Custom Printing in San Francisco, CA

Startups, SoMa offices and demo days

Software and design companies are spread through SoMa, the Financial District and Mission Bay, with biotech labs a few miles south in South San Francisco, and their print needs run to launch events, investor demo days, hackathons and hiring fairs. A media wall gives a rooftop launch a clean backdrop, a step-and-repeat backdrop handles press photos, counter wraps turn rented tables into demo stations and window decals carry the company name on lobby and meeting-room glass. Floor graphics help route visitors through a shared office tour. Since many of these teams exhibit in San Jose as well, graphics that pack into a ride-share car are the practical choice. Send your artwork and wall dimensions, and a printing specialist replies with a proof.

Street fairs, parades and conferences

Almost every neighborhood holds a street fair at some point in the year, from the Castro and the Mission to North Beach and Haight Street, and the June pride parade and a large fall technology conference close downtown streets for days. Vendors order a canopy tent with a printed top, a table cover, posters for the booth wall and a vinyl banner with the price list, while nonprofits marching in the parade order hand-held foam board signs and a lead banner with the group name. Conference sponsors book step-and-repeat backdrops, pole banners for the sidewalk and event directional signs that guide attendees between hotel venues. Weekend farmers' markets on the waterfront add feather flags and A-frame signs.

Fog, wind and corner storefronts

The city's microclimates matter for print: the Sunset and the Richmond sit in fog much of the summer, downtown gets afternoon wind funnelled between towers and the hills accelerate gusts across rooftops. Mesh banners are the safer choice on any rooftop or fence, solid vinyl suits sheltered walls and weighted bases are essential for sidewalk A-frames. Corner shops in Chinatown, the Mission and the Outer Sunset often need bilingual signs in Chinese and English or Spanish and English, which the proof can lay out side by side. Perforated window film gives a small storefront a full-color face without blocking the view from inside. Mention the block and the exposure when you request a quote, and we suggest the right finishing.