Ten 1200 × 800 mm Pieces of Matt Self-Adhesive Vinyl for a London Florist, Ready 8 Hours After Payment

The order: five envelope designs on 1200 × 800 mm self-adhesive vinyl, plus postcards

The artwork arrived by file transfer at 11:32 on Monday 26 October 2026: five envelope designs as PDF files, one green, two striped, one white and one beige. The green design, shown above, is drawn as an airmail envelope with a stamp and a postmark. We sent the quote at 11:56. It specified ten pieces of matt self-adhesive vinyl at 1200 × 800 mm, 0.96 m² each and 9.60 m² in total, printed with latex inks and finished with a simple contour cut, with no laminate. The order was supply only, with no installation included, and where the vinyl would be applied was not part of the order. Printed and cut film of this kind is what our vinyl graphics page covers, and this order is one example of self-adhesive vinyl printing in London at that page’s larger end.

The same quote added 15 A6 postcards on 350gsm card, printed on both sides and counted as five sets of three. The card weights we keep for work like this are listed in the guide to paper stocks we hold. Courier delivery within London was part of the order from the start.

Which vinyl, ink and cut were used for 1200 × 800 mm pieces?

Matt self-adhesive vinyl, latex inks, a simple contour cut and no laminate: that is the specification on the order record for all ten pieces. Pieces of this size are large format work, and this order was latex large format printing at our London print shop between Monday evening and early Tuesday. As general advice rather than a fact about this order, a matt surface diffuses light, so it reflects shop lighting less than gloss; the comparison is set out on our sticker printing page, where smaller cut shapes on self-adhesive vinyl are produced. Small kiss-cut shapes kept on a backing sheet are a different job, recorded in the kiss-cut vinyl stickers case study.

In short: Silver Image Print & Signs printed ten 1200 × 800 mm pieces of matt self-adhesive vinyl, 9.60 m² in total, with latex inks for a London florist, contour cut them, and had the order marked ready 8 hours 2 minutes after payment was recorded.

From artwork to ready: the timeline

Every time below is London time (GMT; the clocks went back on Sunday 25 October), taken from our mailbox and the order record.

On this order the vinyl and postcards were marked ready 8 hours 2 minutes after payment was recorded and about 13 hours after the quote was sent, with the work running into the night. Our 24 hour printing service is what keeps a press running after the evening, and the guide to printing at night in London explains how a late order is handled. One order is not a promise of the same time for the next: send your files and the size, and the quote states the time.

What a shop can do with self-adhesive vinyl, and the pages that cover it

This order was supply only, with no fitting by us. For a shop, the usual places for self-adhesive vinyl are the glass, the walls and the counter, and each has its own page. The film, the adhesive and any laminate are chosen for the surface, so this order does not show that the same matt vinyl suits every one of them. Film on glass is covered by window vinyl printing, film on interior walls and floors by wall and floor graphics, and print for the counter and the shop floor by the page on point of sale displays. For a shop or a pop-up planning everything at once, the page on printing for retail brands and pop-up shops sets out which items are quick and which need a survey.

What to tell us when you order self-adhesive vinyl graphics

For printed and contour-cut self-adhesive vinyl like this order, these are the details that let us quote and plan accurately:

• The finished size of each piece and how many of each design. Here it was ten pieces at 1200 × 800 mm from five envelope designs.
• The finish: matt or gloss, and whether a laminate goes on top. This order was matt vinyl with no laminate.
• The cut. This order had a simple contour cut; tell us if the design has detailed shapes or lettering to cut.
• The surface it will go on, and who applies it. This order was supply only; if you want it fitted, say so with the quote request.
• Artwork as PDF at the finished size. The guides on preparing artwork for large format and on which file format to send for printing cover the details.
• Where it should arrive. Give the full delivery address and a contact; the guide to how print delivery works in London explains the courier side.