Press Express Copy & Printing

I don’t even know the cost yet, but in comparison to the last print shop I tried — these folks saved my neck! Thank you, thank you!

Appreciated the service and value. We had a sign made, laminated, and put on foam board.
The talented graphic designer, Ellen, worked to perfect our electronic file to our satisfaction, after several drafts and changes on our part.
I would highly recommend Press Express for the extra effort, value, and convenient location — and most of all the friendly helpful service.

While running around trying to prepare for an event, we realized that we needed some last-​minute printing. I called up three print shops across DC and Press Express offered the cheapest printing by far. We were a bit concerned that we’d be stuck with «you get what you pay for», but the quality of the prints were great and they were cut perfectly down to size for no additional charge. Elda was able to take the e-​mailed .pdf images and print them out for us the same day — we called in a small run of 10 to test it out and picked it them up two hours later. We were so impressed with the results that we submitted an order of 40 prints the next morning and picked them up the same afternoon!
High Points: Cheap, high quality printing with fast turnaround.
Low Points: The website isn’t super informational… but just give them a call! Credit card requires a minimum of $ 10 (not really a negative, but just be aware of this).

I had used this place before and I was happy with the result so I decided to try again. What a mistake. The woman behind the counter did not follow my instructions & ultimately bound the incorrect documents together. When I showed her, she insisted it was not her fault and that I must have done something incorrectly when I handed them to her. I asked her to redo it & she said she would charge me.
I went back to pick up my order the next morning (paying again) to find it was still incorrect! Despite giving her instructions AND writing them down, there were pages now missing. Luckily I had spare copies on me so it was fixable.
I gave it two stars because the employee who helped me the next morning to correct the second mistake was very kind and she did not fight me or charge me for fixing it.

These folks saved my project! In need of a last second reprint I called in and asked for a rush job for a series of briefing booklets. They were amazingly responsive, helpful, and friendly. Perfect work done in less than an hour! I cannot say thank you enough!

The reasons to go to Print Express are simple: any corporately owned store deals with customers according to a handbook and not intuitively find solutions. I don’t have time for that. This store has follows my instructions and gotten me the output when I said I needed it. That’s simple. Once they forgot to print one of the ten documents I’d asked for. I simply went down while they were closing, told the worker my situation and he printed the copies I needed on the spot. That doesn’t happen at Fedex. I don’t mind when people make mistakes. Just fix it so I can move forward. I’d recommend this place.

I ran into this shop a year ago when I was looking for last minute 11“17 printing (which the Fed Ex Kinkos next to my office claimed they could not finish in time), and Press Express was able to help out immediately. I have since then become a frequent customer, and HIGHLY recommend this place. Be it simple printing jobs, large banners, posters, brochures… Press Express has been my go-​to place for ALL my printing needs that go beyond letter size printing (I print quite a bit of stuff, and I have said good bye to Fed Ek Kinkos permanently). Ellen and Elda have always been able to help me out no matter what my printing situation is, edit files as needed, give useful recommendations, and deliver things perfectly– and with a short notice! What usually takes half a day for Fed Ex Kinkos (with tons of explanation to the clerk on what I am looking for), when I bring the job to Press Express they know how to make it work– immediate solutions. Very helpful, highly recommended.

EXCELLENT!!! I started using Press Express through word of mouth and I must commend them because they have the best service in town and most importantly, they get the job done right! I can’t count how many times they have gone out of their way to help me when I had a last minute print job. This little shop really goes above and beyond. Ellen is simply wonderful and the owner is also very nice. I can’t recommend them enough.

Although the quality of the printing was excellent, they did not follow the instructions written on the sheet and provided orally. I had a simple print job having copies made of a program for an event. I showed the woman behind the desk a sample copy and explained that I needed copies of the program and the programs folded in half. I also filled out an order form with the instructions. When I picked up the order, the programs were not folded in half. The woman told me that she hadn’t seen the instructions to fold the program in half (where it was clearly written), and said that they could fold the programs but it would take awhile to complete. I didn’t have the time to wait, so I left and folded them on the metro en route to my event! This put me in a real bind to get it done in time.
A company like this needs to have some sort of internal controls where an employee reviews the final output to make sure it matches the order, before the customer arrives. Perhaps the simplicity of the job gave them a false sense of security. While I really want to support local business, I couldn’t recommend this company based on this experience.

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT service. I have been working with Press Express to print various brochures, posters, postcards, flyers, and copies for the past 2 years. I enjoy doing business with them. They’re kind of a family/​friend owned business. Very friendly. Very patient. They have come through for us so many times when we give them jobs at the last minute and they never complain. They provide us with excellent quality and never disappoint.
If you want to work with good people who do a great job, call Press Express!

Today’s successful poster session was thanks to Press Express. I walked in a little panicky and within 15 minutes walked out calm with a large format conference poster. Sean provided exceptional professional polite speedy service, and even gave me advice on how to mount my poster onto foam core on my own. (Sean, if you’re reading this– it worked perfectly, thank you!!)
I don’t know any other place that could have done this on zero notice. Staples would have had to send it out and told me I’d have to wait two days.
I have no frame of reference for prices. My ‘graphics quality’ poster on shiny heavy paper was $ 8/​square foot, which seems expensive, but these things generally are.
I will definitely come back for my future large-​format printing needs!

I didn’t have a printer to print out my resumes for an interview I had early in the morning so I was happy that Press Express was open just before my interview. The copies/​prints are decently priced at 20 cents a page (black/​white). It’s a small place with computers to make prints or use the internet.
Thanks press express for being there when I needed prints!
Also i think its locally owned so that’s a plus.