Introducing Minuteman Press, Placerville, California

If Placerville is YOUR town,
Minuteman is YOUR printer.

Being in business has never been more challenging than today.
THAT being said, being in business has never been more EXCITING than today!
I may be crazy, but when backed into a corner, one either fights harder to get out of the corner or gets beat-up. I choose to fight harder. Personally, after this downturn has ended I will be a smarter and more productive business owner. My business has had to adjust to the reduction in business, but my saving grace is my staff. I have the best people in the foothills working for me. Sherry has been with the company 21 years, she's our Graphic Designer who is really good at designing what the customer is thinking. Laura, our Manager has been with us for 15 years and knows the printing business inside and out. Laura is, what I would call a "straight shooter". If something won't work, she'll tell you, straight-up, that it won't work. Sometimes people don't like hearing that the business card that they designed on excell will have to be completely re-designed in an appropriate program for printing, but Laura will give you her honest and knowledgable opinion. Like it or not. Chris is our Pressman. Chris is much more than a pressman, he fills the gaps. When bindery needs to be done or when laminating or tabbing or such needs to be done, Chris fills in. Chris also takes the lead of the Sign department and has become very savvy with the 64" full color sign machine. He's been with us for about 8 years. Shannon, our newest member of the family has been with us for under 3 years. I tell people that if I could clone Shannon, I would. She has a wonderful, positive outlook, her attention to detail is amazing and she is very organized, not to mention she's a human spell-check machine. Kathleen is our bookkeeper and keeps the $ straight. I learned the value of a compitent money person when I had one that wasn't a couple years back.
Then there's me. I've been in the printing industry, in one form or another, for most of my career. I made my first business card in 1971 at Herbert Hoover Jr. High School in San Francisco in Mr. Adams 7th grade printing class. From that experience, I was hooked. I've done everything in printing from driving the delivery truck to running the press to managing a major metropolitan (Long Beach Press-Telegram) newspaper pre-press. All of it in preparation of owning my own business.
This is probably enough to chew on for now, but watch for Blog-only specials.
If there is something you would like to know about Minuteman, Business in Placerville or me, let me know and I'll be happy to share.
Have a GREAT day!
John Zachry - Owner