Not every shop wants to outsource printing — plenty of shops have presses they love and want to keep running. What they don't have is a CNC table, a die cutter, or the patience to hand-cut custom shapes all afternoon. That's the gap cut blanks fill: we cut, you print.
Summit supplies unprinted blanks in custom shapes across four substrates, so your shop keeps the print work (and the print margin) while skipping the cutting bottleneck entirely.
Available Substrates
- Coroplast — yard sign blanks, arrows, custom contours in 4, 6, and 10mm
- ACM (aluminum composite) — premium panel blanks in 3mm, any shape
- PVC — 3mm interior-grade blanks for lobby and retail work
- Polyethylene & polystyrene — flexible and thin rigid blanks in stocked gauges
The same substrates covered in our printed-product guides — Wholesale Coroplast Printing, Wholesale Aluminum Sign Printing, and Wholesale Plastic Sign Printing — just delivered uncut and unprinted, cut to your spec.
How It Works
- Download a cut template or supply your own vector cut path
- Pick substrate and thickness
- Order the quantity you need — no minimums
- Blanks ship flat, free, via UPS Ground — print them on your own equipment on your own schedule
Standard shapes (rectangles with radius corners, arrows, ovals) are ready to order; fully custom contours just need a vector path. For shape and template details: Custom Shape Cut Blanks.
Why Shops Buy Blanks Instead of Cutting
Speed. A stack of pre-cut custom shapes arrives ready for the press — no table time, no blade changes, no cut queue behind the print queue.
Consistency. CNC-cut edges are identical across hundreds of pieces — hand-cut coroplast never is, and clients notice on kitted orders.
Capacity math. Cutting is the classic bottleneck job: low skill ceiling, high time cost. Offloading it frees your team for the work clients actually pay premiums for. The same logic behind outsourcing entirely, applied surgically: Trade Printing vs. In-House Production.
Odd substrates. Even print-everything shops hit substrates their cutter can't handle — ACM dulls blades, polyethylene fights straight cuts. Order those as blanks and keep your tooling happy.
Kitting and Volume Programs
Blank programs scale the same way printed plastic programs do — recurring shapes for recurring campaigns, cut and stacked to spec: Custom Die Cutting & Kitting for Plastic Signs. Event shops running seasonal wayfinding kits are natural blank customers: Event Wayfinding & Directional Signs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What substrates are available as cut blanks? Coroplast (4/6/10mm), 3mm ACM, 3mm PVC, polystyrene (.020–.060), and polyethylene (.035/.055).
Can I supply my own cut file? Yes — send a vector cut path (AI, EPS, or PDF) and blanks cut to your exact contour. Downloadable templates cover common shapes.
Is there a minimum blank order? No minimums, and free UPS Ground shipping applies to blanks like every other product.
Do blanks work with any printing method? Blanks are standard raw substrate — compatible with UV flatbed, screen printing, and vinyl application alike.
Keep your press running and skip the cut table. Create your trade account or request a quote.