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Printing Services in the City of Manila
— Binondo, Ermita, Malate & the University Belt

Looking for printing services in the City of Manila? Binondo traders need boxes and labels by the carton, Ermita and Malate hotels need menus and banquet programmes, and the University Belt goes through certificates and yearbooks every school year. GLL Printing House prints all of it in Valenzuela, a straight run up Rizal Avenue and MacArthur Highway, on offset, digital, label and letterpress lines in one building.

Packaging for Divisoria wholesalers, brochures for Intramuros tour operators, forms for law and accounting offices near City Hall, invitations for Malate weddings: one printer for the city's working districts, from Tondo and the Port Area to Paco and Sta. Ana, and the free quote arrives within one business day.

Why Manila businesses print with us

Old-city businesses,
a modern press

Printing in the Philippines began in Manila, and the city is still full of print shops. When a job outgrows a quick-print counter — packaging in volume, exact brand colour, foil-stamped finishing — it needs a production floor. At GLL you deal directly with the people who plate, print and finish the job, with no reseller in between, and the finished work is delivered to Binondo, Ermita, Malate, Sampaloc and the rest of the city.

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DOWN RIZAL AVENUE

One road from Binondo

MacArthur Highway runs from Valenzuela down to Monumento, where Rizal Avenue carries on south into Sta. Cruz and Binondo; the NLEX–Skyway Stage 3 link reaches Quirino Avenue and Nagtahan. Proofs move by email and Viber, and we deliver finished goods to the City of Manila as standard, warehouse or hotel.

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ALL IN-HOUSE

One roof, zero hand-offs

Consultation, pre-press with in-house computer-to-plate, four printing lines and full finishing in one building — see how a job moves through it. It's why 93% of our clients come back.

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PROVEN AT SCALE

Trusted by names you know

SM, Levi's, Globe, ASUS and Goldilocks have printed on these presses. Your brand gets the same machines, the same operators, the same standards — see the work.

Who we print for in Manila

Wholesalers, hotels, schools,
firms and port businesses

Every district of Manila prints differently. These are the City of Manila trades we are equipped to serve, with the print that businesses like these usually order:

  • Binondo and Divisoria wholesalers and traders — printed boxes, product labels and stickers, paper bags, price tags, hang tags and packaging inserts for the trading houses of Binondo, Ongpin and Juan Luna, and the stalls and warehouses around Divisoria and Tutuban.
  • Hotels, restaurants and tourism in Ermita and Malate — menus, room directories, banquet programmes, brochures, tour maps and gift packaging for the hotels on Roxas Boulevard and M.H. del Pilar, and the restaurants and bars of Malate.
  • Intramuros heritage sites and tour operators — walking-tour brochures, maps, tickets, souvenir postcards, bookmarks and event programmes for the museums, tour groups and event venues inside the walls.
  • University Belt schools and review centres — certificates, graduation programmes, yearbooks, enrolment forms, review manuals and student-organisation event collateral for the schools around España, Recto and Mendiola, and the colleges of Intramuros.
  • Port Area and Tondo logistics — carton and shipping labels, numbered forms, delivery receipts, company profiles and safety posters for the forwarders, customs brokers and warehouses around Manila's South Harbor and North Harbor.
  • Law, accounting and professional offices — letterheads, envelopes, folders, numbered forms, business cards and bound reports for the offices around Manila City Hall, Ermita and Taft Avenue, plus the clinics of Paco and Sta. Ana.

What we print for Manila businesses

Everything your brand
puts ink on

The four lines share one Valenzuela building, so a Binondo trader can order boxes and labels from the same place a school orders its yearbook. Offset handles long runs and packaging at the lowest cost per piece; digital handles short runs without plate charges; the label line covers stickers, roll labels and garment tags; the letterpress is for invitations meant to be felt. Cutting, die-cutting, folding, binding, lamination and foil stamping are all done in-house.

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Runs of 1,000+

Offset printing

Printed boxes, paper bags and packaging inserts for Binondo and Divisoria traders, and yearbooks and catalogues for University Belt schools, in long runs with consistent colour.

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Short runs · fast

Digital printing

Menus, hotel collateral, tour brochures, review manuals and certificates in short runs for Ermita, Malate, Intramuros and the University Belt — no plates, no setup charges.

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Rolls & sheets

Labels & stickers

Product labels, price stickers, hang tags and garment labels for Divisoria wholesalers and apparel traders, plus carton and shipping labels for the Port Area.

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Premium keepsakes

Letterpress

Wedding invitations for ceremonies at San Agustin Church and the Manila Cathedral, and keepsake certificates and gala cards for Manila's schools and hotels, with foil in-house.

Products we print for Manila:

How ordering works from Manila

From Binondo to Valenzuela,
without the traffic

Ordering from the City of Manila does not need a trip north. A typical job goes like this:

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From your desk

Send the job

Message us the item, quantity, size and the date it has to be in Manila. Traders can send a photo of the current box or label, schools a copy of last year's programme. The quote form, Viber and the landline all reach the same team.

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By email or Viber

Approve the proof

The artwork is checked by our pre-press team, and a proof comes back for approval by email or Viber. For packaging and brand colours, ask for a printed proof as well. Nothing goes to plate until you have signed off.

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Valenzuela floor

We print and finish

Plates come off our computer-to-plate system, the right press runs the job, and finishing is done on the same floor: die-cut boxes, laminated covers, bound yearbooks, foil on certificates. One team answers for every stage.

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To Manila

Delivery or pick-up

We deliver to your Manila address, from a Binondo warehouse to a Malate hotel's back office. You can also collect at #88 R. Delfin St., Marulas, Valenzuela, or come and watch a run; send a Viber message first.

Offset or digital for a Manila order?

Packaging and yearbooks almost always go offset; every extra piece lowers the average cost, and colours stay fixed from the first carton to the last. Hotel menus, tour brochures and certificates usually go digital, because the runs are short and the content changes. Labels depend on the stock and the quantity. The free Print Lab picks a method in seconds, and the Deadline Checker tells you whether a graduation or launch date is realistic before you send anything.

Areas we serve

The City of Manila,
district by district

From #88 R. Delfin St., Brgy. Marulas, Valenzuela City, we deliver to every district of the City of Manila and its neighbours:

  • Binondo
  • Divisoria
  • Tondo
  • San Nicolas
  • Sta. Cruz
  • Quiapo
  • Sampaloc
  • San Miguel
  • Sta. Mesa
  • Intramuros
  • Ermita
  • Malate
  • Paco
  • Sta. Ana
  • Port Area
  • San Juan
  • All Metro Manila
  • Nationwide shipping

Other areas we serve: Makati · Quezon City · Taguig & BGC · Pasig & Ortigas · Caloocan · Bulacan.

Getting to us from Manila

From Binondo or Sta. Cruz, head north on Rizal Avenue to Monumento and continue up MacArthur Highway into Valenzuela; our building is in Barangay Marulas, just off the highway. From Sampaloc, take España and Quezon Avenue to EDSA, then north past Balintawak. From Paco, Sta. Ana or Ermita, the NLEX–Skyway Stage 3 ramp near Quirino Avenue skips the city streets altogether. Most Manila clients let the proofs and the delivery do the travelling.

GLL Printing House · #88 R. Delfin St., Brgy. Marulas, District 2, Valenzuela City, Metro Manila · Mobile / Viber 0917 324 4554 · Landline (02) 8364 9912 · contact@gllprintinghouse.com

Manila printing, answered

Is this page about Metro Manila or the City of Manila?

The City of Manila: Binondo, Tondo, Sampaloc, Ermita, Malate, Intramuros, Paco, Sta. Ana and the other districts within the city limits. GLL Printing House serves all of Metro Manila from Valenzuela; this page covers what City of Manila businesses usually need from us.

Do you print packaging for Binondo and Divisoria traders?

Yes. Printed boxes, paper bags, labels, stickers and hang tags are core work for us, and the die-cutting and lamination happen in-house. Bring or send a sample of your current packaging with the quantity you usually reorder, and we will quote against it.

Can you print Chinese characters for Binondo businesses?

Yes. We print whatever your approved artwork contains, whether Chinese, Filipino or English. Pre-press checks that every font is embedded so no character drops out or changes, and the proof shows exactly what will print.

Do you deliver within the City of Manila?

Yes. Finished goods are delivered to Manila addresses as standard, including Binondo warehouses, Port Area offices and University Belt campuses. Delivery details are confirmed on your quote, and nationwide shipping is available for provincial customers.

Can you print for school events and graduations?

Yes. Certificates, programmes, yearbooks, invitations and souvenirs for University Belt schools and student organisations are routine here. Put the event date in your first message so we can plan the run around it; the Deadline Checker gives an early estimate.

Why order from Valenzuela instead of a shop in Manila?

For a quick handful of copies, a shop around the corner is the right call. For packaging in volume, exact brand colour, die-cut boxes or foil finishing, you want the production floor itself: one accountable team, factory-direct pricing and no reseller margin, with delivery to the City of Manila built into how we work.

FROM BINONDO TO MALATE,ONE PRESS UP NORTH.

Give us the item, the quantity and the date. There is no charge to talk it through, your quote arrives within one business day, and the finished job comes to your Manila district.

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