Hanging Posters in Dubai: Two Rails and a Cord
A hanging poster has no frame around it. Two slim rails grip the top and bottom edges, a cord runs from the upper one, and the whole thing hangs clear of the wall. Hanging posters in Dubai suit offices and retail spaces where a framed picture would feel heavy.
Surface finish: Matt · Mounting: Print only
An estimator replies with a firm, VAT-inclusive price and a production date.From your file to the finished job.
Six steps happen between the brief and the finished job. Here they are, in the order they happen on our floor in Dubai South.
The Rails Clamp, They Do Not Pierce
Magnetic or screw fixed rails close onto the paper. Nothing passes through the poster, so it comes out undamaged and the next one goes straight in.
The Bottom Rail Is the Weight
It holds the poster flat and stops it curling away from the wall. A hanging poster without a bottom rail rolls at the corners within a fortnight in air conditioning.
Changing It Takes a Minute
Open the rails, swap the sheet, close them. For a company that updates a notice board, a seasonal promotion or a project wall regularly, this is the whole appeal.
One Fixing in the Wall
A single hook or nail carries the cord. On plasterboard or a leased office wall that matters, and it leaves one small hole instead of four.
Rail Finish Sets the Register
Natural timber reads warm and informal. Black or brushed aluminium reads corporate. The poster is the same in both cases and the rails do the work.
Supplied as a Set
Rails, cord and the first printed poster come together, sized to each other, with the template kept for reprints. Measure the drop as well as the width. The cord adds height above the top rail, so a poster sized to fit between a picture rail and a desk will sit lower than the drawing suggests once it is actually hanging from the hook on the wall.
The honest limitation is protection. There is no glass and no laminate between the poster and the room, so in a corridor where people brush past, the paper gets marked. For a high traffic wall, a framed or acrylic mounted print lasts far longer.
Compare with wall photo frames, poster printing, and wall decor and framing.
What you get.
- Surface finish
- Matt · Satin · Gloss
- Mounting
- Print only · Framed · Ready to hang
- Size
- Made to your width and height
- Turnaround
- Usually 2–4 working days
- Proof
- A digital proof before anything prints
- Delivery
- All seven emirates, or collect from Dubai South
What every order includes
- A free prepress check on your file
- A digital proof before anything prints
- One VAT-inclusive quote with a production date
- Delivery to all seven emirates, or collection from Dubai South
Setting up your file.
- 01Work at full size or to scaleBuild the file at full size, or at a stated scale such as 1:10 when the canvas gets too big, and tell us the scale.
- 02Match resolution to distanceSomething read from a few metres away needs far less resolution than a business card. Around 100 dpi at full size is usually plenty.
- 03Tell us how it will be fixedHems, eyelets, pole pockets and frames take up material around the edge. Tell us the fixing and prepress allows for it.
- 04Send logos as vectorsAI, EPS, SVG or PDF keeps edges sharp at large sizes. Embed or outline the fonts.
Quick answers.
No. The rails clamp the paper, they do not pierce it.
One hook for the cord.
No. Use a frame for a busy corridor.