Wholesale & Trade Printing

You’ve got the clients, we’ve got the tools… No print company can do everything themselves, so here at The Big Picture we make our specialty services available to the wider industry. We have a massive range of in-house print equipment and capabilities that many others don’t have, such as UV direct-to-substrate, digital cutting and CNC, wide format printing, various white and metallic options, long-sheet digital presses and more.

We work with print brokers, design agencies and other print & signage companies – filling in the gaps in your production capabilities so you can offer your clients the whole package. We keep your work confidential and discreet, all while allowing you the room to stay competitive on both pricing and turnaround times.

No contracts. No fine print. Just hassle-free trade printing that’ll knock your socks off. Interested? Get in touch with one of our account managers today!

Our Equipment

Keen to look under the hood? Here are some of our tools of the trade. We also work with trade suppliers for anything outside our scope.

UV Flatbed

  • UV-Cured Ink
  • Print direct to a wide range of substrates including corflute, palight, foamboard, corrugated card, compressed card, acrylic, ACM, plywood and more
  • Materials up to 50mm thick
  • Max sheet size 2500 x 3050mm
  • CMYK + Dual White

Digital Cutting

  • Digitally die-cut, contour-cut, router-cut, kiss-cut, V-groove
    Substrates from poster paper to plastics to plywood
  • Various tools and blades for a clean finish on a wide range of media
  • Media up to 50mm thick
  • Max size 1740mm wide x any length (continuous feed)

Wide Format

  • Eco-Solvent Ink
  • 10 colours including CMYK+R+O+Lk+Lc+Lm+White
  • Roll media up to 1600mm wide
  • Widest colour gamut in it’s class

  • HP Latex Ink
  • 6 Colours incl CMYK+Lc+Lm
  • Roll media up to 1600mm wide
  • Odourless, eco-friendly and instantly-cured graphics 

  • Eco-solvent Ink
  • 7 Colours incl CMYK+Lc+Lm+Lk
  • Max roll width 1600mm
  • On board kiss-cutting

Archival & Fine Art

  • Aqueous Pigment Ink
  • 10 Colours including CMY+Pk+Mk+Lc+Lm+G+Lg+Dg
  • Roll media up to 1600mm wide

  • Aqueous Pigment Ink
  • 11 Colours including Mk+Pk+Lk+LLk+C+Lcc+M+Lm+Y+G+O
  • Roll media up to 1118mm wide

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Small Format

  • Super-EA Eco Toner
  • Colours include CMYK+White+Silver+Gold+Pink+Clear
  • Max sheet size 330 x 1200mm
  • Media weights from 52gsm to 400gsm
  • Max speed 120ppm
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  • EA Low Melt Dry Toner
  • CMYK
  • Max sheet size 330 x 488mm
  • Media weights from 60gsm to 350gsm
  • Max speed 100ppm

Finishing

  • Apply adhesive vinyl onto rigid media
  • Use for cold lamination and app-taping
  • Substrates up to 75mm thick
  • Max sheet size 1600 x 3700mm
  • Hot or Cold lamination
  • Roll-fed and sheet-fed options
  • Options for all sizes and media types
  • Matte, gloss, satin, metallic sleeking films and more
  • Various finishing for small-format cut sheet digital 
  • Crease, fold, slit, perforate etc

  • Saddle stapled booklet makers
  • Automatic sheet feeding for high volume production
  • Square edge spine or standard spine
  • From 8pp (2 x folded sheets) to 140pp (35 x folded sheets)
  • A6 to A4 (portrait) finished sizes

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What we can do for your business

Expand your offering by making our print services your own. Make it easy for your clients by providing them with a broader scope of work, all the while maintaining those relationships that you’ve worked so hard to build. Whether you’re on-selling to retail or purchasing on behalf of your clients – you order it, we’ll get it done.

We pride ourselves on finding creative solutions for any print project. So if you’ve got a tricky problem or any questions at all, give us a call or send us a message!

Our Services include:

Let's get to know each other...

Relationships have to start somewhere – how about a hello? Let us know a bit about your business and any challenges you’re facing, and we’ll see if we can offer some solutions. Please fill out the form below and one of our Account Managers will be in touch shortly. 

Need convincing?

Here are a few recent comments from our inbox. 

Thank you again - I can't believe how easy this has been!

Just letting you know the prints arrived on Saturday in absolute pristine condition. I can't thank you and your team enough! Looking forward to placing more orders with you guys!

Just wanted to say thank you for your speedy processing of our needs for this event, despite your staff shortages – we really appreciate it.

Thank you SO much for everything this week - it has been an absolute delight knowing that our printing was in safe hands. And for your super quick turnaround!