Brandes Printing Co.

Brandes is fabulous! Their staff is so friendly and Homer is so patient and willing to help us with our rush jobs or providing us proofs for our many prints. They have a variety of machines so no matter what you need, they have you covered. They are also so knowledgeable about printers, cutting, and paper types, with recommendations and help a plenty! They have a fast turn around time and are very professional. I don’t know what we would do without them!

THE BEST!
I’ve worked with Brandes on many projects over 1 and a half years and they are the most reliable, consistent and friendly printer I’ve worked with.
Their family operation and attention to detail are just some of reasons to rely on them with your print project. Genuinely great people!
Hopefully I can work with them again on down the road.

More than just a printer. Our source for all our business printing needs. From A4 brochure print jobs to special items. If they can’t do it, Homer knows who can and who will do the best job for your money. They work with you to be sure what you want is perfect and make suggestions on how to make something pop. Been to others and can say with confidence — Brandes is the best.

Whoa. I can’t speak to their quality, but writing this only in response to those who say they have good prices– they have a minimum of $ 65 for 100 business cards!
What?!
I must be missing something here. Maybe these are very specialized? If so, feel free to contact me and I’ll change my review. But I thought others looking for a good price on business cards should know that this is probably not the place to go.

At a friend’s recommendation, I used Brandes for our wedding invitations, reply cards, and programs. They were wonderful to work with — friendly and very quick. I also appreciated Homer’s guidance on types of paper and printing that would fit my design without breaking the bank. I happily pass on the recommendation to anyone looking for fast, quality printing in the East Bay!

I got a call 2 days ago asking if I could substitute for a speaker at the 2013 Digital Web & Design Innovation Summit in San Francisco.
Sounds great! But damn — I’m all out of business cards!
So I called the top 10 Berkeley printing services on Unilocal.I said I needed same day turnaround, and asked how much 250 two-​sided business cards would be.
After talking to 10 places, I can tell you that Brandes had the best price, the fastest turnaround and the friendliest service!
After I emailed my files to them, they called me and helped me improve my graphic files to provide for a better final product. I had my business cards a few hours later! Then I received an invoice by email.
Amazing service! I will definitely use them again.
Several places told me they don’t do same-​day turnaround. Maybe they should call Brandes and get schooled on how it’s done! ;)

Howard is the nicest, friendliest guy in the world. I didn’t even end up buying anything from Brandes and he knew I might not yet he took a good chunk of time to help me with my little project.
I hope someday to need some serious printing done so I can work with them.

And now we’ve done our invitations there as well. Phenomenal service at unbeatable prices! I’ve recommended all East Bay brides– and grooms-​to-​be to use Brandes.

Really grateful for the service here at Brandes. I’ve sent many print jobs here, often requiring a quick turnaround time, and they’ve always responded to my requests with a lot of grace and helpfulness. Not only that, but in one of my recent orders I requested scoring done, but no fold — but they just ended up folding my print job for me at no extra charge!
Print jobs are amazing, and if they note something wrong or off in my designs, they are willing to fix it and make the adjustments as necessary. Why go to anywhere else to get high-​quality prints made, when I can get great customer service and prices here?

Brandes Printing did a terrific job with my wedding invitations! Fantastic service, high quality work and a very reasonable price. Highly recommended.

Brandes was wonderful. I had a very particular thing in mind for my wedding invites, and a particular budget.
They worked with me and my invite designer to find the best value and best materials to really make my invites pop!
I was completely pleased with both their recommendations and the quality of the final product! Thy’re not just printers — they have a wonderful artistic eye!

Printers with heart. Good guys Homer and Oliver sneaked in small edits of their own and improved the text. There is no doubt I picked a good outfit.

Brandes has earned my trust as an honorable, do-​the-​right-​thing local business. My first batch of 2,000 cards didn’t turn out exactly as expected, and they took the initiative to identify the source of the problem, correct it, and reprint the cards in a timely manner. Communication and follow-​through were excellent. I’ll be back for our next order of marketing materials.

Was looking for a quality printer when I needed to print my wedding invitations, programs and various other needs back in October. Kinko’s seemed a little low ball even for me. Didn’t want to go to a boutique and spend G’s for paper I’d eventually see in the trash. Got referred here by the web designer at my company so went to check it out.
+ Prices were better than anyone else in the area — I had already called about ten places for quotes.
+ Customer service was amazing. Homer understood exactly what I wanted, was patient and friendly through the whole process and even brought a sample to my workplace — about a 15 min drive.
+ Turnaround time is unreal — I’ve been here dozens of times and they always have my jobs ready for pickup before I expect.
+ And to top it off, their quality and abilities of printing are great. They do digital, offset, letterpress — they fold, score, emboss, die-​cut — you name it, they can probably do it as they’ve been in the business for almost 90 years.
Suffice it to say, they’re the only printer I use now for anything design related and Homer, Mickey and their crew are not only my go to printers, but also good friends.

Awesome local printshop! Excellent customer service and turn around time. Homer knows what he’s talking about, giving me more confidence in my print decisions. Highly recommend!

I needed a modest number of posters and postcards for our music series. Brandes gave us a really fair price, excellent turnaround and high quality. I was very excited that they could produce 12×18 full bleed posters from my pdf file for a price less than Office Depot charges for a 11×17 color copy. To top it off, when I picked up the job, they said, «just mail us a check.» These are the nicest people– small town family business vibe in a world of impersonal web-​based services — very refreshing! Definitely my first call for any printing job.

I wanted to review this place way back!!! I never found the time to do it.
They have the best customer service ever!!! I got my architecture portfolio printed for my masters, and they did a fantastic job. They know exactly what they are doing, they are quick, reasonable and they also give you suggestions.
I know i have found my printing place, i will definitely go back to them no matter what. !!
I suggest you should just go to them blindly!!! No questions asked!!!

Unbelievable customer service. I was desperately searching for a printer in the East Bay to do digital printing of my graphic design portfolio book. It was a challenge because most printers don’t want to do such short-​runs.
I can’t begin to convey the absolute pleasure it was to work with Brandes Printing Co. Homer was very responsive to emails and phone calls. I even got a tour of the facilities. This was by far the easiest part of my semester so far!
Very helpful with paper selection and even recommended a place to call to work out some funky digital image problems with my files. Also, super fast turn-​around. 3 books printed in ½ hour and the cost was reasonable.
Highly recommend!

It is worth going there just to talk shop with Homer, who has been printing for decades. They do offset and letterpress printing and brochures on their digital and old-​school printing presses. It was great to see a true printing craftsman at work.
It was pretty slow when I went there and I got my business cards printed and cut while I waited! Out the door in 30 minutes flat. The service was excellent too. Homer helped me pick out a beautiful linen paper for my cards and printed a couple of proofs for me so that we could tweak the ink level. I will go to Brandes again, definitely.

Something must be wrong with me – why haven’t I reviewed Brandes yet? I’m clearly falling down on my Unilocal obligations!
I have been working with Homer at Brandes for well over a year now. He is AWESOME. I seriously can’t say enough good things about him. He always works with me to get the perfect paper and is patient with me when I send files the wrong size (haha).
The quality is great and Homer does a really good job getting things done quickly. Highly recommended!