Penpoint Architectural Signs

I love love love my new bronze sign!!! I feel so fancy and official!!! Best thing about this place is Marv. She really cheers you up. She makes talking on the phone fun bc hearing her voice literally brightens your day. I placed an order with Marv and got my proof right away. And less than 3 weeks later, I had a beautiful sign installed by George!!! Thank you pen point!!!

Our company, MWest Holdings and Polaris Property Management, has used Penpoint on a few properties so far, and we are extremely pleased with the level of professionalism and expertise.
They deliver when promised, and the finished product is fantastic! Keep up the great work!

I’m an MFA student at art center across the street and used penpoint as a referral from an alumni for my final grad exhibition. they printed five colored digital paintings for me on gatorboard with a less than 24hr turn around. they responded to my emails promptly and it was all done quick and easy! I loved working with Marv and George especially for a really important day. I totally recommend using them for exhibitions when looking your best is your top priority. they understand the pressure and time constraints especially being an art center student who has no time to plan so far ahead. I would totally use them again for my future work and since they are right across the street from south campus, it is such a luxury for current and future students to have a great printer with fast turn arounds!

Very disappointed in Penpoint. George, the owner, seems very nice, but a bit disorganized. A lot of time wasted with me going in to discuss my needs and waiting for quotes. I relied on him to produce three separate projects to which he has committed verbally. After several weeks of back and forth, I get no quotes and when I followed up, I was told that they’re too busy to take on my projects. Really? Why didn’t George say so in the first place. It would have been nice to be advised of that up front and at the very least, to have the courtesy, to let me know without me waiting for yet another week for a response. I don’t quite understand how someone can run a business like this. However, all worked out for the best since I found a great signage/​printing company who is less expensive, very responsive and have a much quicker turn around time.

I want to let the public know that penpoint is exceptional at creating signs and repeat customers. Simple as that! George and Marv are very personal when dealing with their customers and I really appreciate that. Happy with my new signs! Thanks pen point!

Pasadena is very tight on codes and when I decided to get a sign for my guitar store, I thought that I need to go local. I couldn’t have been more happy to choose Penpoint and work with George. Their knowledge of the code and the local process was a big plus: it took some time but the result is awesome! The proof is in the pudding: people are stopping now, neighbor businesses are asking us where we got our sign and I’m a happy customer. What else to ask?

These guys are the best! They are professional — they have great quality work and they take the time to talk to you and really get to know your order before starting it. I recommend them to anyone that I can and they are the only ones I use when printing a banner.

For their fine art giclee printing on paper I would rate Penpoint with one star, but I cannot speak for their other printing services so I’ve granted another star to give this business the benefit of the doubt. Speaking only in regard to their fine art printing services: The pricing scale per sqft. was a mess– the quotes seemed to be based on a whim. Whether it was a small or large number of prints there was never a mathematical consistency to the amount they charged. The quality of the prints was acceptable, but the cost was way too high and unpredictable. I used their services for months trying to make it work before I had finally had enough.
I went to Art Works Fine Art Publishing, the quality of color in their prints is so much better, the prices are so affordable (and always consistent!), I always receive such wonderful, professional service. If you are looking for fine art printing I highly recommend Art Works, it’s on the border of LA so it’s practically in Pasadena, and based on my experience I can guarantee you’ll be happier with the results.

This review is a long time coming…
I want to start by saying they were super accommodating and managed to squeeze me in and review and discuss my print job, as well as even show me some tricks to optimize my art pieces. A friendly and cozy independent print shop.
The print job was great and reasonably priced.
Unfortunately, I had only taken the morning off work, which I explained to them, and they kept saying they’d be with me within the hour. This went on for hours. I got there as they opened and they didn’t see me until 3 pm. I understand, without an appointment I am at the mercy of their schedule. I just wish they would have let me know how busy they were that day.
I could have gone to work and returned at a time/​day that was more accommodating for both of us rather than spend 5 hours walking around Pasadena.
But that is the only negative thing I can say about this experience.
Once they were able to make time for me, they worked with me to get my images exactly how I wanted them to look. The print job was outstanding and super professional looking. They were able to work with me on the pricing (within reason) and had the prints ready within a couple days.
They’ve won me over and I’ll certainly be using them for all my future print jobs.

Took my car here to get «wrapped» with graphics for my IT consulting and computer repair business [computersWTF], and after searching Unilocal and speaking with a few different shops, Marv and George seemed the most reasonable and fair, and their pricing was right in the middle.
I supplied the images/​logo, text, and layout ideas, George did the measuring, printing, application, and finishing touches, and a few days later I had a gorgeous mobile billboard. I got a great rate, selective graphics as opposed to a full wrap (which made more sense and looks much less busy), and top-​notch service. I will upload a photo of the finished work.

Wrinkled my prints and the bastard’s excuse is because I was in a rush.
I wouldn’t be in a rush if they remembered to mount my prints in the first place.
With no options left, I took my boards and as I left I could here the owner telling the worker who screwed up to not make the same mistake again. So because he has employees who can’t handle the job, customers have to pay the price.
Go to sky blueprint instead, they are flawless.

What can I say. Marv and George are awesome. The prices are reasonable and they are very reliable. I had two projects that needed to be done on a certain date and they were able to accommodate me. Marv is extremely nice and helpful. George is fantastic on the computer. I can’t thank them enough for their service!

I use Unilocal daily, yet have never felt as compelled to write a review as i have now. I felt their customer service went above and beyond the call of duty, and I have never felt so taken care of. I felt as if they had personal interest in helping me out, and they really understand the needs of an artist making prints. This is not just factory churning out prints, but rather a personal business that can fit in with the best of them. trust me, they are AMAZING.

Great and friendly service. They always get the job done on time — and right! Very helpful and willing to help solve «tricky projects.» and very reasonable rates.

I love this place!
I needed a 16×20 inch canvas print for my first time participating in a gallery show. I had a very small budget and the proceeds were going to charity, so I had no hope of recouping the cost. I also needed it in a matter of days (four to be exact, and the digital painting wasn’t even finished when I contacted them). Long story short, not only were they able to have it printed and stretched (i.e. wrapped on canvas stretcher bars) the day after I dropped off the file, they also gave me a lovely discount because it was for charity! Not to mention the quality of the print was wonderful.
As for the customer service, Marv is a lovely lovely woman, a very welcoming and hilarious bundle of energy. George was mainly behind the scenes, but he greeted me with a genuinely pleasant smile, though I could tell he was extremely busy. I felt very comfortable there.
I LOVE this place and will be bringing all my business to them, as will my mother, who made the trip to good ol’ Pasadena with me. I’d recommend this shop without hesitation.

Great place! It’s finals week at Art Center, and i needed 3 very hefty books, printed and bound
George was very helpful! he noticed that one of my books wasn’t trimmed right (i had taken it home the day before to try and bind it myself), and offered to cut it for me free of charge!
Two 70+ page pdf files i had wouldn’t print for some reason, but George knew his stuff enough to do some computer trickery and re-​write the entire script!
Did i mention the discounts i got?
also, they were open during the weekend for students! most print shops are only open on weekdays too!
great people, and great service. i’ll definitely be coming back here every term!

I came here to have my book printed and bound. They said they had done chipboard once but didn’t recommend it, they don’t do hardcover, they only take your cover file (for perfect binding) and print and laminate. they do spiral too.
I needed hardcover so I just had prints made, there was something wrong with my file, so Laura (I think that was her name) stayed open later (like 2 hours later) while my friend fixed the file. It was $ 75 for 40ish 11×17 color paper and like 4 test pages.
If I had gotten the soft cover, it would’ve been done in like 2 days!
Also, the area in the back, employees only-​ish area where we met her was like the inside of someone’s house, but I love it. There’s two adorable cats that we played with and the two guys that talked to us were so nice!
Marv on the phone was really nice as well, if I ever need soft cover books, I’ll definitely try again.

We came to Penpoint originally based on the price. My boyfriend is an artist and to test out giclee prints we went with the cheapest. The least expensive giclee printing I found in Los Angeles (really almost half the price of most).
Marv, George, and Laura (yeah that’s right, first name basis by the first visit– how adorable is that?) are the sweetest people. Seriously they are just genuinely nice. They got our work finished in less than a day! We didn’t even ask for it to be done early. Every other place I spoke with took at LEAST 2 days. We’ve gone back more than once and this quick turnaround was consistent.
Love this place.
Oh right, and the quality in no way suffers by the price or quick service. The giclees looked gorgeous.

I needed some window decals made. I did a google search and this place immediately came up. I called and got a lot of information from whoever answered the phone. I was told to email all the information we discussed. I never got a reply. A month went by and I still had this project on my desk, so I called them one more time and explained I never got a reply to my email. The lady Marv was so apologetic and didn’t know what happened. From that point on, I got OUTSTANDING service. They bent over backwards to accomodate me and help me meet my deadline. They did a sample decal and fed-ex’ed it to me. I was so impressed by the customer service, they more than made up for the first unanswered email. So much so, I am using them again on another project. Not to menton they are reasonably priced! Thanks Marv!

Independent Owned Print and Graphics Supplies
most of your output needs, friendly knowledgeable people, small store carries some art supplies mostly graphic related — markers, pencils, guides, etc