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Medical Poster Printing Glasgow: NHS research day, clinical audit and conference posters

Medical poster printing in Glasgow for NHS staff, clinicians and researchers who have a research day on Friday and a poster that is still a PowerPoint file.

Research poster printing is a large part of what our wide-format printer does. We print A0 and A1 posters from your file, check it first, and deliver to the hospital the same day. Conference posters come with our SEC Conference Poster Kit: free delivery to the SEC, your hotel reception or conference booth, 20 A4 handouts and a tube, as set out on our academic poster printing page for university conferences, and our wider NHS and healthcare print work.

  • A0 £50 and A1 £40, portrait by default, landscape on request
  • Printed from your PowerPoint or PDF, checked before it runs
  • 12-colour 1440 dpi printer, so charts, scans and imaging stay sharp
  • Matte or satin finish, your choice at no extra cost
  • Conference posters delivered free to the SEC, your hotel reception or conference booth
  • Same-day courier to hospital sites, £5 in the city centre, £15 elsewhere in Glasgow
  • Paying by card or by department invoice? Ask when you order
Studio:
36-38 Washington Street, G3 8AZ
Prices:
A0 £50 · A1 £40 · A2 £30
Delivery:
Conference posters free to the SEC
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At a glance

Price from
A3 £3.99 inc VAT on our digital press, £2.50 each from ten, A2 £30, A1 £40, A0 £50 per poster.
Sizes
A0 (841 x 1189mm) and A1 (594 x 841mm), portrait by default, landscape on request
Material
Matte or satin poster paper, same price either way
Turnaround
Normal orders in a few working days. Same-day or next-day, phone 0141 345 5841 and we confirm the time and price on the call.
Collect from
Unit 204b, 36-38 Washington Street, Glasgow G3 8AZ, minutes from the SEC. Collection 8am to 8pm, seven days a week, Saturday and Sunday included.
Delivery
Conference posters delivered free to the SEC, your hotel reception or conference booth. Standard turnaround: Glasgow G1 to G77, free over £50. Same-day courier £5 in the city centre, £15 elsewhere in Glasgow.
File spec
PDF, 300 dpi, 3mm bleed, fonts outlined. PowerPoint accepted, we convert and check it.
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Delivered to your hotel, the SEC or your booth

Clinicians and researchers heading to a conference ask whether the poster can be waiting at the hotel or the venue. It can, and for conference posters it is free. We leave it with reception with your name on it, or bring it to the SEC and your conference booth.

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Send the PDF

Email or upload the PDF. Tell us the size, the day you need it and where it is going, with a mobile number in case the rider needs you.

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We print and proof

We check the file, print it in-house on our wide-format printer and proof it before it leaves. Same-day or next-day, phone 0141 345 5841 and we confirm the time and the price on the call.

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Free delivery or collect

Conference posters go to your hotel reception, the SEC or your conference booth free, with 20 A4 handouts and a tube. Or collect from our Washington Street studio, 8am to 8pm, seven days a week.

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Who we print medical and research posters for

Between the health board sites and the medical schools, a hospital research day poster is one of the most common jobs on the printer.

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Hospital research days

Posters for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde research days, departmental showcases and trainee presentation evenings across the QEUH, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Gartnavel sites.

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Clinical audit and QI posters

Clinical audit poster printing for junior doctors, nurses and AHPs presenting quality improvement work. Usually A1, usually needed for Friday.

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Conferences and society meetings

Posters for national and international meetings, printed here so you carry the tube on the train rather than trusting a hotel printer at the other end.

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Medical school and PhD posters

Research posters for students and postgraduates at the University of Glasgow School of Medicine, Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian health faculties.

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Research poster prices

Flat prices, printed in-house, matte or satin included. No quote needed for a standard poster.

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A0 poster

£50

841 × 1189mm

The size most conferences and research days ask for. Portrait by default.

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A1 poster

£40

594 × 841mm

Common for audit boards and departmental research days with smaller display panels.

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A2 poster

£30

420 × 594mm

Ward notices, study recruitment posters and smaller display boards.

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Delivery and multi-buy

Free

Conference posters to the SEC / £5 off each from two

Conference posters delivered free to the SEC, your hotel reception or conference booth. Same-day courier to a hospital site is £5 in the city centre and £15 elsewhere in Glasgow. Two or more posters, £5 off each. For a same-day or next-day poster, phone 0141 345 5841 and we will confirm the timeline and the price.

Poster orders from £30. Free delivery on standard-turnaround orders over £50, and conference posters go to the SEC free. Need a plain big print without the file check? See A0, A1 and A2 printing.

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From PowerPoint to poster board

Most NHS poster printing starts as a slide made on a ward computer at the wrong page size. That is fine, the check is there to catch it.

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Send the file

PowerPoint or PDF, plus the size the organisers asked for and the date you need it. If you are unsure of the size, A0 portrait is the usual default.

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We check it

Page size against print size, image resolution on scans and figures, fonts, margins and any logo that has been stretched. We flag problems before printing.

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Print and finish

Printed on our in-house 12-colour wide-format printer, so a red bar on a chart prints red and not orange. Matte or satin.

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Collect or courier

Collect rolled from Washington Street, G3, 8am to 8pm any day. Conference posters go to the SEC, your hotel reception or conference booth free. Same-day courier to a hospital site is £5 in the city centre and £15 elsewhere in Glasgow.

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The numbers that matter

12Ink colours on the wide-format printer
1,440 dpiPrint resolution for charts and imaging
20Free A4 handout copies with a conference poster
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Colour, finish and file setup

A clinical poster lives or dies on its figures. Kaplan-Meier curves, forest plots, bar charts with a significance marker, a CT slice: all of it needs to print the way it looked on screen. Our 12-colour, 1440 dpi printer is built for exactly that, and where the software lets you, export charts as vector so the lines stay crisp at A0.

Matte and satin are both included in the price. Matte reads better under hospital strip lighting and suits text-heavy audit posters. Satin lifts photographs and imaging. Set the page to A0 portrait (84.1cm by 118.9cm) or A1 portrait (59.4cm by 84.1cm) before you design, keep 10mm clear around the edge, and check the organiser’s instructions in case the boards are landscape. For the rest, our guide to preparing files for print covers resolution and bleed.

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Event and exhibition printing

Everything an exhibitor, speaker or organiser in Glasgow tends to need, printed at our Washington Street studio a short walk from the SEC.

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SEC conference and exhibition printing

The hub for anything at the SEC Centre, Armadillo or OVO Hydro: upcoming shows, what to order and free conference poster delivery to the SEC.

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Exhibition printing in Glasgow

Stand graphics, roller, PVC and mesh banners, pop-ups and tension fabric for trade shows and expos.

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A0, A1 and A2 poster printing

Big sheets printed in-house in Glasgow. A2 £30, A1 £40, A0 £50, all inc VAT, on silk, satin or gloss.

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Academic poster printing

Research and conference posters with a proper file check before they print, at the standard poster price.

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Roller banners in Glasgow

Cassette roller banners with base, pole and carry case. Basic £69, Premium £155, 2 to 3 working days.

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Foam board printing

Rigid display boards from A3 to B1 and A0. A2 £40, A1 £55, B1 £70, A0 £105, matt or gloss lamination.

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Event signage in Glasgow

Welcome signs, seating plans, table numbers and menus for weddings, parties and corporate events.

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Medical poster printing, common questions

What NHS staff and researchers ask before sending a poster to print.

How much does medical poster printing cost in Glasgow?

An A0 poster is £50, A1 is £40 and A2 is £30, with £5 off each poster when you order two or more, which suits a department sending several people to the same research day. Conference posters come with our SEC Conference Poster Kit at no extra cost, and same-day courier to a hospital site is £5 in the city centre and £15 elsewhere in Glasgow. Poster orders start from £30 and delivery on standard orders over £50 is free. A poster needed today or tomorrow is priced on the phone, so ring 0141 345 5841 and we will confirm the timeline and the cost.

Can you invoice my department or the health board?

Ask when you order. Most posters are paid by card and claimed back on expenses, and if your department needs an invoice with a purchase order or cost centre reference on it, tell us before we print and we will let you know what we can do.

Do you deliver to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital?

Yes. Our same-day courier delivers to the QEUH, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Gartnavel General and the Beatson, the Royal Hospital for Children, and the university medical schools. It is £5 in the city centre and £15 elsewhere in Glasgow, and standard delivery is free on orders over £50. Give us the building, floor and a phone number, and the rider will meet you at reception or the department. Collection from our G3 studio is also fine.

Should I send PowerPoint or PDF?

PDF is best, exported at the final page size. Most research posters are made in PowerPoint though, and that works too: set the slide size to 84.1cm by 118.9cm for A0 portrait or 59.4cm by 84.1cm for A1, then export a PDF. If you send the PowerPoint itself, we convert it and send you a proof before anything prints.

Will my charts and images print accurately?

Our wide-format printer runs 12 inks at 1440 dpi, so bar charts, survival curves, histology and imaging figures print sharp and the fine text in a table stays readable. Keep figures at 150dpi or better at print size, and export charts as vector where the software allows, because a screenshot of a chart will look soft at A0.

Matte or satin, which should I choose?

Matte is the safe choice for a poster hall lit by strip lights, because it does not throw reflections at the people reading it. Satin gives photographs, scans and imaging a bit more depth and a slightly richer black. Both are the same price. If in doubt, matte for text-heavy audit posters, satin for anything built around images.

How quickly can you print a research poster?

A couple of working days is a comfortable deadline and needs nothing special from you. If the research day is tomorrow, or the poster has to be ready today, phone 0141 345 5841 with the file to hand. We will take the details, tell you whether we can hit the deadline and confirm the price before you pay. For a poster needed at a conference venue in town the same afternoon, see our SEC event printing page.

Can you deliver my poster to my hotel or the venue?

Yes, and for conference posters it is free. We deliver to your hotel reception, the SEC or your conference booth. Give us the hotel and your name and we leave the poster with reception, so it is waiting when you check in. Collection from our Washington Street studio is also fine.

What comes with a conference poster?

Every conference poster comes with our SEC Conference Poster Kit at no extra cost: free delivery to the SEC, your hotel reception or conference booth, a free fix of your PowerPoint or PDF before printing (fonts, low-res images and sizing, up to 15 minutes per file), 20 free A4 handout copies and a free poster tube. If anything is wrong on our side, we reprint it free, straight away.

Research day this week? Send the file and the date and we will confirm what is possible within the working day. Get in touch.

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Visit
The Pentagon Business Centre
Unit 204b, 36–38 Washington Street
Glasgow G3 8AZ
Hours
Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00
Sat 10:00–18:00
Sun closed
Service area
Glasgow, Hamilton, Paisley, East Kilbride, Motherwell. Free delivery across Central Scotland on orders over £50.