For over half a century, FolgerGraphics has made customer service the most important part of every job we produce. In the process we have expanded our services to include everything from concept to the completion of your printed piece. Your personal printing project manager will guide you through job planning, graphic design, image creation, typesetting, printing, bindery and even mailing. By controlling all of the processes we can efficiently produce your job, meeting deadlines and exceeding expectations.
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FolgerGraphics, Inc. is an industry leader in printing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Printing everything from newspapers and magazines to business cards, FolgerGraphics has proven to stand the test of time by keeping up with industry trends and growing from a small shop to now occupying two warehouse size buildings.
Commercial printing is technically defined as "the process of taking art work and transferring that work onto an alternative surface in bulk." It is designed to complete high volume orders with a short period of time. This is the backbone to what we do as a company. Over the years the technology and the processes have evolved and grown into more possible ways of telling your story. From print on demand digital printing to publishing the next great novel, we have the tools and the talent available to bring your ideas to life.
Our Heidelberg CD74 Speedmaster prints stunning, world-renowned quality. We print five colors of ink plus a protective glossy coating in one pass at 15,000 sheets per hour. Our Heidelberg CD102 prints six colors on larger 28" x 40" size sheets. This state-of-the-art Heidelberg technology records and remembers the parameters of your present and future job reprints.
The FolgerGraphics Digital Production Department features three powerful digital presses. Our new Canon ImagePress 850 presses are equipped with an EFI Fiery Interface that produces outstanding image quality direct from your computer files. These advanced digital presses are twinned so that we can double the output speed for your rush jobs.
Reviews (20)
Eihway Su
Jun 30, 2022
My nonprofit has been using Folger Graphics every couple of years for about 10 years and they've gone above and beyond to provide us excellent service printing and delivering books for our members. They've informed me of my errors in the production so I can fix them and offer such a cheap delivery with helpful employees who do what they can to make our project a success.
Nirvana F.
Mar 11, 2022
Carlos and his team were excellent to work with! They had great communication and shared regular updates about our printing job. Carlos even went out of his way to meet me in San Jose to drop off my printed documents. My company was very happy with their service, and we look forward to maintaining this partnership.
Michael M.
May 24, 2018
I advise a high school newspaper, and we've used Folger for decades. Kirk is friendly, prompt, knowledgeable, helpful and solution-oriented. Once, a while ago, Kirk called me and said "We noticed that one of the articles on page 13 ends in the middle of a sentence. That can't be right, so we looked at it and we think that if we just delete that sentence and the one before it, the article will still make sense.
Want us to go ahead and do that?" In doing so, he saved us from looking really silly, and I very much appreciate it. I know that Kirk and the rest of the staff at Folger have our backs. I'd never consider getting our paper printed anywhere else. They're the best.
Want us to go ahead and do that?" In doing so, he saved us from looking really silly, and I very much appreciate it. I know that Kirk and the rest of the staff at Folger have our backs. I'd never consider getting our paper printed anywhere else. They're the best.
Johnnie R.
May 01, 2018
I am thankful to have found Folgers because of my fellow yelp reviewers. Based on those reviews, I took them my business. A little nervous because I'd never worked with a printer before. They helped me through the process, did fabulous work and were very nice to me. I also felt their work was reasonable. They did custom invites and postcards for me. Turned out really nice.
Ramona X.
Mar 22, 2018
Helen F.
Jan 12, 2018
Having a reliable local printer who can handle runs of varying sizes is really important for small businesses. Thanks to Yelp, I found FolgerGraphics which is located near my client based in Hayward. I've worked with many other printers before and was really impressed by their professional service, pricing, and ability to meet every deadline -- even those with tight turnarounds (which, let's face it, is more often than not). Kirk is great to work with and is able to turn around detailed estimates quickly. I also love the advice and number of options that he is able to provide - truly knowledgeable and exemplary of someone who has been in the business for many years.
Omy R.
Jan 05, 2017
There aren't enough words to show our appreciation to the products and services that Folgergraphics gives us. I work for Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services and Folgergraphics has been producing all of our printed materials. We are very happy with their support, products and their customer service is beyond compare. Why go to another printing company? Dick Folger will go out of his way to get us what we asked for.
Jenny S.
Jan 29, 2016
Carlos was the sales rep who helped our company with two projects, brochures and business cards. The brochures turned out great. Matthew from printing reviewed the file and advised which pictures needs to be in higher resolution. They then printed a preview sample. We made changes and they printed another sample, which I appreciated. The final result was what we asked for.
For business cards, I submitted PDF files to Carlos. The design was a blue gradient, darker on the outer card and lighter as you goes towards the center. However, once printed there were pink lines towards the lighter center of the cards. That was not visible on the PDF files. Carlos had to "investigate" and they found 3% magenta in the files. If you have to examine that closely to see something and obviously once printed you see that it's different from the original file, shouldn't you notify the customer?
I told Carlos I cannot use this. We changed the design to a solid blue and he did a rush print. I emailed him if there was a cost of the reprint and he didn't reply. I assumed cost would be covered since I can't even use the cards in the first batch! I've worked with other printing companies in the past who would reprint if the finished result does not match what was previously agreed upon.
The cost to print the business cards was only $134.52. We spent over $1000 on the first batch of brochures and had intended to use them to reprint more copies. After this incident, I would look for another printing company who has better customer service, stands behind their finished products and offers to fix mistakes instead of blaming the customer.
For business cards, I submitted PDF files to Carlos. The design was a blue gradient, darker on the outer card and lighter as you goes towards the center. However, once printed there were pink lines towards the lighter center of the cards. That was not visible on the PDF files. Carlos had to "investigate" and they found 3% magenta in the files. If you have to examine that closely to see something and obviously once printed you see that it's different from the original file, shouldn't you notify the customer?
I told Carlos I cannot use this. We changed the design to a solid blue and he did a rush print. I emailed him if there was a cost of the reprint and he didn't reply. I assumed cost would be covered since I can't even use the cards in the first batch! I've worked with other printing companies in the past who would reprint if the finished result does not match what was previously agreed upon.
The cost to print the business cards was only $134.52. We spent over $1000 on the first batch of brochures and had intended to use them to reprint more copies. After this incident, I would look for another printing company who has better customer service, stands behind their finished products and offers to fix mistakes instead of blaming the customer.
Jay K.
Jan 25, 2016
Rose A.
Jul 10, 2015
Michelle L.
Jul 08, 2015
Top-notch one-stop marketing communications help - from design to quality printing to mailing, Folger does it best with great pricing and the best customer service around. (Bill Briggs is my outstanding, responsive, long-standing sales contact.) We've been using FolgerGraphics for many years, primarily printing and mailing our quarterly-or-so 8 page newsletter for our two stores, Standard 5&10 Ace and Marin Ace Hardware. Folger Graphics has also done graphic design for us and are going to do an EDDM mailing later this year. We don't call anyone else, they can do it all for us and beat everyone elses timing/pricing. Highly recommended, a six out of five stars rating.
Daniel H.
Jul 08, 2015
Susie O.
Nov 20, 2014
Mai N.
Apr 24, 2014
3.5 if possible. The people at Folger Graphics are tremendously helpful. They answered all of our questions and sent our order of 500 brochures to us real quickly. We ordered on 80lb paper, which is the usual brochure paper. The color and print quality is amazing. The only thing I did not like is that the scoring (to fold the brochure) on the inside rips once the brochure is opened.
It may be because of the color choice- it is blue, so it is more noticeable. We brought it up to their attention and they apologized and said they would fix it next time. When we tried to put another order in for another set of brochures, they said they would give us free design, but the charge to not have the scoring rip is way too expensive for our nonprofit (probably charge to score by hand?). We would go back if this weren't an issue because the people are great.
It may be because of the color choice- it is blue, so it is more noticeable. We brought it up to their attention and they apologized and said they would fix it next time. When we tried to put another order in for another set of brochures, they said they would give us free design, but the charge to not have the scoring rip is way too expensive for our nonprofit (probably charge to score by hand?). We would go back if this weren't an issue because the people are great.
Carny A.
Apr 17, 2014
We have used Folger to print our student newspaper for three years. As others have mentioned, Mike Prozell gives excellent customer service. The product is high-quality, too, with excellent four-color registration and low-rub ink. They always call if they spot a problem with our PDFs and work with us to solve it in a cost-effective manner. Their prices are extremely competitive. Even the delivery guy is nice!
Mary N.
Jul 15, 2013
Folger Graphics was a hero for this bride in distress! I needed a printer to print my diy wedding invitations without waiting 2-3 weeks for production and even longer for delivery. which is the time I got quoted for the original place I was using online. Not only was Folger Graphics able to print in a matter of days rather than weeks, they were also able to quote me for half the price and tried their best to color match the ink color I requested AND tried to get the colored paper I wanted (eventually didn't have it but believe me, they TRIED). Linda was whom I worked with and she's excellent.
Works well that she's in very early in the AM which allowed me to swing by and pick up items before heading off to work. I am now bringing my work business to them and will recommend anyone else to go here. They give the best pricing for a number of items. they may seem a bit outdated, but they are able to accomplish my simple print needs in an affordable and professional manner so far!
Works well that she's in very early in the AM which allowed me to swing by and pick up items before heading off to work. I am now bringing my work business to them and will recommend anyone else to go here. They give the best pricing for a number of items. they may seem a bit outdated, but they are able to accomplish my simple print needs in an affordable and professional manner so far!
Caroline O.
Jun 13, 2012
I am very pleased with my last print job from Folgers Graphics. My contact is Kirk Folger and he is responsive, professional, and quick! Their prices are superb and I love working with a local company that is a certified green business. In fact, I just placed another order from them for a 5k print job!
Diana Y.
May 20, 2012
Kary M.
May 08, 2012
I've worked with Folgergraphics twice so far, once for a wedding seating chart and another for actual wedding invitations. Although I had my heart set on a specific print style, budget prevails and there's nobody more budget friendly AND time efficient than Folgergraphics. Linda Torre was great to work with. She was incredibly quick with responses via email, and incredibly flexible with turnaround time. She was also great with sending us multiple hard copy proofs.
Liz T.
Nov 07, 2011
I was recommended Folger Graphics by an employee at the City of Union City. I also realized that they print the recreation guide for where I am currently employed and they do a beautiful job. That being said, this review is for a small job that I needed done ASAP. Last week I was in a rush to have a print job done for my brother's wedding and I needed it to be perfect, not pixilated or blurry.
I first went the cheap route (Costco) but the quality was just not what I wanted. I emailed and called Kirk Folger, he returned both my call and email within an hour. He was very informative with the different options I had for printing my document. He told me that my document was fine to send to printing and that he could have it done same day! I was really excited to finally cross something off the wedding "to-do list"!
I started this whole process at about noon on Friday and it was ready before I got out of work at 5pm. Kirk, let me pay for it over the phone and even waited for my aunt half hour after closing so she could pick it up. Great service, great price! Highly recommended!
I first went the cheap route (Costco) but the quality was just not what I wanted. I emailed and called Kirk Folger, he returned both my call and email within an hour. He was very informative with the different options I had for printing my document. He told me that my document was fine to send to printing and that he could have it done same day! I was really excited to finally cross something off the wedding "to-do list"!
I started this whole process at about noon on Friday and it was ready before I got out of work at 5pm. Kirk, let me pay for it over the phone and even waited for my aunt half hour after closing so she could pick it up. Great service, great price! Highly recommended!