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What Is a 'Quick Printer?'
"What is the definition of a quick
printer?" one owner asked. Once we
weeded out the trade printers, in-plants,
and wide-format print specialists that
applied, we had our list. "We are really
not a walk-up printer," wrote Barney
Smith, CEO of Smithprint in San Anto-
nio, TX. "We are business-to-business. I
started the company as a broker, [then]
bought a small two-color shop. We
have evolved it into four-color offset,
digital, wide-format, and marketing."
With 2013 revenues of $4 million, he
reported, Smithprint would have made
a nice addition to QP's list. But alas, its
owner couldn't spare the time to devote
to the survey, he said.
While a fairly reliable barometer, this
annual ranking is by no means com-
prehensive, of course. For example, we
used 2012 figures for 11 firms, includ-
ing Apollo Printing & Graphics/S&S;
Printers on this year's list. The Ana-
heim, CA firm ranked 22nd last year
with sales of $6.6 million, proudly
displaying the QP seal at the bottom of
its email correspondence among other
places. Owner Dann Ratanjee started
the business as a franchise in 1979 with
only about 1,000 square feet. His broth-
er Ken joined the business in 1984.
They grew to be a top ten franchisee
worldwide, becoming an independent
nine years ago. The shop has grown to
approximately 10,000 square feet with
22 employees.
Meanwhile, in Mission, KS, Jose
Ramirez, owner of Moss Printing, want-
ed to complete a Top 100 survey, "but
I'm only doing $250,000," he said of the
firm he purchased four years ago. Keep
on plugging, Jose. Maybe we'll see Moss
on the list in 2016 or 2017.
Classic Plus may make the list as well.
The Frederick, MD print firm is on track
for 75 percent growth in 2014, reported
Jamie Tremper, VP of fixed operations.
Tremper said he had good intentions of
filling out this year's survey, but he ran
out of time as he and his colleagues were
too busy making money. But Jamie, it'll
take less than 15 minutes of your time
in 2015. This year's respondents spent
an average of only 13 minutes each
completing theirs. ◗◗
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