Kudos AV
Large Format Print Specialists

Large Format Printing London for Corporate Events & Exhibitions

From single backdrops to full exhibition stands. Designed in house, printed in house, installed by the team that made it.

Same Day
Turnaround Available
UV
LED Flatbed & Hybrid
In-House
Design & Install
6
Event Types Covered

Professional Event Printing That Brings Every Event to Life

Graphics are the first thing an audience sees and the last thing they remember. A great brand activation is held together by the print: the stand graphics, the backdrops, the wayfinding, the floor vinyls, the welcome signage. Get the print right and the event feels considered. Get it wrong and the whole thing falls apart.

We produce large format print in house: from initial design through to install. Our printers are UV LED flatbed and hybrid machines, printing direct onto a huge range of rigid and roll substrates. Our finishers laminate, cut and edge bond to your spec. Our installers fit on site, working around live event programmes when needed.

Same day turnaround is available on most jobs. Tight deadlines, late artwork changes, last minute reprints, all handled in house without third party reliance. UV LED curing means print is dry and odour free the moment it leaves the machine, so graphics can be installed indoors during a live event with no off gassing or ventilation concerns.

Printed Backdrops

Stage backdrops, step and repeat walls and branded panels, printed and finished by hand.

The Team

Our print team

A full service in house, from artwork through to install.

Graphic Designers

Working from brand guidelines, supplied artwork or original brief, our designers produce print ready files at the right scale for the right substrate. Full visual mockups before press start. CMYK profile matching across runs.

Print Operators

Fujifilm Acuity and Liyu UV presses operated daily. Calibration and profiling for each substrate. Tight colour matching across multiple panels. Sample prints supplied on request before full run commits.

Finishers

Lamination, cutting, edge bonding, mounting and grommeting. CNC contour cutting for shaped graphics. Application tape and pre masking for vinyl wraps. The bridge between print and install.

Installers

Site survey, substrate prep, install and removal. Vinyl specialists for glass, wall and floor application. Truss bonding for hanging banners and tension fabric structures.

Capabilities

The equipment

Owned and operated in our London production facility.

Large Format Printers

UV flatbed and hybrid, up to 3.2 m.

A Fujifilm Acuity Prime L UV flatbed with a 3.2 by 2 metre bed, plus a 3.2 metre Liyu Platinum Hybrid Q3 for roll and rigid work. Single runs up to 3.2 metres wide, with wider builds joined seamlessly at the finishing stage.

Brands: Fujifilm - Liyu - Ricoh

Substrates

Vinyl, fabric, foam board and rigid.

Cast and calendared vinyls for indoor and outdoor application. Tension fabric for backlit and wraparound builds. Foam PVC, Dibond and Forex for rigid signage. Floor vinyls with slip rating for live events.

Materials: 3M · Avery Dennison · Drytac · Foamex

Finishing

Lamination, contour cut, mount.

Cold and hot laminator for matte, gloss and anti graffiti finishes. CNC contour cutting for shaped panels and custom graphics. Eyeletting, hemming and edge bonding. Tension fabric pillow case stitching.

Tech: Drytac · Aristo · Zund

Install Kit

Application tape and tools.

Heat guns for vinyl wrap conformance. Squeegees, application tape and edge sealants. Site survey kit for substrate assessment. Hi vis and PPE for live exhibition install during open hours.

Tools: 3M · Olfa · Festool

The Machines

Our In-House Print, Cut and Laser Technology

Four machines, one production line. Everything is printed, cut, finished and installed by us, with nothing sent out.

Fujifilm Acuity Prime L UV flatbed printer used for large format event print at Kudos AV London

Fujifilm Acuity Prime L

UV flatbed, 3,200 x 2,000 mm bed.

A true flatbed UV printer with a 3.2 by 2 metre bed, printing direct onto rigid and flexible substrates at up to 202 sqm per hour. Six vacuum zones and 16 registration pins hold the work dead flat, and dual-zone printing runs two jobs side by side. CMYK plus white, clear and a jettable primer, so difficult materials bond without any offline pre-treatment.

Fujifilm - Uvijet HM inks - white, clear and primer

Liyu Platinum Hybrid Q3 hybrid UV printer at Kudos AV, printing roll and rigid media up to 3.2 metres wide

Liyu Platinum Hybrid Q3

Hybrid roll and rigid, 3.2 m wide.

A 3.2 metre hybrid LED-UV press that runs roll media and rigid board on the same machine, taking material up to 50 mm thick at resolutions up to 2,880 dpi. Up to eight ink channels including white and varnish on Ricoh Gen-6 heads. This is the machine behind banners, fabric, wallpaper, floor graphics and boards too thick for a standard press.

Liyu - Ricoh Gen-6 heads - up to 8 channels

Zund G3 digital cutting table at Kudos AV, contour cutting and routing printed event graphics

Zund G3 Digital Cutter

CNC cutting, routing and creasing.

The modular flatbed cutter that finishes everything we print. Contour cutting, through-cutting, kiss-cutting, routing, creasing and perforating on roll, sheet and rigid media up to 110 mm thick. Tool heads swap between blade, router, oscillating knife, rotary for textiles and creasing wheel, so shaped signage, standees, cut vinyl and folded builds all come off one bed.

Zund - modular tooling - materials to 110 mm

Boxford BGL1390 100W CO2 laser cutter and engraver at Kudos AV for acrylic letters and event signage

Boxford BGL1390 CO2 Laser

100 W laser, 1,300 x 900 mm bed.

A 100 watt CO2 laser for precision detail, cutting up to 20 mm on a 1,300 by 900 mm bed. It cuts and engraves acrylic, wood, MDF, card, foam, rubber, slate, glass and anodised aluminium: the machine behind acrylic letters and logos, engraved awards and plaques, laser-cut props and etched signage.

Boxford - 100 W CO2 - cut and engrave

Capability

What This Kit Lets Us Produce

Because we print, cut and laser under one roof, almost anything you can draw can be made, and made quickly.

Direct-to-Substrate Rigid Print

No mounting, no laminating.

Printed straight onto Foamex, Dibond, acrylic, Correx, foamboard, MDF, ply, glass, metal and timber. Because the ink goes direct to the board, panels stay flat, look sharper and turn round faster than mounted print.

White Ink, Clear and Backlit

Print on clear and dark materials.

White ink and clear varnish open up clear acrylic, dark and coloured substrates, double-sided panels, day and night backlit graphics, spot-gloss highlights and raised textured finishes that you can feel.

Roll, Fabric and Floor Graphics

Up to 3.2 metres wide.

Banners, PVC, mesh, self-adhesive vinyl, tension fabric, wallpaper and slip-rated floor graphics, all off the hybrid roll-fed machine, in single runs up to 3.2 metres wide.

Shaped and Contour-Cut Work

Any shape you can draw.

Contour-cut letters and logos, standees and cutouts, shaped signage, kiss-cut decals and stickers, routed rigid panels, and creased and folded builds. Cut to the artwork, not to a rectangle.

Laser-Cut Acrylic and Engraving

Precision detail and awards.

Acrylic letters and logos, engraved awards, plaques and trophies, etched slate, wood and anodised aluminium, plus laser-cut props and fine set detail for scenic builds.

Thick and Unusual Materials

Up to 50 mm print, 110 mm cut.

Foam blocks, honeycomb board, timber, packaging and three-dimensional elements. If it fits on the bed we can print it and cut it, which is how bespoke exhibition stands and scenic pieces come together.

Venue Branding

Printed bar wraps, wall graphics and fully branded environments across the venue.

Event Formats

Print for different events

Every event format has its own print brief. Here is how we approach the most common ones.

Printed exhibition stand graphics and branding by Kudos AV

Exhibitions & Stands

From inline to island.

Stand graphics, hero walls, lightbox skins, fascia signage, leaflet holders and floor vinyls. Print supplied toExCeL, Olympia, NEC and bespoke venues. Show day install and reprint capability for tight deadlines.

Large format printed brand activation cube at a London station by Kudos AV

Brand Activations

Pop ups and roadshow tours.

Temporary structures, branded environments and immersive backdrops. Modular print so the same stand can travel city to city. Quick turn replacement panels for damage on tour.

Backlit printed lightbox panel for a Kerastase brand activation by Kudos AV

Window Graphics

Retail and venue takeovers.

One way vision, frosted etch, contour cut decals and full window vinyls. Installation outside trading hours. Removable substrates for short term campaigns.

Printed step and repeat media wall with sponsor logos by Kudos AV

Stage Backdrops

Print at scale.

Tension fabric and roll up vinyl backdrops up to 30 metres wide, joined seamlessly. Fire retardant rated for stage use. Print mounted on truss, flown or floor stood.

Printed welcome entrance archway and event signage by Kudos AV

Signage & Wayfinding

Find your way around.

Welcome signage, directional wayfinding, registration desk graphics, breakout room IDs and full conference signage packages. Designed for legibility at distance and reusable across events.

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Brand Activations

Full printed activation builds, from station takeovers to retail pop ups.

Event Branding

Printed step and repeat media walls and bespoke illuminated plinths, branded end to end for a Chelsea Residences by DAMAC launch.

How We Work

How we work

01

Brief & Artwork

We work to your brand guidelines or design from scratch. Artwork files supplied or built in house at the right scale for the substrate.

02

Print

UV LED print, flatbed or hybrid, on the right material. Sample prints supplied for sign off on critical runs. Same day turnaround on most jobs.

03

Finish

Laminated, contour cut, mounted, edge bonded. Pre masked vinyl ready for install. Quality checked before it leaves the facility.

04

Install

On site install by our own crew. Site survey beforehand. Done outside trading hours where required. Live event install during programmes possible.

Recent Work

Print We Have Produced

[Media walls](/portfolio/awards-galas), branded bars, activation builds, backdrops and signage, all printed, cut and installed by our own team.

Printed Chelsea Residences media wall with three illuminated branded display plinths in a luxury hotel foyer by Kudos AV

Looking for Large Format Printing in London?

Talk to our print team. Same day turnaround on most jobs.

Questions

Frequently asked questions.

What print formats do you produce?+

Large format signage, vinyl wraps, stand graphics, wayfinding and printed collateral. Same day turnaround available on many items.

Do you handle exhibition stand graphics?+

Yes. Graphics for ExCeL, Olympia, NEC and custom builds, integrated with scenic and AV where required.

Do you provide crew with equipment hire?+

Yes. Most clients book fully crewed production for peace of mind. Dry hire is available on most inventory if you have your own operators.

How quickly can you quote?+

Same day quotes on most enquiries. Complex multi venue or international briefs may take up to 48 hours.

Where do you work?+

London based with UK-wide coverage. We regularly work at ExCeL, Olympia, NEC, Royal Museums Greenwich, the Natural History Museum and prestigious venues across the UK.

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