Colour printing in four steps
Drag and drop straight into the browser — phone, tablet or desktop.
Set colour or black & white per file — mix both in one order.
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Printed and dispatched same day, delivered UK-wide.
Accurate colour.
Only where you need it.
Set colour per file, so you never pay colour rates for pages of plain text.
A colour deck and a mono appendix, each at its own rate.
Order any time. Before 2pm, it's printed and dispatched the same day.
Files are encrypted end-to-end and deleted 90 days after printing.
Next-day delivery available, free on qualifying orders.
Colour printing prices, per page
Text-led documents where colour adds nothing.
Presentations, charts and client-facing documents.
No minimum order · Volume discounts applied automatically · Free delivery on qualifying orders
Colour printing,
answered
Common questions about colour pricing, quality and mixing colour with mono.
01How much does colour document printing cost?
Colour is priced per page and costs more than black & white, which uses a single toner rather than four. Discounts apply automatically as your page count rises. Upload your document to see the exact cost before you pay.
02Can I print some pages in colour and others in black & white?
Yes. Colour is set per file, so a single order can contain a colour presentation and a black & white appendix — you only pay colour rates for the files that need them.
03Why is colour printing more expensive?
Colour printing uses four toners rather than one, so the cost per page is higher. For text-led documents black & white gives identical legibility at a lower rate.
04Will the colours match what I see on screen?
Colours print as they appear in your PDF. Exporting to PDF before uploading locks in the colour profile along with your fonts and layout, which is why we ask for PDFs.
05What paper do you print colour on?
Quality A4 stock chosen to hold colour cleanly without bleed, so photographs and dense graphics reproduce accurately rather than looking washed out.
When colour printing is worth it
Colour printing costs more per page than black & white because it uses four toners rather than one. That makes it worth choosing deliberately: for documents where colour carries meaning, it is essential; for pages of plain text, it is money spent on nothing.
Because printle sets options per file, you never have to choose for the whole order. A colour presentation and a black & white appendix can sit in the same order, each at its own rate.
Documents that need colour
- Presentations and pitch decks — where brand colours and visual hierarchy do the work.
- Charts, graphs and data — colour-coded series become unreadable in greyscale.
- Client-facing documents — price lists, quotes and anything with a colour logo or letterhead.
- Documents containing images — reports or portfolios with photographs or product shots embedded in the page.
- Branded documents — proposals and reports carrying a logo or corporate palette.
- Maps, diagrams and plans — where colour distinguishes layers or routes.
Documents that do not
Reports, essays, contracts, tenancy agreements, official forms and revision notes are almost always better printed in black & white. The text is just as sharp, and at volume the saving is substantial. If a document contains only a single colour chart, consider whether that page alone justifies the colour rate for the whole file.
Colour quality and paper
Every colour order is printed on quality A4 stock chosen to hold colour cleanly without bleed, so photographs and dense graphics reproduce accurately rather than looking washed out. Colours print as they appear in your PDF, which is why exporting to PDF before uploading matters — it locks in the colour profile along with the fonts and layout.
Upload your document to see colour pricing instantly, or compare rates on the document printing prices page and review A4 printing options.