PLACER COUNTY · SACRAMENTO AREA
Vehicle Graphics
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 vehicle graphics in Placer County? Ace Printing & Same Day Signs, at 1835 Fulton Ave, Sacramento, CA 95825 (serving all of Placer County), letters vans, trucks and trailers at $7 per square foot for vinyl print and lettering. 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.
Placer County covers a lot of ground and a lot of different businesses, and vehicle graphics get bought across most of it. What doesn’t change from one end of the county to the other: the posted price, the free proof, and the 10:00 AM cutoff for same-day work.
What vehicle graphics get used for in Placer County.
Across a county this size the mix is wide, but the buyers who order vehicle graphics in Placer County cluster into a few recognizable groups. Retail and storefront business, real estate, contractors and trades chief among them.
South Placer runs on new construction, retail, medical and professional offices, and youth sports, and the signage follows: job-site and development signage, retail window graphics, monument and building signs for new commercial space, real estate panels and riders in a market where inventory moves, league and school banners, and a lot of fleet lettering for trades working both sides of the county line.
Placer County starts a few miles north-east of the shop and climbs from valley floor to the Sierra.
Delivery vans and courtesy vehicles get lettered so the business is visible on every street it parks on.
Agents mostly use magnets rather than permanent lettering, because the vehicle is personal and comes off at the weekend.
Work trucks and vans are the cheapest advertising a contractor owns, because the vehicle and the driving are already paid for. Fleets get lettered one at a time from the same file.
What it costs.
Vinyl print and lettering is posted at $7 per square foot, which covers most vans, trucks and trailers.
Lettering a van’s two sides and rear typically lands well inside what most small businesses can approve without a meeting; bring the vehicle or send measured photos and you’ll get the real number.
What’s quoted separately rather than posted: installation, special finishing, and design time if we’re building the artwork from scratch instead of printing a file you already have. You’ll get those numbers before we start, never after. See the posted list.
Before you order.
The advice we give most often: do one vehicle first. Get the layout right on the one you drive most, live with it for a couple of weeks, then bring the rest in. Artwork stays on file, so vehicle two matches vehicle one exactly whenever you get to it. Next month or next quarter.
For most trades the useful version is not a full wrap. It’s a phone number readable from another lane, the business name, what you do, and a license number where the trade requires it. A clean vehicle with strong lettering reads better at a stoplight than a busy wrap, because there is less competing for the two seconds you get.
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 does vehicle work take?
Longer than same-day, and we’ll tell you a real date rather than a hopeful one. Printing is quick; application is the part that has to be done properly or it shows for the life of the vehicle.
What about magnets instead?
Magnets are the right call when the vehicle is leased, shared, or personally driven at weekends. Off in seconds, back on Monday. Lettering is the better buy when it’s genuinely a work truck, because it can’t blow off or walk off.
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.