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When the date can't move

The event is Saturday. We know.

A wedding doesn't reschedule because the printer was slow. Neither does Eid, a product launch, or a client meeting. If your deadline is fixed, tell us the date first — everything else works backwards from it.

48 hrsStickers & cards
3 daysMugs
4–5 daysNotebooks & bags
5–7 daysPrinted boxes
The honest version

We'll tell you no if the answer is no.

Plenty of printers in this market will say yes to any deadline to win the job, then go quiet three days before your event. By the time you find out, it's too late to go anywhere else. That's the single most damaging thing a supplier can do to you — and it's why most of our rush clients came to us from someone else.

So here's how we handle it. You give us the date. We work backwards through print, finish, cut, assemble and courier. If the number comes out negative, we say so on the first call, and we tell you what would have to change — fewer units, simpler finish, collect instead of courier — to make it possible.

A hard no on day one is worth more to you than a soft yes that collapses on day six.

  • Same press, same checks. We compress the schedule, not the standards.
  • Miss the date, lose the surcharge. Late means you pay the standard rate.
  • First-piece photo still applies. Even at 48 hours you see unit one.

Rush surcharge

Standard (7–12 days)No surcharge
Priority — 5 working days+25%
Rush — 48 to 72 hours+40%
Missed by usSurcharge waived
What makes rush work

The press is rarely the bottleneck. You are. Not as an insult — just as fact.

A rush job dies waiting for a mockup approval. If you can send print-ready artwork and reply to the mockup within the hour, we can hold almost any deadline we've agreed to. If the mockup sits unread overnight, we've lost a fifth of a 48-hour window and nobody can get it back.

Realistic timelines

What's actually possible, by product

Measured from mockup approval, not from your first message. Add a day if the artwork needs work.

Stickers & cards — 48 hours

Our fastest line by a wide margin. Digital print, cut, done. If you need something in two days and it can be a sticker or a printed card, the answer is almost always yes.

Mugs — 3 days

Sublimation is quick, but the mugs have to cure. We can't shorten curing without the print failing later, so 3 days is a genuine floor, not a padding.

Notebooks & bags — 4–5 days

Print, laminate, bind or stitch, trim. The binding is the slow stage. Saddle-stitch is faster than spiral; spiral is faster than hardcover.

Printed boxes — 5–7 days

If the die already exists from a previous run, we can move fast. If a new die has to be cut, that alone is 2 days and no amount of money changes it. Ask us whether your shape already exists.

Assembled favours — 6–8 days

Assembly is hand work. Four hundred ribbons take as long as four hundred ribbons take. We can add people, and we do — but there's a limit to how many hands fit around one table.

Eid & wedding season — ask first

In peak weeks the presses are already committed to clients who booked in advance, and we won't bump them. Rush may simply not be available. Message us before you promise anything to your own customer.

Rush FAQ

Before you panic

How fast can you actually go?
Depends entirely on the product. Stickers and cards: 48 hours. Mugs: 3 days. Notebooks and bags: 4–5 days. Boxes: 5–7 days, because a die has to be cut and there's no way to rush physics. Assembled party favours: 6–8 days, since assembly is hand work and hands don't have a fast-forward button.
What does rush cost?
25% surcharge for 5-day, 40% for 48–72 hour. It's not arbitrary — we're paying overtime and bumping other clients' jobs down the queue to fit yours in. We'd rather charge you honestly for that than pretend it's free and quietly miss someone else's deadline.
Will rushing hurt the quality?
No. We compress the schedule, not the process. Same press, same checks, same first-piece photo before the run. What we cut is waiting time between stages — the job doesn't sit in a queue. If we can't do it properly in the time you have, we'll tell you no instead of shipping you something bad.
Can you rush during Eid or wedding season?
Sometimes, and honestly less often than you'd hope. Those are the weeks the presses are already running flat out for clients who booked months ahead. We won't bump a client who planned properly to rescue one who didn't. Ask us — but have a plan B.
What do you need from me to hit a rush deadline?
Print-ready artwork and a fast approval. The single biggest cause of a missed rush deadline isn't the press — it's a client taking eleven hours to reply to the mockup. If you can approve within the hour, we can hold almost any timeline we've promised.
What if you miss the rush deadline?
You don't pay the rush surcharge. If we miss the date we committed to, the surcharge comes off the invoice — you pay standard rate for a job that arrived late. We're charging a premium for speed; if we don't deliver the speed, we haven't earned the premium.

Tell us the date. We'll tell you the truth.

Send the deadline and the spec. You'll get a straight yes or a straight no — today, not next week.

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