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Our Story

Over 50 years of helping businesses print smarter, market better, and get noticed

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FROM OUR OWNER, DAN SHER

Dan Sher brings passion and attention-to-detail in helping his clients solve their business problems. With a 21-year history owning and running service-based businesses, Dan's background as a small-business owner for the past eighteen years as well as a director of an Inc. 500 public relations agency enables him to help his clients maximize their marketing and communications in the most effective way for their business. Dan sits on the executive board of Season of Concern as its Secretary and is also on the board of the Lake Cook Business Alliance. He has both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Communications and lives in Northbrook with his wife, Beth. They have a son living in New York.

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OUR PASSION

AlphaGraphics Northbrook / Deerfield is the place where high-end equipment and expert professionals come together to help businesses grow through print and marketing services and products.

Since opening our doors in 1991, we've built a reputation for fanatical customer service from meeting impossibly fast turnaround times and consistently delivering stunning quality.

Having owned or operated service-based businesses for 21years including owning AlphaGraphics for the past 17 years, owner Dan Sher leads a team that embodies an entrepreneurial spirit. We're renowned for longevity where the professional experience ranges from 3 to 30 years invested in developing their craft.

Our team treats clients like business partners and takes a personal interest in your success. Clients who've been let down by other printers marvel at our ability to create custom materials on deadline. That's because we know how important it is to make you shine, whether it's a stand-out mailing to prospects or an annual report for your boss's big meeting.

DIY MARKETING IS OUT; PARTNERING WITH AN EXPERT, IS IN

AlphaGraphics Northbrook / Deerfield, a full-service marketing communications company, has been in the community for the past 30 years. We are a family business that is locally owned and operated, dedicated to serving the needs of our customers. We do more than just design, copy and print — we help our customers communicate. Let our team of professionals work with you to find the best solutions for your needs. We offer complete design, printing, mailing and digital archiving services, as well as direct marketing solutions that include the latest technologies in variable data printing 1:1 marketing and cross-media campaigns.

OUR CROSS-MEDIA STRATEGIES INCLUDE:

  • E-mail marketing
  • Direct marketing
  • Online marketing
  • Mobile marketing
  • ePublications
  • Business solutions
  • Print services

Commitment to our community is at the core of our business. Combining big hearts and big ideas from across our global network of 260+ franchises, we promote and support several nonprofit associations and charities that feed the hungry, educate young people to become future business leaders and preserve our planet. We're alwayslooking for new opportunities and partnerships to give back. We believe strongly in helping not-for-profits in our community and donate our work to many not-for-profits every year.

SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE DONATED TO ARE:

  • American Cancer Society - Lakeshore Division
  • Christ Church Lake Forest
  • Congregation Beth Shalom, Northbrook
  • Deerfield High School Athletics
  • Deerfield High School Community Chest
  • Deerfield Youth Baseball and Softball Association (DYBA)
  • LUNGevity
  • Operation Shower
  • School of St. Mary's, Lake Forest
  • Season of Concern
  • Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago

We believe strongly in supporting the community we live and work. We are members of the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce as well as the Lake Cook Business Alliance (formerly Deerfield * Bannockburn * Riverwoods (DBR) Chamber of Commerce).

AlphaGraphics Northbrook / Deerfield is proud to be a business partner to some of our area's most successful organizations. We are happy to provide references upon request.

OUR EQUIPMENT

OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT INCLUDES:

  • Ricoh 7500P with EFI Fiery RIP - prints CMYK / White / Digital Gold / Digital Silver
  • Ricoh 7500 with EFI Fiery RIP - with Digital Long Sheet Ability
  • Fuji Acquity 1600ii LED Hybrid Wide Format Printer with White and Clear Ink
  • Epson 80600 Wide Format Printer
  • Kongsberg XN24 Flatbed Router
  • KIP 860 Wide Format Blueprint Color Printer and Color Scanner
  • KIP 7170 Wide Format Blueprint Printer and Color Scanner
  • iJet 1175 Pro Inkjet Printer - CMYK with full bleed
  • OKI 940 Color Envelope Printer with White Ink

OUR BINDERY AND MAILING EQUIPMENT

OUR BINDERY AND MAILING EQUIPMENT INCLUDES:

  • GBC Titan Wide Format Laminator
  • Graphic Whizzard Corner Rounder with 8 radius dies
  • Duplo 600 Bookletmaker - including landscape booklets and square fold saddle stitching
  • Duplo DC-648 Slitter/Cutter/Creaser with inline folding
  • Graphic Whizzard 8000 - Scoring/Perfing/Numbering with creasing attachment
  • Quadient/Neopost - Envelope Inserting/Stuffing/Sealing (up to 8 pages including envelopes and coupons)
  • Rena T-750 Inline Tabber With Feeder
  • Baum and Duplo Folders

OUR TEAM

DAN SHER, OWNER

Dan Sher brings passion and attention-to-detail in helping his clients solve their business problems. With a 21-year history owning and running service-based businesses, Dan's background as a small-business owner for the past seventeen years as well as a director of an Inc. 500 public relations agency enables him to help his clients maximize their marketing and communications in the most effective way for their business. He has both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Communications and lives in Deerfield, with his wife and son.

JENNIFER QUALLS, CENTER MANAGER

For the past 14+ years, Jennifer Qualls has worked closely with Dan to provide superior customer service to our customers. She is responsible for working closely with our team to ensure our clients are getting what they need, when they need it. Besides helping our clients to capture their vision in graphic design, Jennifer can work with production and in addition, Jennifer works closely with our online customers via our AGOnline platform to make their order processing easier.

MARTIN MANCEK, PRODUCTION SPECIALIST

Marty brings over 40 years of printing experience to the team. Marty is responsible for running our wide format as well as all aspects of finishing our clients' projects to make them look their best. This includes all of our digital as well as wide-format and sign finishing. He is our lead wide-format/sign specialist in addition to all bindery and finishing.

JOSE BRIONES, PRODUCTION SPECIALIST

For two years, Jose has brought his vast experience in bindery and finishing to our clients at AlphaGraphics. Jose's attention to detail makes sure your projects are finished correctly and look better than you expect. He runs our high speed envelope inkjetting, our finishing and can also work our wide-format and signs.

VICKI SCHMIDT, GRAPHIC DESIGN

Vicki has worked at AlphaGraphics for over nine years and is responsible for our graphic design at AlphaGraphics Northbrook / Deerfield. With over 20 years of experience in design and customer service, Vicki has her own Creative Memories consulting business and has utilized that experience to help her clients at AlphaGraphics.

TREVOR GAFFNEY, CUSTOMER SERVICE PROJECT MANAGER

The newest member of our team, Trevor's extensive customer service experience is an asset to our team as he oversees the rcustomer's experience at AlphaGraphics Northbrook / Deerfield.