Uptown Press

Specialties

Quality printing, direct mail, graphic design, bindery services, Signs and Banners located in the heart of Baltimore City! We specialize in quick-​turnaround full-​color printing and mailing for runs from 500 to 500,000 pieces, featuring cutting edge digital prepress and production technologies. We place a premium on responsive, knowledgeable customer service. In addition to printing, Uptown Press also provides graphic design services, as well as web development and hosting. A team of professional designers is on hand to plan and design projects of any type or size. We also provide a complete mailing service, giving our clients a One-​Stop Solution for their «Design, Print & Fulfillment» needs. To complete the «one-​stop» concept, Uptown Press also provides mailing services that includes: ink-​jet addressing, folding, inserting, tabbing, postage affixing, data correction and entry, fulfillment, merge/​purge, list maintenance and purchasing, labeling, and delivery to Post Office.

History

Established in 1948.

Uptown Press began serving the Baltimore/​Washington business community with quality printing services nearly 60 years ago. Founder Louis Prahl, Sr. started the company in the basement of his East 36^th Street home with a small Heidelberg letterpress. Through the 50s, 60s and 70s, Mr. Prahl grew the business — and outgrew the basement and a subsequent storefront location — before retiring in 1979, turning the reigns of the company over to son, Louis Prahl, Jr., and Louis Jr.‘s childhood friend, Jack Weber.

Our company continued to grow through the 80s and 90’s, expanding to larger and larger locations, with more equipment and capabilities, first in the Govans neighborhood of Baltimore City, then in the Hamilton area, and most recently to the current 28,000 sq. ft. building in Remington, just off Howard street in North Baltimore City. (Uptown Press was one of the first to introduce digital pre-​press and printing capabilities to the Baltimore market in the 90s.)

Meet the Business Owner

Jack W.

Business Owner

Our President, Jack Weber, has lead the rapid growth and capabilities of Uptown Press in recent years through corporate acquisition of other print companies, research and purchase of state-​of-​the-​art equipment. Jack is also the 2007 – 2008 Chairman of Printing & Graphics Association MidAtlantic (PGAMA), the trade association serving the graphic communications industry in Maryland, the Greater Washington DC area, and Southern Pennsylvania. Jack also has a passion to serve others, manifested in his 20-​year effort to assist formerly incarcerated individuals through employment and counseling, helping them earn a second chance at a normal, productive life. Uptown has employed over thirty ex-​offenders over the last 20 years, two of whom have gone on to become Christian Pastors.