PLACER COUNTY · SACRAMENTO AREA
Banners
in Placer County.
Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln and Granite Bay cross the county line for posted prices, and to skip the ‘call for pricing’ runaround.
Where can I get banners in Placer County? Ace Printing & Same Day Signs, at 1835 Fulton Ave, Sacramento, CA 95825 (serving all of Placer County), prints vinyl banners at $6 per square foot, hemmed and grommeted, so a 3×8 works out to $144. Order by 10:00 AM Monday to Friday and most standard work is ready the same afternoon. Free proof before you pay. Call (916) 944-7195.
Banners for Placer County come out of one building on Fulton Avenue, where about 95% of what we sell is actually made. That’s the reason a printer can answer the phone and tell you honestly whether your job fits today.
Who this is for in Placer County.
Across a county this size the mix is wide, but the buyers who order banners in Placer County cluster into a few recognizable groups. Contractors and trades, medical, dental and clinical offices, schools, boosters and youth sport chief among them.
Roseville is the county’s largest city and about twelve miles from our counter.
Placer County starts a few miles north-east of the shop and climbs from valley floor to the Sierra.
Contractors hang banners on job-site fencing, where they double as advertising to every neighbor watching the work happen.
Practices use banners for new-location announcements, flu-shot and clinic days, and anything temporary enough that a permanent sign would be wrong.
School and booster banners (fundraisers, senior nights, field sponsors, registration drives) run on a calendar that repeats every year, so the artwork stays on file.
What it costs.
Vinyl banners are posted at $6 per square foot, hemmed and grommeted: the finishing is in the price, not added afterwards.
Multiply width by height in feet: a 2×4 is $48, a 3×6 is $108, a 3×8 is $144, a 4×10 is $240.
Every rate is on the posted price list, and larger runs price better per piece than the retail number, so call with your real quantity rather than multiplying. Want a figure right now? Run your size through the calculator.
How we make them.
A banner has about three seconds of somebody’s attention and room for three things: who you are, what the message is, and one way to act on it. Everything else you’re tempted to add makes those three smaller. If your banner has a paragraph on it, it’s a poster that got too big.
Banners are the cheapest way to buy a lot of visible square footage, which is why they outperform a small rigid sign at similar money almost every time. Hems keep the edges from tearing; grommets give you something to tie through that isn’t the print itself. Both are included at the posted rate.
Covering Placer County.
The county seat is Auburn, up in the foothills, and the county stretches all the way to the Tahoe basin. For a print shop the practical division is simple: south Placer (Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln, Loomis, Granite Bay, Penryn, Newcastle) is an easy drive and a same-day proposition. Auburn, Colfax and the mountain communities are a longer haul where planning ahead beats racing the cutoff.
Questions we get from Placer County.
How long will a banner last outside?
Sacramento sun and heat decide it more than the ink does. Tied down properly, a hemmed and grommeted banner holds up well for seasonal use; one left permanently on a west-facing wall through a Valley summer fades faster than one that comes down after the event. If you need years rather than months, that’s a rigid material conversation, not a banner.
Can you do a banner for a windy spot?
Ask, and tell us where it’s going. Exposed fence lines and open sites are exactly the situation mesh material exists for, and reinforced corners help on long runs. It’s a five-second conversation before printing and an expensive one afterwards.
Do you cover all of Placer County?
Yes, and at the same posted prices throughout. The shop is at 1835 Fulton Ave in Sacramento, open Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Delivery is available on many orders; ask when you place one.
Is it worth coming to Fulton Avenue from Placer County?
Customers do it, and the reasons show up in their reviews: the prices are posted, the work is made on site, and same-day means today rather than the middle of next week. If a given order doesn’t justify the drive, ask about delivery.