Printer Resources for Independent Art Publishers

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Four Colour Print Group

Four Colour Print Group 2410 Frankfort Ave Louisville KY 40206 [phone] [email protected] Website

We are a young independent press that just launched our first book, ARTSTER OKLAHOMA. We could not have picked a better printer to work with. Our project is very image heavy and the printing was 100% true in color and balance. Everyone at FCI is polite and genuine in the desire to make it work and look GREAT. —Espanta Steppe, Artster Oklahoma

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Nonstop Signs

Nonstop Signs Los Angeles, CA Email: [email protected] www.NonstopSigns.com 

“Nonstop Signs is a sign and printing company with 1000 custom printed products to help you improve your brand.” - Nonstop Representative 

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Burn All Books

Burn All Books San Diego, CA  Email: [email protected] Instagram: @burn_all_books Website

A Studio and Small Press founded by Nick and Amanda Bernal. Weekday mornings we can be found working as book (and zine) sellers at Verbatim Books in North Park, San Diego, and in the evening you can hear us humming away at our riso in the back of the shop...We currently print on our main rig, a RP3100UI, using medium blue, bright red, orange, green, and black ink drums. We are hungry for more colors, more drums, more machines.

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Martian Press

Martian Press Los Angeles, CA Email: [email protected] Website

Martian Press is a one-human operation, run by Stephanie Lane Gageand currently located in Los Angeles, CA. It was founded in Milwaukee, WI in October of 2015.

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Brilliant

400 Eagleview Boulevard  Exton, PA 19341  Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone] Website

Brilliant is a medium-sized, family-run printing company based in Exton, PA which also has an office in NYC and a facility in Shenzhen, China. They do all sheetfed printing. Run sizes can be anywhere from 10 to tens of thousands depending on the job and budget. They are masters at color-critical projects and especially at printing B&W quadtones and tritones. They are truly obsessed with photography books to the extent that they began their own imprint, Brilliant Press. Most jobs are done on a Heidelberg 6 color offset press or on the HP Indigo. They just got an HP Indigo 12000 that can print up to 20 x 29" and they print beautiful images with it. They love to work with artists and are happy to push the limits of their technology.  

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Colour Code Printing

251 Sorauren Ave. Unit 104 Toronto, ON. M6R 2G3 studio: 647-404-8539 mobile: [phone] [email protected] http://colourcodeprinting.com/

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Colorama

Veteranenstrasse 21, 10119 Berlin [email protected] http://colorama.space/

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Tiny Splendor

Los Angeles and Berkeley, California [email protected]  http://tinysplendor.com/ 

Every year we select a small number of projects to publish that include zines, artist books, and prints. If your project is selected you will receive 50% of the printed edition completely free of charge. We retain the rest of the edition to sell and widely distribute online and through our retail outlets. If you are interested in being considered for our publishing services please send us a project proposal. Project proposals should include visual examples and outline all the specifics: print size/page size, page count, paper preferences, number of colors, and medium.

-Tiny Splendor

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Galvez Printing

3865 East Cesar E Chavez Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90063 Phone: [phone] [email protected] Website

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J.E.J. Print, Inc.

673 Monterey Pass Road Monterey Park, CA 91754 tel: [phone] fax: [phone]

JEJ prints newspapers on a web press. The minimum is 500 and they also do single sheet newsprint jobs. The pricing goes up in very small increments as you print more, for example it will only cost about 10% more to print 1500 instead of 500. The turnaround is fast, if your file doesn’t have any problems you can usually get your job done in 24 hours. They aren’t an art press and their machine is old, but they try their best to accommodate finicky projects and will usually let you be on press if you feel like you need to. When you want to start a job or get a quote, the best thing to do is call and ask for Catherine, they are sort of slow to respond to emails. On press, a guy named Carlos is very helpful. —Anonymous

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1984 Printing

412 Pendleton Way Oakland, CA 94621 phone: [phone] [email protected] http://www.1984printing.com/

        These guys can do cheap, good quality perfect bound books.         —Paul Barron

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A & A Printing, Inc.

6103 Johns Road, Suite 5-6 Tampa, FL 33634 phone: [phone] x108 fax: [phone] [email protected] printshopcentral.com Contact: Billy

        Small book runs, digital, good for independents. One step above Lulu, they will         do whatever your specs are and for less.         —Robin Cameron

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American/ Foothill Publishing Co., Inc.

10009 Commerce Ave Tujunga, CA 91042 phone: [phone] email: [email protected]

        Newsprint printer, speedy & friendly. Contact: Doug Horwith.         —Anonymous

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Atlas Stamp

2825 NE Broadway Street Portland, OR 97232 phone: [phone] [email protected] http://www.atlas-stamp.com Contact: Rod McDonald         Wood Handled and Self Inking Stamps. Really quick turnaround         —Rob Halverson/ C-o-o-l Art

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Asia Pacific Offset

San Francisco 870 Market St. Suite 801 San Francisco, CA 94102 phone: [phone] fax: [phone] toll free: [phone]

New York 62 Rivington St. Suite 2B New York, NY 10002 phone: [phone] fax: [phone]

Washington, DC 1312 Q St. NW Suite B Washington, DC 20009 phone: [phone] fax: [phone] 

London 20 Mortlake High Street London SW14 8JN United Kingdom phone: [phone] fax: [phone]

Barcelona C/ Tamarit 104, esc. D, ent-2. 08015 Barcelona, Spain phone: [phone]  fax: [phone]

www.asiapacificoffset.com

        The books are printed in Hong Kong and their quality is excellent. Very easy to work with. Contact: Amy Armstrong.         —Rochard Hertz, Minneola Press

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Axelle Fine Arts

Brooklyn, NY phone: [phone] [email protected] Contact: Luther Davis

        Luther has silkscreened the boxes for the last 2 issues of NDP, and has also         printed a variety of silkscreened multiples for the publication.         —North Drive Press         C-o-o-l Art's favorite fine art screen printer. Thanks Luther!         —Rob Halverson/ C-o-o-l Art

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Jon Beacham / The Brother In Elysium

222 Roebling St. Brooklyn, NY 11211 [email protected] http://www.thebrotherinelysium.com

        Jon Beacham is an artist (and former book dealer) who used to be based in         Beacon NY, but is now in Brooklyn, where he operates a letterpress out of         his Williamsburg studio. I've used him to do a couple projects and they've all         turned out well. Jon has a good aesthetic and has offered great advice on         how to reduce the price of projects without sacrificing quality.         —Jeremy Sanders