For flex printing in Kothrud, 3 Red Media is about as close as a print unit gets: our setup sits at Chandni Chowk, on Kothrud’s western edge where Paud Road meets the highway. We print shop boards, admission flex, clinic signs and society banners for Kothrud and deliver them to the shop, the class or the society gate.
Kothrud is mostly residential, which shapes what gets printed here. The customers are families, so the businesses that do well are the ones parents and residents trust: tuition classes, doctors, pharmacies, sweet shops, salons and grocers. Their prints need to look neat and stay readable for months rather than shout for a week.
What businesses on Paud Road and Karve Road order
| Business | What they usually print | Where to read more |
|---|---|---|
| Coaching and tuition classes | Admission open flex, topper banners, reception standee | Coaching class banners |
| Clinics, dental and physio centres | Name board, timings board, frosted glass with logo | Clinic and hospital signage |
| Shops and showrooms | Fascia board, offer banner, window vinyl | Sign board printing |
| Housing societies | Ganeshotsav and Navratri banners, notice boards | Normal flex with eyelets |
| Restaurants and sweet shops | Menu boards, festival offer flex | Star flex or vinyl on sunboard |
Coaching classes: the busiest Kothrud customer
Kothrud has a large number of tuition and coaching classes for school boards, entrance exams and languages, many of them in residential buildings and small commercial complexes. Two moments drive their printing: results week, when topper banners go up, and the weeks before a new batch, when admission flex appears outside the class and near schools.
Classes in a residential building usually have limited frontage, so the board has to work hard in a small space. Keep the class name and the subjects large, put the phone number where it can be photographed, and leave the long list of courses for a standee inside.
Clinics and doctors in Kothrud
Many Kothrud clinics sit on the first floor above shops, so their board is often read from across the road. That changes the lettering size: for a board read from about 30 feet, main letters of roughly 4 inches are a sensible minimum. Glass doors and cabin partitions are a good place for frosted glass film with the clinic logo cut out, which adds privacy and looks clean.
Checklist before you order a Kothrud shop board
- Measure the full width of the frontage and the height available above the shutter, in feet.
- Decide whether the board will be lit. A lit board uses backlit flex in a box; an unlit one can use star flex on a frame.
- Write the shop name in Marathi (Devanagari) as well. Maharashtra’s shops rules require it, with the Marathi text not smaller than the English. Confirm the latest rule with the ward office.
- Ask your building or society whether an outside board needs their permission, and whether the PMC needs to be approached for anything projecting over the road.
- Send a photo of the frontage taken from across the road, so the proof can show how it will look in place.
Getting the print from Chandni Chowk to Kothrud
Delivery into Kothrud is short and simple because the unit is right at the western end. Deliveries usually come in along Paud Road towards Kothrud Depot or along the highway and in from the Karve Road side, depending on where the shop is. Inside colonies and lanes, a small vehicle reaches the door or the society gate.
Fixing can be arranged for fascia boards and banners that need a ladder or a frame. If you prefer, you can also collect the print yourself on the way home, since Chandni Chowk is on the way out of Kothrud towards Bavdhan and the highway.
Festival weeks are crowded. If your society or mandal needs Ganeshotsav banners, share the design a couple of weeks before the festival rather than in the last few days.
If you have a size and a rough idea, that is enough to start. Send the details for a quote and we reply with the price and a proof on WhatsApp.