Printing press in Lahore · Since 2017
Printing press in Lahore, built for work that cannot go wrong
Offset, digital and large-format printing with packaging conversion. We design it, you approve a physical sample, then we produce. Pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, retail and export clients since 2017.
- A sample before we produce
- Offset, digital & large format
- Tube labelling from 100 pcs
- Tube sticker pasting from 100 pieces
- A physical sample before every run
- PVC, clear, silver and holographic stickers
- Rigid boxes and cartons to export spec
- Offset · digital · large format
- Call or WhatsApp 0327 2777728
Corporate gifts & branded merchandise
Your logo on the things people keep
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- Since 2017 Trading as a Lahore press
- Sample before production Nothing goes to plate unapproved
- Export-quality output Substrates and finishing to spec
- Pharma & food packaging Printed to your approved artwork
What we print
Three presses, one workflow
Whatever the process, the job goes through the same design → sampling → production discipline.
Offset printing
Cartons, catalogues, brochures, labels and stationery. The right process above break-even quantity: lower unit cost, exact Pantone matching, the widest finishing range.
Learn more about Offset printingDigital printing
Short runs, prototypes, versioned artwork and variable data. No plates and no make-ready — the fastest route from approved file to finished job.
Learn more about Digital printingTube sticker pasting
Full-wrap labels applied to cosmetic, pharma and food tubes so cleanly they look printed. From 100 tubes, blank tubes supplied — the short-run alternative to a printed tube.
Learn more about Tube sticker pastingPackaging & boxes
Mono cartons, rigid boxes, corrugated mailers, kraft, sleeves and window boxes — with structural design and a dieline drawn to your product.
Learn more about Packaging & boxesLabels & stickers
Self-adhesive, roll, sheet, vinyl, transparent, hologram and barcode labels. Contour-cut to any shape, from a hundred to a hundred thousand.
Learn more about Labels & stickersLarge format
Panaflex, standees, vinyl, one-way vision, backlit and rigid signage, with plotter cutting for contour work.
Learn more about Large formatHow we work
The difference is the middle step
Most printers take your file and print it. We put a stage in between.
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Design
Nothing is cut until the dieline is right.
We work from your artwork or build it, then run full prepress: preflight, colour separation, trapping, imposition and a dieline drawn to your product’s real dimensions. Errors are caught here, where they are free to fix.
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Sampling
Nothing is printed until you approve the sample.
You get a physical sample in the actual board, cut and creased on the actual dieline. Digital proof, structural mock-up, or a full offset pre-production sample when colour has to be exact. Nothing goes to plate without your signed approval.
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Production
Nothing ships until QC signs the batch.
Plates, press, finishing, die-cutting, folding and gluing — with in-process QC against the sample you approved, batch counts verified, and the job packed and dispatched to your deadline.
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Industries
Packaging that has to satisfy someone other than you
Regulators, auditors, retail buyers and couriers all get a say in whether your packaging is right. We print for all of them.
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Pharmaceutical
Cartons, inserts, outserts and labels printed to your approved artwork, with the version control, sampling and QC that regulated packaging requires.
DataMatrix-ready · mock-ups for regulatory review
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Food & beverage
Food-grade substrates and inks, grease-resistant options, and structural designs that survive delivery rather than arriving crushed.
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Cosmetics & personal care
Rigid boxes, soft-touch lamination, foiling and embossing — the finishes that decide whether a product reads as premium on the shelf.
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Retail & e-commerce
Mailer boxes, branded shippers, tape, tags and inserts that make unboxing part of the product rather than an afterthought.
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Corporate
Company profiles, annual reports, catalogues, stationery systems and gifting programmes — printed to one colour standard.
Corporate packaging
Packaging
Boxes, built to a dieline
Structural design first, then print. Choose a style and we will draw the dieline to your product’s real dimensions and the caliper of the board.
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Mono cartons
Folding carton, tuck or glued — the standard retail secondary pack
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Rigid boxes
Wrapped greyboard, hand-assembled — premium, and a longer lead time
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Corrugated mailers
E or B flute, crash-lock or roll-end — built for transit
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Kraft boxes
Uncoated kraft board — natural finish, one or two spot colours
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Sleeve boxes
Printed sleeve over a tray — opens like a drawer
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Window boxes
Die-cut aperture with clear film patch — the product sells itself
Why buyers move to us
Checkable, not remarkable
Every printer says the same things. These are the ones you can verify on your own job.
We show you the sample first
A digital PDF is not a sample. You see the real board, the real fold and the real finish before we commit a single plate.
We publish our terms
MOQ, lead time and what moves the price are on the product pages. No mystery quoting.
Export-ready output
Substrates, inks and packing specified for the destination market — including export-only pharma runs labelled to the importing country’s requirements.
One supplier, whole job
Printing, packaging, labels and gifts from one press means one artwork standard, one colour reference and one delivery.
vs a typical print shop
| Us | Typical | |
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| A physical sample before production | Yes | Not usually |
| A dieline drawn to your product | Yes | Not usually |
| Written proof sign-off before plate-making | Yes | Not usually |
| MOQ and lead time published up front | Yes | Not usually |
| Artwork version control | Yes | Not usually |
| One supplier for print, packaging and gifts | Yes | Not usually |
Specifications & terms
The numbers most printers make you ask for
Minimums, lead times and what actually moves your price. Where a figure is not published yet we say so, rather than quoting one we would have to walk back.
Minimum order
- Digital print
- On request
- Offset print
- On request
- Folding cartons
- On request
- Rigid boxes
- On request
- Labels & stickers
- On request
Lead time
From approved artwork and a signed sample — not from your enquiry.
- Digital print
- On request
- Offset print
- On request
- Folding cartons
- On request
- Rigid boxes
- On request
- Labels & stickers
- On request
What moves your price
Give us these six and we can usually quote the same working day.
- 1 Quantity
- 2 Size (flat and folded)
- 3 Board type and GSM
- 4 Number of colours
- 5 Finishing
- 6 Die (new or existing)
Every service and box style page carries its own specification table.
Our work
Recent jobs off the press
Work samples are available on request
Much of what we produce is under a client confidentiality agreement, and we publish nothing without written permission. Tell us your industry and we will send relevant samples — or a physical sample pack.
Resources
Useful whether or not you print with us
Printing glossary
Spot UV, matte lamination, dieline, GSM, bleed — every term explained in plain English.
Browse the glossary about Printing glossaryFree dieline templates
Print-ready AI and PDF dielines for every standard box style, drawn to real board caliper.
Get the templates about Free dieline templatesDRAP labelling guide
What must appear on a pharmaceutical carton in Pakistan, written for packaging and regulatory teams.
Read the guide about DRAP labelling guidePrinting press in Lahore — offset, digital and packaging under one roof
Al Ashar Printers has operated as a commercial printing press in Lahore since 2017, producing offset and digital print, custom packaging, labels and branded corporate products for businesses across Pakistan and for export.
Choosing between offset and digital is mostly a question of quantity and colour. Offset lithography carries a fixed set-up cost — plates are imaged on a computer-to-plate system and the press is made ready before the first good sheet — so unit cost falls as the run lengthens, and it is the only process that matches Pantone spot colours exactly or carries the full range of finishing. Digital printing has no plates and no make-ready, so it is faster and cheaper for short runs, prototypes, versioned artwork and variable data such as serialised codes, while costing more per unit at volume. We run both, and we will tell you plainly which one your job belongs on.
For packaging, the work starts before either press. A dieline — the flat engineering drawing of cut lines, creases and glue flaps — is drawn to your product’s real dimensions and the caliper of the board it will be made from. Get it wrong and the die, a physical steel-rule tool, has to be remade. That is why we cut and crease a physical mock-up in the production board and put it in your hands before anything is printed.
Finishing is where packaging earns its shelf presence: gloss, matte and soft-touch lamination, UV and spot UV, hot foil stamping, embossing and debossing, window patching and anti-scuff coating. Each changes cost, lead time and how the pack survives handling, and each is explained in our printing glossary.
We serve pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, retail and e-commerce clients, and we deliver across Lahore — Model Town, Gulberg, DHA, Johar Town, Township and the city’s print districts around Urdu Bazar, Royal Park and Nisbat Road — as well as nationwide and for export.
Questions
Before you send us a job
Anything not answered here, ask us directly — we would rather talk it through than have you guess.
It depends on the product and process. Digital print starts at very low quantities, while offset packaging becomes more economical as the run lengthens — plates and make-ready are a fixed cost, so the longer the run, the lower the unit price. Tell us your quantity and we will confirm the minimum for your product with the quote.
Lead time runs from approved artwork and a signed sample, not from your enquiry — which is why the sampling stage matters. Rigid and hand-assembled boxes take substantially longer than folding cartons because they are wrapped by hand, and digital short runs are the fastest. We confirm a firm date with every quote.
Yes — and we recommend it. Digital proofs and structural mock-ups are standard; a full offset pre-production sample is available at cost where colour must be exact.
Both. We design from scratch, adapt what you have, or take print-ready files and run them through prepress.
Print-ready PDF in CMYK with 3 mm bleed, fonts outlined and images at 300 dpi. Full spec: artwork guidelines. Send anything you have and we will tell you what is missing.
Yes — nationwide, and we produce export orders for international clients.
Yes. Cartons, inserts, outserts and labels printed to your approved artwork. See pharmaceutical packaging.
Send quantity, size, substrate, colours and finishing through the quote form or on WhatsApp. With those five details we can usually quote the same working day.
Send us your artwork. We’ll quote today.
Quantity, size, substrate, colours and finishing — with those five details most jobs are quoted the same working day.
Or call 0327 2777728