--- type: hub title: "Printing Regulations Guide: Know the Rules Before You Print" description: "Printing rules explained: flyers in mailboxes, door hanger soliciting laws, yard and bandit sign rules, safety sign specs and USPS postcard layout." resource: https://www.4over4.com/guides/rules-regulations tags: ["hub"] generated: by: "process:4over4-mapp-build" at: 2026-10-30T18:51:38.136Z timestamp: 2026-10-30T18:51:38.136Z sources: - resource: https://www.4over4.com/guides/rules-regulations title: "Printing Regulations Guide: Know the Rules Before You Print" status: stable --- # Printing Regulations Guide: Know the Rules Before You Print Printing rules explained: flyers in mailboxes, door hanger soliciting laws, yard and bandit sign rules, safety sign specs and USPS postcard layout. - [Apparel Merch Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/apparel-merch-guides) - [Banner Sign Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/banner-sign-guides) - [Brochure Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/brochure-guides) - [Business Applications](https://www.4over4.com/guides/business-applications) - [Calendar Notebook Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/calendar-notebook-guides) - [Color Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/color-guides) - [Comparisons Reviews](https://www.4over4.com/guides/comparisons-reviews) - [Design Process Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/design-process-guides) - [Design Software Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/design-software-guides) - [Dimensions Templates](https://www.4over4.com/guides/dimensions-templates) - [File Prep Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/file-prep-guides) - [Finishes Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/finishes-guides) - [Finishes Techniques](https://www.4over4.com/guides/finishes-techniques) - [Flyer Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/flyer-guides) - [Invitation Card Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/invitation-card-guides) - [Layout File Setup](https://www.4over4.com/guides/layout-file-setup) - [Logo Branding Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/logo-branding-guides) - [Marketing Strategy Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/marketing-strategy-guides) - [Packaging Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/packaging-guides) - [Paper Stock Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/paper-stock-guides) - [Postcard Mailer Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/postcard-mailer-guides) - [Pricing Cost](https://www.4over4.com/guides/pricing-cost) - [Printing Basics Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/printing-basics-guides) - [Product Explainers](https://www.4over4.com/guides/product-explainers) - [Rules Regulations](https://www.4over4.com/guides/rules-regulations) - [Shipping Postage](https://www.4over4.com/guides/shipping-postage) - [Step By Step Creation](https://www.4over4.com/guides/step-by-step-creation) - [Sticker Label Guides](https://www.4over4.com/guides/sticker-label-guides) - [Stock Substrate Selection](https://www.4over4.com/guides/stock-substrate-selection) - [Wording Messaging](https://www.4over4.com/guides/wording-messaging) ## Latest Rules Regulations Guides ### [Do No Soliciting Signs Work? What They Stop and What the Law Allows](https://www.4over4.com/guide/do-no-soliciting-signs-work-and-are-they-legal) No Soliciting signs work in most towns, since a posted sign revokes the implied license to knock and a repeat visit can be reported as trespass. ### [How To Trademark A Logo And Protect Your Brand](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-trademark-a-logo-process-cost-and-tips) Learn how to trademark a logo step by step, what it protects, how long it takes, and what it costs, then put your protected mark on print with 4OVER4. ### [No Trespassing Sign Rules and Posting Laws Across the U.S.](https://www.4over4.com/guide/no-trespassing-sign-rules-and-laws-by-state) Know US no trespassing sign laws on posting, spacing and state rules, including purple paint, then order durable aluminum or coroplast signs from 4OVER4. ### [What Slippery When Wet Signs Mean And Where They Are Required](https://www.4over4.com/guide/slippery-when-wet-signs-meaning-rules-and-sizes) What the slippery when wet sign means, where the rules require it and the standard sizes it comes in, then order durable safety signs from 4OVER4. ### [The Complete Guide to Copyright Infringement on Stickers and Labels](https://www.4over4.com/guide/the-complete-guide-to-copyright-infringement-on-stickers-and-labels) What's legal to print on stickers, decals and labels (copyright, trademark, fair use) so you can sell custom stickers from 4OVER4 with confidence. ### [What Bandit Signs Are and the Best Material to Print Them On](https://www.4over4.com/guide/what-are-bandit-signs-rules-and-best-materials) A bandit sign is a cheap coroplast roadside sign with one message, and while printing one is legal, placement is regulated, so here are the rules. ## All Rules Regulations Guides ### [Are Door Hangers Soliciting? Legal Rules Explained](https://www.4over4.com/guide/door-hangers-legal-guide) Are door hangers soliciting, explained by the legal line between a hanger and solicitation, plus the local ordinance and mailbox rules for legal drops. ### [Is It Illegal to Put Flyers in Mailboxes? Know the Law](https://www.4over4.com/guide/flyers-in-mailboxes-legal) Putting flyers in mailboxes is illegal under federal law, with the penalties up to 5,000 dollars, the EDDM exception and legal ways to hand them out. ### [Can Gift Certificates Expire? Rules You Need to Know](https://www.4over4.com/guide/gift-certificate-expiration-rules) Federal law keeps most gift certificates from expiring for at least five years, so here are the state rules, inactivity fee limits and compliant printing. ### [Real Estate Yard Sign Rules, Design Tips & Best Practices](https://www.4over4.com/guide/real-estate-yard-sign-rules-design-tips-best-practices) Real estate yard sign rules, design tips and placement best practices to stay compliant with local sign codes and print bold, readable signs at 4OVER4.COM. ### [How to Lay Out a Postcard Address Side the USPS Will Scan](https://www.4over4.com/guide/postcard-address-side-layout-barcode-clear-zone-rules) USPS postcard address area requirements put the delivery block on the right half above a 4.75 by 0.625 inch barcode zone, with postage at top right. ### [How to Make Your Business Website GDPR Compliant](https://www.4over4.com/guide/gdpr-compliance-for-business-websites-guide) What GDPR asks of a business website, from who is in scope and choosing a lawful basis to consent that holds up, the Article 13 notice and 72 hour rule. ### [What No Thru Traffic Signs Mean and How to Post One That Holds Up](https://www.4over4.com/guide/no-thru-traffic-signs-explained) What a no thru traffic sign means, who may post one, the letter height a driver can read at 25 mph, and whether aluminum or coroplast fits your road. ### [Slippery Road Ahead Sign Meaning, MUTCD Sizes and Reflective Specs](https://www.4over4.com/guide/slippery-road-ahead-sign-meaning-and-specs) The slippery road ahead sign is MUTCD W8-5, with what it warns about, its diamond sizes, retroreflective sheeting rules and ordering for private property. ### [Truck Crossing Signs That Comply, Survive Weather and Read at Speed](https://www.4over4.com/guide/truck-crossing-and-warning-signs-guide-compliance-and-placement) Truck crossing sign rules, the diamond versus the word panel, reflective sheeting grades, mounting heights and the advance distance a driver really needs. ## What You Will Find Here The guides here cover the rules that decide where a printed piece can go: mailboxes, doorsteps, lawns and product packaging. Start anywhere, or jump straight to [Is It Illegal to Put Business Cards in Mailboxes?](https://www.4over4.com/article/business-cards-in-mailboxes-the-law-most-marketers-ignore), [Are Door Hangers Soliciting? Legal Rules Explained](https://www.4over4.com/guide/door-hangers-legal-guide) and [Is It Illegal to Put Flyers in Mailboxes? Know the Law](https://www.4over4.com/guide/flyers-in-mailboxes-legal). ## Printed Pieces Built for the Rules For the doorstep, [Door Hangers](https://www.4over4.com/product/door-hangers) come in 4.25 x 11, 4.25 x 14, 3.5 x 8.5 and 3.5 x 11 inches on 14pt or 16pt gloss cover, from 250 for $290.41. For the mailbox, send it through the mail: [Direct Mail Postcards](https://www.4over4.com/product/direct-mail-postcards) start at 500 for $89.68, and 4OVER4.COM is CASS certified for direct mail. For lawns, [Campaign Yard Signs](https://www.4over4.com/product/campaign-yard-signs) print on 4mm white coroplast at 12 x 18, 12 x 24 or 18 x 24 inches, from $25 each; check the placement rules in [how to get sign permits in every U.S. state](https://www.4over4.com/guide/how-to-get-sign-permits-in-every-u-s-state) first. For required notices on products and equipment, [Premium Warning Labels](https://www.4over4.com/product/premium-warning-labels) come in six sizes from 3 x 5 to 5 x 7 inches or any size, in runs from 25. ## Where to Go Next Door hangers, mailers, yard signs and warning labels all sit in [all printing categories](https://www.4over4.com/shop-by), and the [product videos](https://www.4over4.com/videos) walk through each one before you order.