Printing & binding resources
California
1984 Printing, Oakland
Offers sheetfed offset printing and short-run digital copier printing on 100% recycled papers using soy-based, zero-VOC CMYK inks and recycled black ink, plus animal-free book binding.
F.A. Daniels, Los Angeles
Employs both digital printing and traditional offset printing processes.
Greener Printer, Berkeley
Specializes in providing green solutions for business marketing and communication needs.
Mir Printing & Graphics
Offset lithographic commercial printer set up to handle bulk printing services.
Nonstop Printing
Start-up minded printer that offers full digital printing and binding services with a focus on short-run digital matte ink, foil, raised spot gloss, and die cutting capabilities.
Paper Chase Printing, Los Angeles
Prints books, posters, business cards, and stationery. Offers in-house design.
PsPrint, Oakland
Provides custom printing, die cutting, design services, and foil stamping.
Typecraft, Pasadena, Santa Barbara
Offers digital printing and binding services.
Colorado
Signature Offset, Denver
Offers computer-to-plate (CtP) printing, UV-cured Didde web printing, and four-color printing.
Connecticut
Allied Printing, Manchester
Commercial and financial printing services. Employs offset web and sheetfed printing, digital printing, finishing equipment, and offers fulfillment solutions.
Florida
A&A Printing, Tampa
Printer with additional publishing services.
Georgia
Hi-Lo Press, Atlanta
Operates as both a print studio and a gallery for up-and-coming artists.
Illinois
Perfectly Acceptable Press, Chicago
Risograph printing studio and publishing house. Utilizes a Risograph RZ 990.
Schiele Group, Elk Village
Offers commercial printing, binding, and mailing services.
Lousiana
Paper Machine, New Orleans
5000 sq ft printshop in the Lower 9th Ward housing a range of traditional and cutting-edge print technologies to enhance, amplify, and explore New Orleans’s rich printing heritage while providing significant opportunities for artists and residents of the Lower Ninth Ward and beyond.
The Southern Letterpress, New Orleans
Offers high-quality letterpress printing services and a range of design services including wedding invitations, book layouts, logos, branding and packaging, hand-set metal and wood type, and in-house photopolymer plates technology.
Minnesota
Bookmobile, Minneapolis
Offers art book printing and ebook conversion services.
Shapco, Minneapolis
Produces high quality projects for clients in the art, financial, hospitality, entertainment, non-profit and self-publishing fields. Specializes in unique bindings.
Missouri
Oddities, Kansas City
Commercial silkscreen and letterpress print shop. Offers digital and analog design such as typesetting, collage, painting, lettering, writing and photography.
New York
1080PRESS, Kingston We are a print shop and bindery located 1:45 minutes from NYC in Kingston, NY. We print using our 1 or 2 color offset press or our single color B&W digital presses. We also offer letterpress services. We as well double as a bindery and offer saddle stitching, perfect binding, and spiral binding. Turn around time is dependent on complexity of the job. Feel free to reach out about inquires either through Instagram or by email at 1080presspoetry@gmail.com
Asia Pacific Offset, New York
Produces books and printed media.
Boxcar Press, Syracuse
Letterpress printing and services
Brooklyn Archival, Brooklyn
A boutique printing service for artists, galleries or anyone looking for premium quality Giclee or inkjet prints
The Brother in Elysium, Kingston
Offers letterpress printing services, using hand set type of classic and rare typefaces. Welcomes custom print jobs including: book work, ephemera, announcements and artist-commissioned work.
Bushwick Print Lab, Brooklyn
Silkscreen studio open to the larger creative community for basic to advanced printmaking workshops, hourly studio rentals, and services such as screen making, film outputs, and print production.
The Copy Specialist, New York
Offers postcards, banners, posters, copying, and printing services.
Curcio Printing, Vestal
Women owned. Affordable short to mid-size print runs. Offers digital printing, offset printing, book printing, book design, PUR / LAY FLAT binding, and spiral binding.
Endless Editions, New York
Printing and publishing project devoted to producing material by and for artists.
Imago, New York
Manages print, production, and manufacturing for a range of products, predominately using Chinese suppliers. Has global locations in California, the UK, France, Australia, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.
Kayrock Screenprinting, Brooklyn
Specializes in hand-printed fine art editions, posters, cards, books, shirts, tote bags, graphic design, micro registration, and other custom projects.
Linco, Long Island City
Specializes in 4-color offset lithographic printing, both coldset web and sheet-fed, which can be combined with an in-house saddle stitch or binding services to produce a range of products, including magazines, booklets, and soft-cover books.
Marginal Editions, New York
Specializing in letterpress and silkscreen editions.
Paper Slam, New York
NY boutique printing company specializing in printing promotional and marketing materials.
Regent Publishing Services, New York
Manufacturer of books, with locations in New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, and San Diego.
Secret Riso Club, Brooklyn
Design and risograph studio based in Ridgewood, NY. Offering graphic design services, risograph printing, and photo printing services. Secret Riso Club prints zines, small publications, posters, cards, assorted material for local arts and community organizations, and flyers for bands, among other projects. Riso printing is available in blue, red, yellow, and black.
Sesame Letterpress & Design, Brooklyn
Boutique design and letterpress print shop.
Small Editions, Brooklyn
Produces high quality handmade books, boxes and multiples. Manages the production of larger editions. Offers book binding, box making, consulting, design, foil stamping, gilding and edgepainting, multiples, one-of-a-kind books, and printing for books (digital offset, offset, risograph, large format, screen printing).
Soft city printing, Brooklyn
Risograph printing collective.
Supreme Digital, Brooklyn
Offers giclee printing, archival printing and finishing, and retail display printing.
Uses of Literature, Brooklyn
The Uses of Literacy is the working name of designer and publisher Duncan Hamilton. Conducts creative workshops about independent publishing, how to run a small press with digital duplicators and how to make simple books and pamphlets.
New Jersey
Conveyor, Jersey City
Production house specializing in small run editions of artist books, zines, and other printed matter related to photography.
Ohio
Acme Binding, Chesterland
Nationwide library binding and information services company. With locations in Indiana, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.
Oregon
Brown Printing, Portland
Uses environmentally-friendly practices to produce high quality prints.
Pennsylvania
Risolve Studio, Lincoln University
Risograph print house and design studio.
Tennessee
Instant Publisher, Collierville
Offers quick and affordable book printing services, knowledgeable customer support, and a variety of printing options.
Hatch Show Print, Nashville
A working letterpress print shop since 1879. Uses its collection to educate diverse audiences and to create iconic designs that express and commemorate America’s evolving cultural identity.
Australia
Momento Pro, Sydney
A family-owned print studio and binding company, Momento Pro offers on-demand book service dedicated to producing photo books of exceptional printing and binding quality. Delivery to Australia and New Zealand available.
Belgium
Cassochrome, Waregem
Offers eco-friendly HUV offset printing, binding and finishing.
Canada
Colour Code, Toronto
An independent print studio and publishing platform. Specializes in high quality, artist friendly printing for local, US and international customers. Also publishes and distributes small-run artist books, comics, posters and other printed matter.
Hemlock Printers, Vancouver
Commercial printer with offset and digital printing services.
Hignell Book Printing, Winnipeg
Offers digital and offset printing. Also offers a variety of binding types, and can do both small and large print runs.
Moniker, Vancouver
Produces collaborative publications but also takes custom orders. Also offers graphic design services and risograph file setup.
Prolific Group, Winnipeg
Commercial digital printing, binding, and mailing services.
Westcan Printing Group, Winnipeg
Produces full color magazines, poetry books, literary journals, independent comic books, music magazines, drugstore novels and more. Services include an electronic pre-press department and small and large format presses including a recently installed Heidelberg 10 Colour Press. Offers an in-house, full service bindery.
Colombia
Chanclas Japonesas, Bogotá Chanclas Japonesas is a bookbinding studio focused on artisanal techniques. We are artists and art historians who enjoy meticulously crafting objects with care and dedication. We create notebooks and exposed spine editions with a simple and uniform style. We hand-bind for those with artistic purposes, but also for those seeking high-quality papers and materials. We offer consultations, bookbinding services, and workshops for educational institutions and companies. We strongly believe in collective work, as it allows us to grow and learn a great deal from others. We work from Bogotá, Colombia. Bindings offered: sewn ( handmade) Japanese, Belgian, Coptic, French, onion skin and eyelet binding.
Pataleta Print, Bogotá Offset and digital printing. Design service offered. No minimum print requirement.
Germany
Colorama, Berlin Risograph printing with 23 risograph colors, the option to print yourself (experimentation station), Studio Membership program for low income and marginalized people. Discount for activist work. Binding methods: staple, perfect, sewn, pamphlet, hardcover, pad, coil, comb. Turnaround time five to twenty days. @coloramaworkshop
Kulturwerk of BBK Berlin
Offers all the facilities for mechanical, chemical and digital printing techniques. Ranging from the traditional printing methods, such as book printing, etching and lithography to screen-printing and offset print. Studio runs workshops for papermaking and bookbinding. Traditional printing editions to crossover techniques and experimental projects.
Vogt Foliendruck GmbH, Berlin
Stickers, mousepads, lenticulars, and product printing.
Italy
Pigment Workroom, Bari
A public art multidisciplinary studio based in Bari, Italy. Offers murals, screenprinting, risograph printing, graphic design, exhibitions, and workshops.
Lithuania
Kopa
Design consultation, LE-UV offset printing, binding & finishing.
The Netherlands
KNUST / Extrapool, Nijmegen
Specializes in risograph printing.
Philippines
Tienda Wabas, Quezon City Tienda Wabas believes that the handmade products, especially those made of paper, are a way to better connect with the natural world. We hope to provide a respite from the detached conditions of modern life. This is why, aside from selling ready-made books and helping birth custom creations, we also hold workshops and perform outreach activities to better connect with local communities. Binding methods: Perfect, Coptic stitched (plain & stylized), Stab-bound (traditional & stylized), Belgian binding, Long-stitched, Saddle stitched, Buttonhole, Piano-hinged, and other experimental exposed stitching (always open for customization). Design services offered. Binding turnaround time one to twelve weeks.
Singapore
Tien Wah Press
Specializes in book printing, trading card game printing, stationery, digital app development, warehousing and third party logistics, we satisfy a universe of needs.
Allegro Print
Allegro Print is a creative production house based in Singapore providing quality printing services since 1998, from offset and digital printing to intricate production finishes. Paper products are designed in-house.
Switzerland
Noir sur Noir, Geneva
Offset and Typography.
United Kingdom
Duplikat, Margate Duplikat is a Risograph print studio based in Margate, run by Rich & Estelle. We own two MH9350 Risograph printers, with a palette of 34 ink colours and range of print finishing equipment. We’ve been really lucky to work with amazing artists, illustrators, complete beginners and businesses and have a great relationship with regular customers. Binding methods offered: saddle stitch, perfect, plastic coil (only with Risograph service). Turnaround time 5-7 days, rush 2 working days. 10% student discount.
Folio Atelier, London
Creative bookbinding studio working with artists and independent publishers to fabricate their bespoke short-run publications and limited editions. All our work is handmade in our studio in London, UK. We collaborate with artists worldwide.
Mazzoti Books, London
Mazzotti Books is an independent bookbinding and printing studio situated in East London, owned and run by Manuel Mazzotti.
He is a bookbinder, designer and trained engineer who uses his diverse knowledge to create limited edition books, prints, book prototypes and presentation boxes.
His passion for bookbinding and printing has led him to collaborate with a wide variety of clients from independent artists to architectural firms and publishing companies.
Book Binding Links and Resources
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