Funeral order of service printing cost in the UK
Prices two UK printers showed on 10 November 2026, a trade guide’s range for a high-street shop, and what printing at home takes. Prices change: check the printer’s own page before you order.
A specialist funeral printer
| Copies | 4-page folded | 8-page booklet | 8-page, per copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | £38.53 | £49.85 | £4.99 |
| 20 | £56.58 | £73.20 | £3.66 |
| 50 | £64.64 | £83.63 | £1.67 |
| 100 | £103.68 | £134.14 | £1.34 |
From orderofserviceforfuneral.co.uk, Funeral Order of Service Printing, read 10 November 2026. The page says an order includes “free tracked next working day UK delivery” and names its most popular 8-page option as a “luxury 350gsm silk card cover with 200gsm silk inner pages”. The per-copy column is our division.
A general online printer
| Copies | “Fast” price | “Faster” price | Fast, per copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | £65.46 | £78.23 | £2.62 |
| 50 | £78.40 | £93.70 | £1.57 |
| 100 | £101.71 | £121.56 | £1.02 |
From instantprint, Funeral Orders of Service, read 10 November 2026. The page shows these for its “default options and most popular quantities shown; choose options to see live prices.” It adds that the price excludes delivery and that “Standard delivery is free on orders over £75.” The page count and paper behind the default were not stated beside the table, so compare like with like on the printer’s own page.
A high-street print shop
The funeral directors’ trade guide says of high-street shops: “Expect to pay approximately £1–£3 per copy, depending on quantity, paper quality, and finish.” (NAFD Funeral Directory guide to the order of service, read 10 November 2026). At that range, 50 copies come to £50 to £150.
Printing at home
The same guide says that for families on a tighter budget “printing at home is entirely feasible”. The paper you need:
| Copies | Sheets of A4 for 8 pages | For 12 pages | For 16 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 60 | 90 | 120 |
| 50 | 100 | 150 | 200 |
| 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 |
We give no ink figure: it depends on the printer and on how much of each page is photograph. Before printing 50 copies, run the printer test page, and see how many copies to print and which paper.
Before you compare prices
- Check whether VAT and delivery are in the price you are shown.
- Check the page count and the paper: a 4-page card and a 12-page booklet are different jobs.
- Check the date it will arrive, not the date it is printed.
- A print shop wants one A5 page per PDF page, in reading order. See sending it to a print shop.
We are not connected with any printer named here and take no payment from them. Prices are as their pages showed them on 10 November 2026.
Questions
- How much does it cost to print a funeral order of service in the UK?
- A funeral trade guide puts a high-street print shop at about £1 to £3 a copy. On 10 November 2026 one specialist UK printer listed 50 copies of an 8-page booklet at £83.63 and 100 copies at £134.14; another listed 50 copies at £78.40 on its default options, before delivery.
- Is it cheaper to print the order of service at home?
- The paper is cheap: 50 copies of an 8-page booklet use 100 sheets of A4. Ink or toner is the real cost and depends on your printer, so we give no figure for it. A photo on the cover uses the most.
- Why do small orders cost so much per copy?
- Setting up the job costs the printer the same for 10 copies as for 100. In the first table, 10 copies of an 8-page booklet work out at £4.99 each and 100 copies at £1.34 each.
Whichever you choose, the builder gives you both files: one for a home printer and one for a print shop.
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