Printing services
for Boise, ID.

Printing for the way Boise does business.

Boise is tech, outdoor industry, a state capital and one of the fastest-growing cities in the West, and its businesses print for a valley full of newcomers.

Boise is a semiconductor and technology hub, a state capital with the government and law around it, healthcare and a university, and an outdoor recreation economy that shapes the whole valley’s brands. Downtown and the 8th Street corridor carry the offices, restaurants and shops; the Bench and the North End carry the neighbourhood businesses; Meridian, Eagle and Nampa carry the growth.

Print in Boise should be clean, outdoorsy and friendly. Matte cards with natural palettes for the tech and outdoor crowd, gloss cards for the trades, postcards and door hangers for subdivisions that fill with new residents choosing every service they use. Trade shows at the convention center and the university keep banners and flyers moving.

Where print earns its keep in Boise.

Print works differently in different parts of a city. These are the places in Boise where a printed piece tends to do the most work, and the piece that usually suits each one.

Downtown and the 8th Street corridor. Offices, restaurants and shops. Cards for the meetings and postcards for openings.

The North End and Hyde Park. Neighbourhood businesses, cafés and practices. Rack cards, postcards and door hangers.

The tech and research corridors. Semiconductors, software and the university. Clean cards and sales sheets with real specifications.

Boise Centre and the Expo Idaho grounds. Conferences and consumer shows. A retractable banner and rack cards.

One clear purpose. The right piece of paper.

What Boise tends to order. Boise's semiconductor and tech employers print in bursts tied to hiring, so business cards ordered for a whole new team at once and sales sheets for investor meetings are a steady category. Homebuilders working the valley's new subdivisions lean on door hangers and postcards to reach households before a model home opens, plus rack cards for the sales office. Outdoor recreation brands based here favour a card that looks handmade, an uncoated or painted-edge finish over a glossy one.

Put a readable name first, then one line about what you do, then the one contact route you want people to use. A finish should support that, never make it harder to read.

Make the whole set feel like your business.

A Boise note. Boise design is mountain-modern: greens, blues, a clean sans-serif, a matte or uncoated card. The 32pt uncoated painted edge card suits the outdoor brands. Put the part of the valley you serve on the piece; people here choose local.

A brand does not need every piece to look identical, only a consistent voice, a deliberate palette and type that works at several sizes. Bring your logo, or start from nothing: print product design is $97 and logo design is $250, set up for the product and finish you picked.

Plan around the day you need it in hand.

Work backward from the day the materials have to be ready, and leave room for artwork, the proof, production and shipping. Each product page states its own time on press: two to three business days for most cards and postcards once you approve your proof, three to four for soft touch and door hangers, seven to twelve for the XL banner. Shipping sits on top of that. Give us the delivery address and your date when you order, with a receiving name if it is going to a venue, a hotel or a shared office. If the date is fixed, say so and we will tell you whether it is possible before you pay.

Getting print into Boise. The Treasure Valley is spread across several separate cities rather than one dense downtown, so a delivery covering an office in Boise and a builder's sales office further out can mean two real drives, not one short trip. Summers run hot and dry, generally kinder to stock than a humid climate, but winter brings snow and ice into the foothills and valley floor that slow deliveries generally. A growing valley means new addresses appear often, worth double-checking before a delivery ships.

Mailing in Boise. For postcards by route, the North End, the Bench, Meridian and Eagle are neighbourhoods and subdivisions where a mailer reaches households.

Give the file your full attention.

Use the artwork guide on the product you picked, because the finished size, the bleed and the safe area are not the same for every format. Upload a PDF, PNG or JPG and the size, bleed and resolution are checked in your browser, then your proof arrives by email and nothing goes to press until you approve it. Read your own details out loud when it lands: names, numbers, web addresses, dates, spelling and which side is which. If there is a QR code, scan it yourself.