Specialty Print Media, Inks, and Supplies for the Applications Standard Materials Can’t Handle
Your specialty print jobs need materials your standard supply chain doesn’t carry. Banners that don’t tear. Waterproof signage that holds up outdoors. OEM-quality inks at fair prices. Substrates that survive guillotine cutting and grommeting without falling apart. Your current path is the big-box catalog or a national supply chain that doesn’t know your equipment, your application, or what holds up where you need it to. The pricing reflects that. So does the failure rate.
Kelley Create’s Specialty Media covers the materials beyond standard copier toner and office paper. Waterproof polyester paper. Full-line OEM inkjet inks. Banner paper engineered to run on office copiers. Signage and floor-graphic media. Outdoor and weather-resistant substrates. Custom converting for non-standard sizes. Free sample programs with money-back guarantees. Pricing that runs 25-50% below big-name brand alternatives. One specialist team that knows the materials, the applications, and the equipment you’re running.
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Standard Supplies Were Built for Standard Jobs. Yours Aren’t Always Standard.
The supplies decision feels small until it costs real money. The retail signs faded after three weeks outdoors. The banner paper jammed mid-job and the operator improvised. The waterproof tags came back warped. The generic ink cartridges cost more per page than the OEM ones they were supposed to replace. Print quality went sideways and nobody can tell whether it’s the printer or the paper. Specialty applications need specialty materials, and the big-box catalog doesn’t know the difference between polyester and polypropylene.
The right partner doesn’t sell you whatever’s on the truck. We match the material to the application, source what the job actually requires, and price it so you’re not subsidizing somebody’s brand markup. That’s us.
What is Specialty Media?
Specialty Media is the work of sourcing, supplying, and supporting the print materials that fall outside what standard office supply chains handle: waterproof and weather-resistant papers, polyester substrates, banner stock engineered for office copiers, OEM-quality inkjet inks, floor graphics media, durable tags and labels, photo paper, vinyl, and the other specialty media that specific applications require.
Specialty Media is about the materials themselves. Sourced for specific use cases. Priced fairly. Supported by specialists who know what the materials can and can’t do.
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How Kelley Create Delivers Specialty Media
Four phases. Application discovery, material specification, sample validation, ongoing supply.
What you’re printing, on what equipment, for what application, in what conditions. The substrate decision flows from there. Outdoor or indoor. Wet or dry. Cut or whole sheet. Run-once or run-monthly.
Recommend the right material for the application. Often the most cost-effective option, not the most expensive. The specialist knows which polyester runs on which copier, which ink fits which printer, which substrate holds up where.
Free sample programs let you prove the material works on your equipment, in your environment, before committing to a run. Money-back satisfaction guarantees on starter orders.
Ongoing supply with predictable pricing, custom converting where needed, and specialist support on application questions as they come up. Bulk and custom-size ordering available.
What’s Included in Specialty Media
Every Specialty Media engagement scopes to the application. The components below cover what’s available.
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Waterproof polyester paper, banner paper for copiers, photo paper, vinyl, and other specialty stocks. Multiple weights and finishes. UV-stable, heat-stable, and moisture-resistant grades available.
Local Expertise, National Reach
Specialty media is a hands-on category. Application questions, equipment compatibility, and substrate selection benefit from a specialist who picks up the phone.
Local. Regional specialty media specialists for consultation, sample programs, and equipment compatibility questions.
National. National shipping on all specialty media. Multi-location ordering and consolidated billing for customers running multiple sites.
Why Partners Choose Kelley Create for Specialty Media
Specialty media specialists, not generalist supply reps.
Decades of specialty media expertise on our team. The specialists know polyester versus polypropylene versus vinyl. They know what your equipment can and can’t handle. They know what fails outdoors and what holds up. Generic supply houses don’t.
Pricing that runs 25-50% under big-name brands.
Specialty media has historically been a high-markup category. Direct supply relationships and the absence of national-brand marketing premium changes the math. Same quality. Lower price.
Sample programs with money-back guarantees.
Prove the material works on your equipment, in your conditions, before committing to a run. Free sample packs. Money-back satisfaction guarantees on initial orders.
Specialty applications, not commodity print.
Outdoor signage that has to hold up. Waterproof documents for field conditions. Banner work that runs through office copiers. Custom converting to non-standard sizes. The work standard catalogs don’t handle well.
Integration with the rest of your print stack.
The same partner running your copiers, wide format, managed print, or print shop work understands what your equipment needs. No mismatched supply chain. No vendor finger-pointing when something doesn’t run.
Multi-buyer ready.
Equipment users, dealers, marketing teams, supply organizations, and end users all sourcing through one specialist team. Volume pricing and dealer programs available.
Who Specialty Media Is For
Marketing and retail teams running indoor and outdoor signage, point-of-sale displays, banner work, and branded environments that demand specific substrate properties.
Print shop operators needing specialty stock at competitive pricing for production print jobs.
Equipment dealers and resellers reselling specialty supplies into their own customer base with volume pricing and dedicated specialist support.
Construction, engineering, and AEC firms running waterproof plans, field documents, weather-exposed signage, and durable on-site materials.
Healthcare and life sciences operations needing durable labels, tags, and forms that hold up in clinical, lab, and field environments.
Existing Kelley Create customers adding specialty supplies under one partner alongside copiers, wide format, managed print, or print shop services.
Mid-market operations tired of paying brand-name markup on specialty supplies when the same quality is available without it.
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Specialty media expertise. 25-50% off brand-name pricing. Sample packs with money-back guarantee.
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Ready to Stop Paying Brand Markup on Specialty Supplies?
Specialty applications don’t get cheaper by buying standard materials. The right substrate costs less than the wrong one. The right ink costs less per page than the bargain alternative. The right banner paper doesn’t jam mid-job. Stop paying brand-markup premiums for the same materials available without them. Start with a free sample pack.
Free sample programs on most specialty media. Specialist consultation on substrate selection, application requirements, and equipment compatibility. Pricing that runs 25-50% below big-name brand alternatives. The supply partner who knows the materials and the equipment.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What's the difference between Specialty Media and what Managed Print Services covers?
Managed Print Services covers standard fleet supplies (toner, copier paper, basic consumables) and fleet management for office printing. Specialty Media covers specialty applications: waterproof signage, banner paper, OEM inkjet inks, durable outdoor substrates, floor graphics, custom-converted materials. Different supply chain, different expertise, different price points. Most partners use both.
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How much can I really save versus big-name brands?
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Can I get samples before I commit to a full order?
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What inks do you carry?
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Can you do custom converting?
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What equipment is your media compatible with?
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Do I have to be an existing Kelley Create customer to buy from you?
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What's the lead time on specialty orders?
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Can you handle outdoor and weather-resistant applications?
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What's your return and satisfaction policy?
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Do you ship nationally?
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Can you support a dealer or reseller program?