Outdoor posters

Blue Back and Synaps are designed for this purpose. Blue Back is paper with a blue spine that is used both indoors and outdoors; Synaps is a polyester film that is tear- and water-resistant. Standard poster paper weighing 150 or 200 grams is intended for indoor use. It can, however, be used outdoors if laminated.

Blue back is 115-gram paper with a blue backing, designed to be glued down. Synaps is not paper but a polyester film in 150 or 200 microns, tear- and water-resistant and PVC-free. In short: Blue Back for anything that is to be stuck up and removed after the campaign, Synaps where the poster really needs to stay in place come rain or shine.

Our information sheets do not specify a time limit for this, as it depends on the location, how it is fixed in place and the weather. A poster under an awning will last longer than one left exposed to the rain and sun. If you let us know how long the poster needs to stay up, we’ll advise you on the most suitable material.

The width is the limiting factor: 127 cm for Synaps and poster paper, 137 cm for blue-back paper. We print on any size within that width, including XL posters. If your campaign requires a larger surface area, a banner is a more suitable option than a poster.

A poster is a flat piece of material or film that is glued, framed or screwed into place. A frontlit banner is a piece of fabric that you hang from a fence or a façade using eyelets and tensioners, and it comes in larger sizes. For a building façade or a site hoarding, that’s a better option.

Yes. As well as standard full-colour printing, we also offer screen printing in reflective, fluorescent and phosphorescent inks – meaning ‘glow-in-the-dark’ – and there is also mirror ink. Which of these techniques works best in your case depends on where the poster is displayed and how much light it receives, so it’s best to check with us.

You can specify this when placing your order. We cut straight edges and laminate the material; we drill holes where you want to screw it in place; and there are mounting systems available, such as click-in frames, into which you simply slide the poster. Blue back is designed to be stuck onto a flat surface.

Creafor has its own installation team with its own aerial work platform and carries out installations every day, ranging from small to large. Whether this is suitable for your posters depends on the number of locations and the height. Please enquire about this when submitting your request, and we will include it in the quote.

Outdoor posters are listed in our ordering module in a range of materials; you can enter your own dimensions and quantity and see the price straight away.

From a certain quantity. For a series of signs or a campaign across multiple locations, the price per item drops rapidly, as the set-up only needs to be done once.

If the poster is to be stuck onto a board or a wall, use blue-back paper. If it is to be framed or hung on a fence, use synaps. If it is to be displayed indoors, poster paper will suffice.

If it needs to be wider than 137 cm or needs to be displayed for longer than a few months, a mesh banner is stronger, allows the wind to pass through and is hung on a fence using rings. If you require a frame, please look at the framed banners.

Synaps is PVC-free and, according to the information sheet, should be disposed of with polyester, with an Ecoscore of 2 out of 5. Blue Back and poster paper are paper and should be disposed of with waste paper, provided they are not laminated.