Description
122cm x 244cm Soft Board Printing: Full-Sheet Temporary Indoor Display
Full-sheet Soft Board Printing from Printed Today provides the ideal solution for businesses requiring large-scale professional temporary indoor signage without the weight, cost or handling difficulty of rigid alternatives. Measuring 1220mm x 2440mm (122cm x 244cm / 8×4 / 4ft x 8ft / 48in x 96in), our full-sheet soft boards offer 32 square feet of continuous display area — the largest single-piece format we produce, and the standard unit for exhibition walls, event backdrops and full-height indoor graphics.
The smooth, rigid surface of our full-sheet Soft Board Printing provides an excellent substrate for high-resolution digital printing across the entire 244cm span, ensuring large-format graphics, photographic imagery and display typography appear crisp, vibrant and professionally finished corner to corner. When you need maximum indoor coverage with genuine ease of handling, printed full-sheet soft board delivers exceptional results.
Full-Sheet Dimensions in Every Specification
Exhibition contractors, retail teams and event builders each write this size differently. All of the following describe one identical panel.
| Unit convention | Dimensions | Typically used by |
|---|---|---|
| Trade shorthand | 8×4 | Exhibition contractors, stand builders |
| Feet | 4ft x 8ft | Venue specification and stand plans |
| Inches | 48in x 96in | Print and fabrication specification |
| Centimetres | 122cm x 244cm | Retail, event and conference briefs |
| Millimetres | 1220mm x 2440mm | Technical drawings and CAD files |
| Area | 32 sq ft (2.97 m²) | Pricing and material calculation |
Primary Applications for Full-Sheet Soft Board Printing
Full-sheet Soft Board Printing excels wherever large indoor areas need covering quickly, cheaply and by small teams. Exhibition and trade show contractors rely on full-sheet soft boards for stand backdrops, dividing walls, header panels and modular display systems that travel between venues. Build windows at exhibition halls are notoriously tight, and a panel one person can carry from van to stand without a trolley changes what is achievable in the time available.
Event production companies use printed full-sheet soft board for stage flats, photo walls, entrance graphics, sponsor walls and set dressing. The material cuts cleanly with a standard blade, which means panels can be trimmed to fit awkward venue geometry on site rather than being remade. Conference organisers employ full-sheet panels for registration backdrops, breakout room graphics, wayfinding walls and sponsor recognition displays.
Retail environments deploy full-sheet Soft Board Printing for window displays, feature walls, seasonal campaign graphics, and temporary partitioning during refits. Because a full sheet costs a fraction of rigid alternatives, retailers can refresh large display areas seasonally rather than annually. Showrooms and trade counters use them for product zone dividers, brand walls and promotional backdrops that change with the range.
Educational and corporate settings use full-sheet soft board for lecture theatre backdrops, open day display walls, internal campaign graphics and temporary partitioning. Museums and galleries employ them for exhibition panelling, interpretive walls and temporary installation surfaces where the display changes every few months.
Key Benefits of Full-Sheet Soft Board Printing
Exceptional Coverage Per Handling Unit: A single full sheet covers 32 square feet — the equivalent of forty-eight A4 boards — as one continuous surface with no joins, no seams and no alignment work. Building a display wall from full sheets takes a fraction of the time that assembling smaller panels requires, and the result reads as a designed surface rather than a tiled one.
One-Person Handling at Maximum Size: This is the property that defines the product. KT soft board pairs a foam core with smooth faced liners, giving remarkable rigidity for its weight. A full sheet can be lifted, carried and positioned by one person unaided — impossible with aluminium composite at the same size, and awkward with 5mm PVC. For touring exhibition graphics and quick-turnaround event builds, that difference is decisive.
Lowest Cost Per Square Foot: At around £1.40 per square foot, full-sheet soft boards are the most economical way to cover large indoor areas with printed graphics. A complete exhibition backdrop wall of six panels costs less than a single sheet of printed aluminium composite, which makes ambitious large-format display work viable on modest budgets.
Cuts Cleanly On Site: The foam core cuts easily with a standard utility knife or fine-tooth blade, allowing panels to be trimmed to fit venue columns, service risers, doorways and irregular stand geometry during build. Rigid alternatives require power tools and produce swarf; soft board does not.
Ideal for Modular and Repeat Systems: Because full sheets are affordable and identically sized, they suit modular display systems where panels are swapped between events, reconfigured between campaigns, or replaced individually as content changes. Build a system once and refresh it panel by panel.
Free Design Services We Offer
At Printed Today, we understand that large-format artwork demands different thinking from document-scale work. That is why we offer comprehensive design support to ensure your full-sheet Soft Board Printing looks absolutely right at 32 square feet.
1. Upload Your Own Artwork
Already have your large-format design ready? Upload files directly during checkout or email them to us after placing your order. Full-sheet artwork routinely exceeds email limits, so share via Google Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer or similar cloud storage. Our experienced pre-press team manually reviews every file before printing, checking colour accuracy, alignment, bleed margins and resolution at final size to ensure flawless results across the full span of your full-sheet soft boards.
2. Request Free Design Support
No design software or large-format experience? No problem whatsoever. Our in-house design team will create your printed full-sheet soft board graphic completely free of charge. Provide a detailed description including preferred layout, colour scheme, logos, photographs and any reference images. We understand the specific demands of full-sheet design — scaling imagery without softening it, positioning key content at readable heights, and maintaining impact when the panel is viewed from across a hall rather than at arm’s length.
3. Professional Design Services
Need multi-panel display systems or complex exhibition graphics? Our professional design services create bespoke artwork optimised for full-sheet output, develop complete wall systems where artwork flows correctly across adjacent panels, or recreate low-resolution files at quality suitable for 32 square feet. Final artwork is supplied in editable formats (AI, PSD, PDF), letting you reuse, modify or extend designs for future full-sheet Soft Board Printing projects.
Artwork Requirements for Perfect Full-Sheet Results
| Specification | Requirement | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| File Size | 1220mm x 2440mm (full-sheet dimensions) | Ensures the graphic fills the panel without stretching or cropping |
| Bleed Area | 3–5mm on all sides | Prevents white edges after trimming to full-sheet size |
| Resolution | 150 DPI at full size (300 DPI for close-viewed panels) | Display walls are read from distance; 150 DPI is ample and keeps files manageable |
| Scaled Files | 25% scale (305mm x 610mm) at 300 DPI accepted | Prints identically at full size with far smaller file sizes |
| File Formats | PDF, AI, PSD, EPS, PNG, JPEG, TIFF | We accept 10+ formats for maximum flexibility |
| Colour Mode | CMYK preferred (RGB acceptable) | CMYK ensures accurate colour reproduction across the full span |
Note: These specifications ensure optimal print quality for full-sheet Soft Board Printing. Large-format output rewards well-prepared files: imagery scaled from small originals will soften noticeably at 32 square feet, which is why our pre-press team checks effective resolution at final size before production and flags anything that will not hold up.
Finishing Options for Full-Sheet Soft Board Printing
Customise your printed full-sheet soft board with professional finishing that enhances appearance, protects against handling damage during transport, and extends usable lifespan across multiple events.
Printing Options
Single-Sided Printing: Our standard full-sheet Soft Board Printing places your design on one face, with the reverse unprinted. This is the most economical choice and correct for wall-mounted backdrops, panels fixed against stand frames, window displays and any large-format application viewed from one direction. Single-sided works perfectly for exhibition backdrops and retail feature walls where the panel backs onto a structure.
Double-Sided Printing: For freestanding full-sheet displays viewed from both sides, double-sided full-sheet Soft Board Printing places graphics on both faces of a single sheet. Essential for room dividers, freestanding exhibition walls positioned in open floor space, suspended panels, and double-aspect displays in halls where visitors approach from either direction. Because we print both faces of one board rather than bonding two together, a double-sided full sheet weighs no more than a single-sided one — preserving the one-person handling advantage that makes this format worth choosing.
Lamination Options
No Lamination: Choose unlaminated full-sheet soft boards for single-event use in protected indoor environments where budget matters most. Unlaminated boards deliver excellent print quality but lack protection against the scuffing that occurs during transport, and full sheets take more handling than small panels simply because of their size.
Matt Lamination: Matt lamination applies a non-reflective layer that significantly reduces glare — and at full-sheet scale under exhibition hall lighting, glare is a genuine problem. A large glossy panel under overhead spots and truss lighting can wash out entirely from certain angles. Matt-laminated full sheets stay readable from every position in a hall, which makes them the default for exhibition backdrops, conference walls, information panels and any text-heavy large-format display. The matt surface also disguises handling marks well across a large area.
Gloss Lamination: Gloss lamination intensifies colour saturation and contrast across the full 32 square feet, making photographic imagery and brand colours noticeably more vivid — powerful for retail feature walls, product photography backdrops and campaign displays competing for attention. Gloss also provides the strongest protection against scuffs and fingerprints during repeated transport, making it worth considering for touring exhibition panels that see multiple builds. Choose gloss where visual impact leads and lighting is controlled.
Pricing for Full-Sheet Soft Board Printing
A full sheet covers 32 sq ft, landing in a far cheaper per-square-foot band than any A-size board — around £1.40 per sq ft against £4.47 at A4.
Full-Sheet Pricing with Delivery Options
| Quantity | Standard Delivery (5 Working Days) |
3-Day Delivery | 48-Hour Express | 24-Hour Next-Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £44.80 | £53.76 | £60.48 | £73.92 |
| 2 | £86.40 | £103.68 | £116.64 | £142.56 |
| 3 | £122.88 | £147.46 | £165.89 | £202.75 |
| 4 | £162.56 | £195.07 | £219.46 | £268.22 |
| 6 | £242.30 | £290.76 | £327.11 | £484.61 |
| 10 | £400.00 | £480.00 | £540.00 | £800.00 |
| 20 | £800.00 | £960.00 | £1,080.00 | £1,600.00 |
Note: Pricing for full-sheet Soft Board Printing at various quantities across all delivery options. Full sheet = 32 sq ft. Standard delivery (5 working days) is shown in green and included in the base price. Express options add 20% (3-day), 35% (48-hour) and 65% (24-hour). Orders exceeding 81 sq ft — three full sheets or more — carry a 100% uplift on 24-hour express to reflect the production capacity reserved, which is why the 24-hour column rises sharply from six sheets upward. Yellow-highlighted rows indicate the most common order quantities for exhibition stand walls and event backdrop systems.
Bulk Discount Pricing for Full-Sheet Soft Board Printing
| Quantity | Total Square Feet | Rate Per Sq Ft | Price Per Sheet | Total Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 sq ft | £1.40 | £44.80 | £44.80 |
| 2 | 64 sq ft | £1.35 | £43.20 | £86.40 |
| 3 | 96 sq ft | £1.28 | £40.96 | £122.88 |
| 4 | 128 sq ft | £1.27 | £40.64 | £162.56 |
| 6 | 192 sq ft | £1.26 | £40.32 | £242.30 |
| 10 | 320 sq ft | £1.25 | £40.00 | £400.00 |
| 20 | 640 sq ft | £1.25 | £40.00 | £800.00 |
Note: Bulk rates for full-sheet soft boards apply automatically by total square footage. Each full sheet = 32 sq ft, so multi-panel orders reach the lowest bands quickly — a three-panel exhibition wall already clears 96 sq ft. Beyond the saving, ordering a complete wall system as one production run guarantees colour consistency across every adjacent panel, which staged orders across separate runs cannot promise. Yellow-highlighted rows show the most common exhibition and event configurations.
Cost Comparison: Full Sheet vs Smaller Formats
| Board Size | Dimensions | Square Feet | Price (Qty 1) | Price Per Sq Ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A4 | 210mm x 297mm | 0.67 sq ft | £3.00 | £4.47 |
| A2 | 420mm x 594mm | 2.69 sq ft | £8.37 | £3.11 |
| A0 | 841mm x 1189mm | 10.76 sq ft | £15.92 | £1.48 |
| Full Sheet | 1220mm x 2440mm | 32 sq ft | £44.80 | £1.40 |
Note: This comparison shows why full-sheet ordering makes sense wherever area is the requirement. At £1.40 per square foot, full-sheet Soft Board Printing costs less than a third of A4 rates per unit of coverage — and delivers that coverage as one continuous surface rather than forty-eight separate pieces requiring alignment. Where the application genuinely needs individual small boards, A4 remains correct. Where it needs area, the full sheet wins on cost, appearance and installation time simultaneously.
UK-Wide Production and Delivery Options
Printed Today operates state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities across England, enabling us to serve businesses throughout the United Kingdom with reliable turnaround and exceptional quality control. Every full-sheet Soft Board Printing order is produced entirely in-house — we never outsource production overseas — ensuring consistent standards and rapid response to exhibition and event deadlines that genuinely cannot move.
Flexible Delivery to Match Your Timeline
Standard Delivery (5 Working Days): Our default option offers excellent value for planned exhibition builds, scheduled retail campaigns and non-urgent display projects. Orders are manufactured with meticulous attention and delivered within five business days from artwork approval.
3 Working Days Delivery: Need your printed full-sheet soft board sooner? Our three-business-day service balances speed against cost effectively — well suited to event builds confirmed a week out or retail campaigns brought forward.
48-Hour Express Delivery: When time is tight but not critical, two-business-day express delivers full-sheet panels at a sensible price point. Popular with exhibition contractors handling late artwork approvals and event teams working to compressed schedules.
24-Hour Next-Day Express Delivery: For genuine urgency, receive full-sheet boards the next business day — the difference between making a build slot and missing it. Note that orders of three or more full sheets exceed 81 sq ft, where 24-hour express carries a higher rate reflecting the production capacity reserved.
Same-Day Collection: Available from Bolton and London for orders up to 64 sq ft — two full sheets. Verify availability during checkout, since daily capacity varies with production load.
Our Quality Commitment
Unlike competitors who outsource manufacturing, Printed Today controls every production stage internally. Your full-sheet Soft Board Printing receives individual attention from experienced print technicians who review colour accuracy across the full span, inspect cutting precision on all four edges, and verify finishing before dispatch approval. We photograph every order before packaging, maintaining records and accountability throughout.
Full sheets are packaged with particular care, since large panels are more vulnerable to corner crush and edge damage than small ones. Protective corner reinforcement and rigid backing are standard on full-sheet dispatch, and every shipment includes full tracking.
Contact Printed Today
Our experienced team is ready to help with your full-sheet Soft Board Printing project — whether you need technical specifications for large-format files, design assistance with multi-panel systems, bulk pricing for exhibition wall builds, or guidance on finishing for panels that will tour multiple venues.
Get in Touch
Telephone: 0208 077 1994
Available 8am–12am weekdays, 11am–7pm weekends. Speak directly with our customer service team about large-format specifications, instant quotes and multi-panel configurations.
Live Chat: Available 8am–10pm daily. Ideal for quick questions on full-sheet specifications, artwork queries and checking same-day availability while you configure an order.
Email: [email protected]
Send detailed enquiries, large-format artwork files or multi-panel system specifications. Full-sheet artwork frequently exceeds email limits, so cloud links are welcome.
Ready to Order?
Select your quantity, finishing options and delivery speed above, then proceed to checkout. Our ordering system guides you through each step from artwork upload to delivery selection. For trade accounts offering preferential pricing and credit terms, or for exhibition contractors requiring recurring multi-panel systems, contact our trade sales team directly.
Custom Full-Sheet Soft Board Printing in the UK
Printed Today’s full-sheet Soft Board Printing delivers exceptional value for businesses covering large indoor areas with professional temporary graphics. Our 1220mm x 2440mm full-sheet soft boards combine maximum single-piece coverage with genuine one-person handling — a combination no other board at this size can offer.
With single and double-sided printing, matt and gloss lamination, bulk rates that fall sharply across multi-panel orders, and delivery from standard five-day through to same-day collection, we have built the service around how exhibition and event work actually runs. Free design support removes the barrier for teams without in-house studios, while UK manufacturing keeps turnaround tight enough for build schedules that leave no margin.
Whether you need a single backdrop panel or a twenty-sheet modular wall system, order your printed full-sheet soft board from Printed Today and get maximum coverage, minimum weight, and graphics that install clean and read sharp from anywhere in the room.