american printing and publishing

What american printing and publishing does

American Printing & Publishing (DBA AmPub) is a privately held commercial printing company operating from a single facility at 5844 S. 194th St., Kent, Washington. It serves businesses and individual buyers in the Pacific Northwest with offset and digital printing for marketing materials, publications, brochures, booklets, catalogs, direct mail, business cards, and similar commercial work, and also offers yearbook services referenced in its public description. Customers order through phone-based consultation or in-person project review at the shop, and pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

The company's production stack is built around two large offset presses — a Komori Lithrone and a Heidelberg Speedmaster 28x40 — paired with two Konica Minolta AccurioPress digital presses (14010 long-format and 12010), an AccurioShine 3600 digital spot-UV coater, a Horizon BQ Series perfect binder, Heidelberg/MBO folding equipment, in-house digital and traditional die-cutting and foiling, and in-house mailing services that include bulk-mail preparation and drop-off at the Bulk Mail Entry. This end-to-end in-house configuration is the central technical claim: it allows the shop to take projects from design review through printing, finishing, and postal drop-off without outsourcing any step.

The business model is project-based, one-off commercial work (offset and digital print runs plus finishing and mailing), sold directly to SMB and individual customers via phone and walk-in consultation, with free technical advice and budget-fit pricing used as customer-acquisition levers. No public-market listing, no funding rounds, no management team disclosures, no customer logos, no headcount, and no revenue figures are available in the source data.

Name

american printing and publishing

Legal name

American Printing & Publishing

Website

https://ampub.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

American Printing & Publishing is a privately held Kent, Washington commercial printer offering offset and digital printing, in-house bindery, die-cutting, foiling, spot UV coating, and bulk mailing for SMB and individual customers in the Pacific Northwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Books Printing (323117), Printing and Related Support Activities (3231)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Book Printing (2732), Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial & Offset Printing (Sheetfed/Web) (MPAJALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Printing (Short-Run, Variable Data) (MPAJALAC), Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF), Mailing, Inserting & Distribution Services (Addressing, Direct Mail, Kitting) (MPAJALAH)

Keywords

• Commercial offset printing
• Digital printing services
• Bindery and finishing
• Direct mail preparation
• Die cutting and foiling

Headquarters

HQ city

Kent

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Offset Printing Services: Traditional offset printing for large-volume orders with consistent color quality across high piece counts. Pricing based on order size and complexity.
2. Digital Printing Services: Digital press services for short runs, variable content printing, and extended format pieces. Lower setup costs make it economical for small to medium quantities.
3. Finishing and Bindery Services: In-house finishing including folding, saddle stitch, wire, coil binding, perfect binding, die-cutting, foiling, and spot UV coating
4. Mailing Services: Bulk mailing preparation and delivery services for printed materials destined for postal distribution

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

American Printing & Publishing is a commercial printing service provider that produces offset and digital printed materials for businesses and individuals. Its offerings span high-volume offset printing, short-run and variable-content digital printing, in-house bindery and finishing, die-cutting and foiling, digital spot UV coating, and bulk mailing preparation, all delivered from its Kent, Washington production facility with free technical consultation.

Product overview

American Printing & Publishing operates as a commercial printing service provider offering a portfolio of offset and digital printing services, supported by specialized equipment including Komori Lithrone and Heidelberg Speedmaster offset presses, AccurioPress digital presses, and AccurioShine UV coating machines. The company provides end-to-end production capabilities through on-site finishing equipment including folding machines, perfect binders, die-cutting, and foiling equipment, as well as in-house mailing services. Their equipment portfolio enables them to handle projects from design through shipping without outsourcing finishing operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AlphaGraphics: National franchise network of independently owned commercial print centers offering offset and digital printing, bindery, and marketing collateral. Direct competitor to AmPub with a similar SMB-focused, consultative service model, though operating via franchised locations rather than a single site.
• Minuteman Press International: Largest franchise commercial printing network in North America, providing offset and digital printing, finishing, mailing, and signage. Closely comparable business model and service mix to AmPub, with similar SMB customer base and consultative local sales motion.
• Sir Speedy: Franchise-based commercial printing and marketing services provider offering printing, copying, signage, and direct mail. Operates in the same SMB commercial-print category as AmPub with broadly overlapping capabilities.
• PrintingForLess: Online commercial printing company offering offset and digital printing with a focus on small-to-medium business marketing materials, postcards, brochures, and booklets. Direct overlap with AmPub's product mix though distributed nationally via online ordering.

Broad incumbents

• FedEx Office: Nationwide chain offering printing, copying, binding, and basic shipping as part of a much broader logistics and document services portfolio. Competes with AmPub for walk-in and SMB commercial print work but is not specialized in the regional offset/bindery niche.
• Staples Print & Marketing Services: National office-supply chain with broad printing and marketing services including business cards, banners, and direct mail. Overlaps with AmPub on SMB print demand but operates as a commodity, online-first channel rather than a consultative local print shop.
• Vistaprint (Cimpress): Large online-focused commercial print platform serving SMBs nationally with standardized products and self-service ordering. Indirect competitor — does not match AmPub's in-person service model but competes for the same SMB print spend.

Emerging players

• MOO: Design-focused online commercial printer specializing in premium business cards, marketing collateral, and short-run custom print. Comparable to AmPub in serving SMB/mid-market print needs but via an online-only premium-brand model.

Regional players

• Pacific Publishing Group: Pacific Northwest-based commercial printer offering offset, digital, and large-format printing plus finishing services. Operates in AmPub's home region with comparable service mix and SMB customer focus.
• Consolidated Press: Mid-sized regional commercial printing company providing offset and digital printing, finishing, and direct mail. Comparable in scale and capability to AmPub, serving SMB and mid-market customers in its local region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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