About Us

AlphaGraphics San Francisco’s history begins in 2010, but the history of our centers goes back more than 20 years.

Our beginnings were as Copy Station, a local business with a 20 year footprint in the Bay Area. When the previous owner wanted to retire to spend more time with his family, he sold his San Francisco stores to local businessman Manuel Torres.

Manuel is virtually a Bay Area native, having emigrated here as a young child. After completing a degree in Computer Engineering from UCLA, he moved back to the Bay Area, receiving his MBA from UC Berkeley. During a long, successful career with Intel, he directed business operations in 25 countries across five continents as a General Manager and Director of Corporate Marketing. Subsequently, he struck out to become a successful entrepreneur.

With an extensive background in visual communications, public relations, and marketing, he transitioned Copy Station into AlphaGraphics; combining a globally recognized brand known for their innovation and business savvy with a successful local business, known for their awesome staff and quick turn-around times. With this marriage of local and global, we have been able to increase our offerings and better support new and existing customers as a contemporary, energetic, San Francisco-based team of printing experts who embrace our clients’ problems and challenges as our own.

We take the city of San Francisco as our inspiration; we are dreamers, risk takers, and innovators who understand that if our clients look good, we look good.

Over the past 4 years, we have upgraded all of our digital color and black and white equipment to state of the art digital presses, enabling us to print fast, high-quality materials on demand that rival the quality of more costly and time-consuming off-set processes.

We are an agSigns shop, which allows us to print, finish and mount large size materials like posters, banners, window decals, and banner stands to name just a few!

We also offer an exciting array of Marketing Services to help our customers bridge the gap between print and digital and use the right media in the right way.

We are here to help you increase your reach across multiple communication channels.

Today, we provide high-level print and marketing services to hundreds of local and visiting businesses. We take a lot of pride in our work, and a sense of ownership over our projects that is born from the collaborative nature of our process and relationships.

Our experienced staff of print and marketing experts work closely with our clients to help them solve printing and marketing challenges by offering professional suggestions and solutions.

OUR GOALS ARE:

• Help you improve you overall communications programs
• Work with your 24 x 7 schedules and deadlines
• Provide solutions that fit your budget and needs
• Provide excellent products delivered on-time and done flawlessly

Together, we can do anything!

You’ve worked hard to build your business the right way—your marketing and communications should do the same. When you choose AlphaGraphics, you get certified accuracy, consistency and quality.

AG QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
We care about you. That’s why we created our Quality Management Program, based on ISO 9001:2008 standards. This ensures that every project we do for you meets the highest quality requirements possible, so you can trust that your finished product will be done right, by the deadline, every time.

We are driven by our clients’ business results. We measure ourselves based on how we can solve their complex business problems and increase their ROI. That’s why we are proud to share our client’s work with you. We're happy to provide references upon request.

You’ve got big ideas, and we've got the tools to make them happen. No idea is too big or too small for our vast collection of equipment to handle, so bring on the challenge! We’ve got everything from A to Z to meet your marketing, printing, design, bindery and mailing needs.

Our Quality Management Program, based on ISO 9001:2008 standards, ensures that every project we do for you meets the highest quality requirements possible. So you can trust that your finished product will be done right, by the deadline, every time.

Want to see for yourself? Ask us for a tour of our center.

AlphaGraphics is your one-stop solution for all of your printing needs. At our San Francisco print shop, we don’t just specialize in one area of printing. We offer digital, off-set, and wide format printing styles to give you the most options and best quality for your printing projects.

Everything! Our motto is, “If you can imagine it, we can print it!”

OUR CUSTOMERS REGULARLY TURN TO US FOR: 

• Business letterhead, envelopes, and business cards
• Postcards, brochures, and flyers
• Banners, signs, displays and wall or window graphics
• Direct mail advertisements
• Event or tradeshow materials
• Other marketing collateral
• And much more!

We use some of the most advanced printing technology in the industry to ensure that we provide our clients with the absolute best quality print projects, fastest delivery times, and of course, competitive pricing. We consistently practice eco-friendly printing policies and procedures.

While the AlphaGraphics name is known nation-wide for being the leaders in print production, that’s not all that we do. We also offer comprehensive services in graphic design, marketing, and mailing.

Graphic Design: if you have an idea for a print project but don’t have the tools or technology to create it, let our team of graphic designers help. We’ll take your ideas and turn them into impressive marketing pieces with stunning design and excellent messaging.

Marketing: From start to finish, AlphaGraphics can be your solution for a successful marketing campaign. Whether you are targeting your audience through direct mail, email, or anything in between, we can help you plan, implement, and track your marketing efforts.

Mailing: Our comprehensive mailing services take the hassle out of direct mail marketing. We can help you with everything from purchasing mailing lists to tracking results. We can also help you take advantage of the USPS Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) program.

Do-It-Yourself marketing is out, partnering with an expert is in. Whatever your challenges are, from customer acquisition to tracking your marketing campaigns, our team has the know-how to get the job done—right and on time, everytime. We believe in recruiting, developing and retaining passionate, client-obsessed and creative individuals, which is why we consistently achieve the best results for our clients. Our team is the backbone of our business, and we can’t wait for you to meet them.