Quality Letterpress Since the Truman Administration
and a whole lot more!
Practice makes perfect printing
Our forefathers started offset and letterpress printing here in Berkeley in 1946. Through the years, they have shared their knowledge and trade secrets with us. The pride and dedication they put into each printing job continues with each generation.
Price + Quality = Value
We’ve often been told that we’re the best kept secret in the printing business. The reason for this is the combination of fair pricing and top quality….oh, and poor advertising.
PRINTING SERVICES
Letterpress has been a printing technique for over 5 centuries. Our main letterpresses are Heidelberg Windmills, which are widely regarded as the best letterpresses in the world. Letterpress printing can produce some of the most beautiful wedding invitations and business cards you can imagine. Send us your artwork for a free evaulation to see if it is suitable for letterpress. We can make letterpress plates from most any digital file.
- When you want the highest quality invitations
- For a business card that stands out above the gang printed mass of UV smelling plastic cards
- Also fantastic for letterheads and envelopes
FOIL PRINTING
Foil printing is “hot stamped” using the same vintage Heidelberg Windmills that we do all of our letterpress printing on. It’s not much more expensive to add foil as a highlight to your invitations, while adding a lot of pizazz! We have 100’s of color options for foil. Just ask for a sample foil color swatch and we’ll mail it out.
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Very affordable to add a spot foil color to invitations.
- Foil comes in a wide range of metallic colors and solid pigment colors.
DIGITAL PRINTING
Digital printing is our most economical method for short runs such as invitations or if you perhaps need a few hundred brochures, business cards, or envelopes. We can combine digital printing, such as watercolor images, with letterpress and/or foil to create extra stunning invitations.
- Most affordable printing method for short runs.
- White Ink (white toner) on dark stocks is available. Great for invitations and envelopes.
- The normal turnaround time is typically just a couple days or so. If you need it quicker, just ask!
APPAREL PRINTING and more
Tshirt printing, polo shirt printing, hoodies, koozies, mousepad printing, you name it. We can even print on wood over 1/2″ thick. You can do t-shirt design online right here.
- Low minimums
- Great for special events (family reunions, sports teams, etc.)
- From 1-color silk screen to 4-color digital printing
