Full-color aluminum start at $14.23, and you can order any quantity from 1 to 35 per line item. Most orders are produced and shipped within 2 business days. Prices below are store prices. Aluminum is the one you buy when the sign needs to still be there next year.
Most print companies make you build a cart or fill out a quote form to see a number. Here is ours, up front. Prices are for full-color printing on both sides and include standard turnaround.
| Quantity | 3MM White Aluminum Board | Per unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $14.23 | $14.23 |
| 7 | $99.60 | $14.23 |
| 12 | $170.73 | $14.23 |
| 18 | $256.10 | $14.23 |
| 24 | $705.07 | $29.38 |
| 29 | $907.40 | $31.29 |
| 35 | $1,095.15 | $31.29 |
Those are representative quantity breaks — any quantity from 1 to 35 per line item is orderable in the store, and the price updates live as you change the configuration. There is no order too small to take seriously and no order too large for our presses.
Channel letters and permitted installations are fabrication work with an install crew, and a local sign shop is the right call for those. Most of what people mean by “we need something custom” is not: contour-cut shapes, double-sided panels, composite J-Bond, acrylic on aluminum standoffs and translucent stock for light boxes are all on the quick-turn range. tell us what you need and we will quote the right one.
Flat printed panels are where we are strong, particularly when they need to match the rest of your printed material.
First orders are backed by our Money Back Satisfaction Guarantee, and our mistakes — cutting, quality, color shift, delays — get fixed, period. Read the guarantee in plain English →
| 3MM White Aluminum Board | |
|---|---|
| Feel | Rigid, solid, weatherproof |
| Best for | Permanent outdoor signage — parking, building, regulatory |
| Starting at | $14.23 |
| Mega online printer | Corner print shop | City Print | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price on a one-off order | Often lowest (loss-leader promos) | Usually highest | Competitive, published up front |
| Order size range | Large runs, high small-order minimums on some products | Small runs only — commercial volume usually outsourced | ✓ 25 to 100,000 per line item |
| Someone who knows your business | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Aluminum match your website, listing, and signage | — (you manage it) | — (print only) | ✓ one partner, one brand system |
| File problems caught before printing | Sometimes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fastest possible turnaround | ✓ (with steep rush fees) | Varies | ✓ 3–4 day standard on most orders |
That's an honest comparison — the mega printers really are cheaper on a single promotional order, and a good corner shop really does offer hands-on service. Our case is consistency: every printed piece tied into the same brand system as your digital presence.
Most orders ship in 2 business days. Covered by our guarantee.
We’d rather lose an order than have a disappointed customer. Don’t order from us if:
Rigid aluminum composite does not flex, fade quickly or absorb water. This is the material for anything bolted to a post or a wall and left there through a winter.
Shop this configuration →A clean rigid panel reads as permanent in a way that a flexible substrate does not. Worth the difference where the sign represents the business rather than a promotion.
Shop this configuration →If you are signing several properties, print them as one run. The per-panel price drops and every site ends up identical, which is the point of signage.
Shop this configuration →Here's the actual sequence when you order: your file is checked by a person before anything prints — resolution, bleed, safe zones. If something's wrong, you hear from us with a fix, not a reprint bill. Production runs on commercial presses, not office equipment. You get tracking when it ships. If a deadline is tight, we tell you whether we can hit it before you pay — we've turned down orders we couldn't deliver on time rather than take the money and miss.
Want to talk to someone before ordering? Email info@cityprintexpress.com or call (888) 868-4451.
Ordered from us before? Tell people how it went → It takes a minute and it is the single most useful thing a customer can do for a small shop.
The panel itself outlasts the print. Aluminum composite does not rot, warp or absorb water, so the limit is UV fade on the printed surface — typically several years in direct sun, longer on a north-facing wall. It is the longest-lived of the flat sign substrates.
When the sign is temporary. A yard sign for an open house, an event or a short campaign does not need to survive years, and coroplast is built for exactly that. Buy aluminum for permanence, not for everything outdoors.
The minimum is 1 and the maximum is 35 per line item. Any quantity in that range is orderable in the store, and per-unit cost drops as quantity rises.
Most orders are produced and shipped within 2 business days — your exact turnaround is confirmed on the product page before you pay.
If it's our error — improper cutting, print quality, color or print shift, or printing delays — we fix it, period. First-time retail customers are also covered by our Money Back Satisfaction Guarantee. Full details are on our guarantee page.
