We’re loving the 2019 color of the year as it reminds us of the tactile nature of coral, and it’s a great excuse to embrace this gorgeous hue by adding texture to your prints!

From flamingo feathers to coral reefs, JP Graphics can bring “Living Coral” to life, and grab your customer’s attention with a tactile spot UV Varnish! JP Graphics is proud to offer Spot UV Coating for your printed materials. We’ve recently installed the Duplo DuSense DDC-810. This impressive machine can Spot UV Varnish as thick as 80 microns.

Need more ideas to incorporate this gorgeous color in your print marketing? Give us a call!

Spot UV Coated business card

JP Graphics is proud to offer Spot UV Coating for your printed materials. We’ve recently installed the Duplo DuSense DDC-810. This impressive machine can Spot UV Varnish as thick as 80 microns. It’s not quite the size of a water droplet, but not far off… can you spot the difference on this business card?!?! Read more

Zund Die Cutter Project Idea With the digital die cutter anything is possible! Here’s a fun project idea that uses the die cutter to create a charming consumer gift for Klein Constantia Farm customers. We love the tiny bees that spill out of the box!

JP Graphics support Red Nose Day

At JP Graphics, we’re on a mission to end child poverty, and support programs that keep children safe, healthy, and educated. We’re proud to contribute to the Red Nose Day movement.

What is Red Nose Day? Red Nose Day is a fundraising campaign run by the non-profit organization Comic Relief Inc., a registered U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity. Globally, Red Nose Day has raised over $1 billion since its launch in 1988.

Red Nose Day brings people together to have fun, raise money and change the lives of kids who need our help the most.

Red Nose Day launched in the US in 2015, dedicated to ending child poverty, both in the US and in some of the poorest communities in the world. The money raised by Red Nose Day in the US has benefited programs for children and young people in all 50 states and in 34 countries internationally.

The money raised by Red Nose Day benefits children in some of the neediest communities in the US and some of the poorest communities in the world. Partner charities include Boys & Girls Clubs of America; charity: water; Children’s Health Fund; Covenant House; Feeding America; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; UnidosUS; Save the Children and The Global Fund.

All of Red Nose Day’s grant money supports projects to keep children and young people safe, healthy, educated and empowered. You can find out more about the amazing programs we fund through Red Nose Day at

www.rednoseday.org/impact

JP Graphic Green Printer Solar Panels

JP Graphics is a certified woman-owned business, and one of the first certified Green Businesses in Santa Clara, CA. Santa Clara city staff interviewed Joan Escover, President of JP Graphics.

City Staff: Why did you decide to pursue the Green Business Certification?

Escover: One, I am an avid recycler and I always have been. But really, I started out with the solar panels. I installed them because of the incentives. This program was a no brainer for me. Also, we do a lot of printing for the City of Milpitas, which requires 40% post-consumer recycled paper, so it was a logical thing to buy and start carrying it for everyone. All papers we use here at JP Graphics have minimum 10% recycled content, all the way up to 100%. Read more

Horizon Creaser and Folder CRF 362

We’ve added a brand new print & finish solution to our shop floor. It’s the Horizon CRF-362 Auto Creaser and Folder.

It allows JP Graphics to expand our high quality print services for restaurant menus, laminated product sheets, bound books and more! No more cracking, even on heavy card stock. Here are the benefits of our new machine:

1.For Sharp Creasing and Folding – Suitable for Creasing covers, restaurant menus, greeting cards, and laminated sheets. The impact creaser avoids cracking on digitally-printed applications.

2. For High Quality Perfect Binding – High quality creasing helps to produce high quality perfect bound books. Spine, hinge and flap crease can be properly produced by selecting up or down creasing.

3. High Quality Folding – Two fold knives are equipped for high quality folding even on heavy stocks. Creasing the sheet avoids cracking even when folding digitally-printed applications. DOWNLOAD THE PRODUCT PDF.

 

 

Silicon Valley Admin Awards

JP Graphics is a proud sponsor of the Silicon Valley Admin Awards for 2018!

 

Administrative Professionals in Silicon Valley Are Finally Getting The Recognition They Deserve.

Nominations Are Now Open! Click here.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LAST YEAR’S ( 2017) WINNERS!

Click here to view the nine 2017 San Francisco Bay Area Admin Awards winners including Lisette Cervano, HoneyBook, winner of the program’s most prestigious award, The Colleen Barrett Award for Administrative Excellence!

PLEASE NOMINATE!

Please nominate!  Spreading the word is important, but nominating Admins you know or have worked with is equally important. Remember Sponsors and Event Partners, it is completely appropriate for you to nominate Admins you have worked with and a wonderful way to show them how much you appreciate their work.

AWARDS TAKE PLACE APRIL 26, 2018| DURING ADMIN WEEK | 6-9 PM AT SANTA CLARA CONVENTION CENTER 

Click Here to Visit The Silicon Valley Admin Award Website Shown Below.

New Xerox Color 1000i Press Helps JP Graphics Bring Metallic Gold and Silver to Silicon Valley

Leading Silicon Valley print provider JP Graphics has acquired a Xerox Color 1000i Press to help drive growth in digital printing of specialty products, packaging and greeting cards. The JP Graphics system includes the press’s optional fifth toner station for printing clear and gold and silver metallic toners to generate effects that can add value.

“The Color Press 1000i will enable JP Graphics to grow through quick-turn, high-quality digital prints on demand,” said Joan Escover, president, JP Graphics. “We added the clear dry ink along with gold and silver metallic inks to the system so we can offer the widest range of products and choices to our customers.”

JP Graphics also plans to engage Xerox for help in developing the new business offerings and in building a new digital storefront.

The new press was delivered with a Xerox® EX-P 1000i Print Server, Powered by EFI Fiery®, on Nov. 27, the Friday after Thanksgiving. “Xerox was incredible,” Escover said, describing the installation. “Xerox worked through the weekend to get it fully operational and generating new revenue to JP Graphics on Monday.”

The Color Xerox 1000i Press provides the industry’s first capability to print with metallic gold and silver dry inks, along with optimal quality, productivity and press availability to meet most every digital printing need. Print speeds are as fast as 100 ppm, print resolution is 2,400 x 2,400 dpi, and substrates range to 350 gsm, including a wide range of synthetics, polyesters and other specialty media.

JP Graphics, based in Santa Clara, Calif., provides a complete range of printing services for businesses in the Silicon Valley and beyond. Services include digital, offset and large format printing; in-house bindery; pre-press; and production of tradeshow and event materials. Founded in 1998, JP Graphics has more than 40 employees.

For more information please contact us.

JP Graphics in Santa Clara, CA recently installed the powerful new Protopic™ Auto-540 Dual digital foil and lamination machine.  It packs a formidable list of abilities, including single-sided laminating, single-sided SHR™ (Silver Halide Replacement), spot Sleeking, and metallic foil fusing.

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JP Graphics is a proud Event Partner for the Bay Area Admin Awards!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2017 WINNERS!

Click here to view the nine 2017 San Francisco Bay Area Admin Awards winners including Lisette Cervano, HoneyBook, winner of the program’s most prestigious award, The Colleen Barrett Award for Administrative Excellence!

CHECK OUT THE PHOTO GALLERY

Pictures from the 2017 San Francisco Bay Area Admin Awards, captured by Oh Snap! Visuals can be accessed here: Photo Gallery.

Having trouble accessing the photo gallery? It’s likely to be a result of your company’s firewall (help, IT!). Try viewing on a personal mobile device or forwarding to a personal email address you can check from home later if you have trouble now.

WATCH OUR DANCERS & LIP SYNCER’S

Click here for instant access to the video tribute that opened the awards gala featuring program finalists’, supervisors and coworkers lip syncing and dancing to Taking Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

HELP US SPREAD THE WORD

Help us spread the word about the Admin Awards program! Simply  click here to receive updates and notifications for the 2018 program.

JOIN THE SILICON VALLEY ADMIN AWARDS ON FACEBOOK 

Follow us on Facebook to stay up-to-date on what’s happening at the Admin Awards.

 

 

Joan Escover, founder and owner of JP Graphics was recently featured as part of a month-long campaign from the Silicon Valley Organization #SVOWomen campaign. Check it out and read about some of the amazing business women that happen to also be  SVO members and staff. Recently, local small business owner Joan Escover was featured. She is an amazing business woman, runs JP Graphics and is highly involved with The Silicon Valley Organization. Read excerpts from the article:

Name:  Joan Escover

Company:  JP Graphics, Inc.

Profession:  Printer/Communications Professional

How long has your business been a part of TheSVO?: 

10 years

Why is it important to your business to be a part of The SVO? 

I enjoy the networking AND more importantly the education – especially the Monthly Breakfasts … really helps in your ability to know what is going on in Silicon Valley.

What was your first job like? 

I got my first job at Wendy’s on my 16th Birthday. I have never worked that hard again. But you do appreciate working with the public and what its like to clean up after someone who doesn’t care … So I teach my children to CARE and be respectful of everyone’s things.

Describe your current job.

I run a large printing company that covers the whole realm of print – from digital to offset to specialty finishing like foils and letterpress. We have 45 employees that are true craftsmen, and I am proud to be a woman-owned business in a male-dominated industry.

What has been a career high point for you thus far?  

Surviving the Dot.com Bust.  A LOT of printers didn’t. I used every bit of my education and resources to stay alive and it has paid off .

What words of advice can you share for other professional women working in the Silicon Valley

Support one another. From a Yelp review, to a referral, to just be listening support. We make the best sales team because we are fair and have great follow-through.

On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day is celebrated across the nation. 

Contact Joan Escover

Why Is Letterpress Making a Huge Comeback?

Holding a letterpress print is a completely different experience than holding a digital or offset print. Run your finger over the surface and you can see and feel the embossment of the letters; feel the substantial weight and rich surface of the paper and experience quality that speaks of high craftsmanship, of elegance and the revival of a lost art.

There are reasons that, 30 years ago, letterpress almost disappeared. This kind of printing is fussy. To print books and small matter, you arrange blocks of metal type in a press to spell out words; headlines or posters often use large type cut from wood. A letterpress then pushes paper down onto the blocks, which have been covered with a thin layer of ink. You wind up with inky fingers and aching muscles. And it’s impossible to achieve completely consistent results.

But for every degree of difficulty, there’s an equal measure of aesthetic appeal. Martha Stewart was among the first to highlight this as letterpress faded, and clamored for its revival. In the 1990s, her lifestyle empire extolled the handcrafted look and feel of letterpress work, especially for wedding invitations. Stewart’s outlets tended to feature prints with a deep relief, known as debossing, which photographs well at an angle in a shallow depth of field. You can feel the impression with your eyes. (Embossing raises paper towards the reader, pressing up from underneath.) Photo credit: Adrian Harrison.

Have a project you’d like to share with us? Get a quote from JP for your letterpress artisanal print project. You will be pleasantly surprised!

Do you know of a small business that can benefit from this unique, free business training opportunity slated to begin this summer? The nominations deadline is June 30, 2017, so please take a minute to see how you can help support small business and the vitality of our inner cities. JP Graphics is a proud alumni of the ICCC Program.

ICCC is a national program that helps small businesses in low-income areas – or with a majority of employees who live in low income areas — build capacity for sustainable growth. The program provides:
-12 hours of training in strategy, sales & marketing, talent management and small business finance
– virtual training sessions over a several month period
– one-on-one coaching with experts in small business finance and operations
– direct access to providers of capital

Along with Janet Liang, President, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, and the Oakland Thrives Leadership Council, I invite you to nominate businesses that you think might benefit from the program.  Please find more details about this free training on the ICCC Oakland website.

To nominate a small business (or self-nominate), email the nominating form directly to Hyacinth Vassell  or nominate online at http://icic.org/inner-city-capital-connections/nominate-apply/   ICCC will follow up with every business that is nominated to be sure the program is a good fit for them and answer all their questions.  All we need are nominations!

Feel free to share this information with others who may have ideas about businesses that could benefit.