From the President
Opening as a small quick copy shop in 1977, Professional Printing Center has steadily grown into one of the largest printers in the Hampton Roads area. It was the philosophy of my father and Professional Printing founder, Norman Ward, to continually re-invest our earnings into the latest equipment to keep us on the forefront of technology. This philosophy has taken us from our humble beginnings and transformed Professional Printing into a full service provider capable of both offset and digital printing, direct mail, custom die cutting, specialty coatings, an array of binding capabilities, variable data printing, online ordering, fulfillment and much more.
Our expansion over the past 30 years also necessitated a constant evaluation of client expectations. Our quest to meet and exceed these expectations led us to become G7 master-certified in color calibration. We are currently one of only six printers in the entire state of Virginia, and the only printer in Hampton Roads, to carry this distinction. In addition to the rigorous standards of the G7 certification process, we have also implemented FM (Stochastic) screening within our offset printing process. Unlike traditional AM screening, Stochastic screening allows us to produce sharper images across a wider color gamut while eliminating moiré pattern and jagged edges. While quality is a top priority at Professional Printing, our processes take into serious consideration our responsibility to the environment. We are proud to be FSC-certified and routinely recycle our paper waste, inks and printing plates in order to reduce our carbon footprint.
We are excited about the next phase of our expansion, as we forge ahead with a significant upgrade to our online capabilities. In the coming months, we will be making it easier for you to obtain an estimate, place orders online, check your account history and track your job throughout the production process.
I would like to close by thanking you for your past and present support, and I encourage you to share your ideas on how Professional Printing Center can better serve your business in the future. It is through your feedback that we refine our processes and sculpt our services to ensure doing business with us is an experience that exceeds your expectations. Please feel free to leave a comment or give me a call to discuss how we can improve our service to you.
Best Regards,
Brian Ward
President, COO
I have just finished writing my first children’s book and have been talking to illustrators, other writers, and all types of publishers. The whole process can be very confusing and time consuming. I finally chose to set up my own publishing company and self-publish, and am now ready to have the book printed. My book designer and I have been working with Susan Carter, one of your Customer Service Representatives, to get this children’s book ready to be printed. She has been very helpful in this process. While working on this book, I have had contact with many people in the art, literature, and education fields, and some of them have said that they would also like to write a book and had many questions about the process. Because of my research and experiences in setting up a publishing company, I will be willing to help others through this process. I have chosen to use your company to print my first book. If all goes well with this first book, I have several more I hope to write. If some of my contacts choose to write and publish a book, I plan to help them through my publishing company. Would you be interested in future referrals from myself and my publishing company for printing books and other materials?