:
Are prices published? A shop that shows live prices online has nothing to pad when you ask for a quote. Is GST in the price? An 9% surprise at invoice time matters on a S$2,000 packaging run. What's the stated turnaround — and is it written down? "Can rush for you" is not a commitment. Do they check your file before printing? A shop that flags a low-res logo before the run saves you a reprint; one that prints whatever you send doesn't. Can you reach a human? When the event is tomorrow, a WhatsApp reply in fifteen minutes is worth more than the cheapest quote in Singapore.
Looking for a printing shop near you?
If you've been searching "printing shop near me" from anywhere in the east, we're at Paya Lebar Square — one stop from Paya Lebar MRT on the Circle and East-West lines, a few minutes from Eunos, Aljunied, MacPherson and Katong. Walk in with a file on a thumb drive or just a rough idea; quotes are free and samples of every stock and finish are on the counter to handle.
Not nearby? Everything on this page can be ordered online with live pricing, proofed over WhatsApp, and couriered anywhere in Singapore — free above S$150. The only thing you miss by not visiting is the smell of fresh toner.
Common file mistakes that delay print jobs
Five things we see weekly, all avoidable in export settings: RGB colour (converts to duller CMYK on press — export CMYK and approve what you see), no bleed (background colour must extend 3 mm past the trim or you get white slivers on the edge), text too close to the edge (keep 3–5 mm inside), low-resolution logos (a logo pulled off your website at 72dpi prints fuzzy — use the original vector), and fonts not outlined (your font substitutes to something else on our machine). Fix these before sending and almost every job sails through on the first proof.
Frequently asked questions
How much do printing services cost in Singapore?
Small digital jobs start under S$30 — name cards from S$24 a box, stickers from S$15, posters from S$12. Display items run S$58–S$120 (X-stands, roll-ups, standees), and offset bulk runs like flyers start around S$35. Prices at Printvolution are final — no GST is added.
What's the cheapest way to print in bulk?
Offset. Once quantities pass a few thousand pieces, plate-based printing beats digital on per-unit cost every time — that's why bulk flyers, letterheads and packaging run offset. For under a thousand pieces, digital is usually cheaper because you skip the plate setup.
How fast can I get something printed in Singapore?
Most digital jobs — name cards, stickers, posters, banners — are ready the next working day after artwork is confirmed. Offset runs, apparel and specialty finishes need more lead time. If a deadline is tight, call before you order and we'll tell you straight whether it's makeable.
Do I need print-ready artwork?
Press-quality PDF with 3 mm bleed, CMYK colour and outlined fonts is the gold standard. If that sentence means nothing to you, send what you have — files get checked before anything prints, and we'll flag problems rather than print them.
Is delivery included?
Delivery is free for orders above S$150. Below that, courier rates apply — or collect free from our shop at Paya Lebar Square, one stop from Paya Lebar MRT.
Can I walk in without an appointment?
Yes — walk-ins are welcome during opening hours at Paya Lebar Square. Bring your file on a thumb drive or email it on the spot; for straightforward digital jobs you can often approve the proof there and collect the next working day.
Where is Printvolution located?
Paya Lebar Square, Singapore — walk-ins welcome during opening hours for quotes, samples and collection. Full details on our contact page.
