Insta Print

Peter at Insta Print is still delivering a high quality product at a reasonable rate. His equipment is top notch and the big box office stores go to him for much of their work. Plus, he has a great eye, and can help with designs, and (for me) formatting products before printing them.
He is very good, and offers a reasonable price. I write reviews so positive because he does very good work and is personable.

WE GOT THEM FIXED!!! OUR WEDDING INVITES WERE PRINTED WITH A MISSPELLING (MY FAULT).
But how amazing are people!!! Peter reprinted all of our invites, plus some other things I wanted printed, gave us a huge hook-​up, asked him for the secrets to a happy marriage, spoke about his story and why he works so hard, almost had me in tears. I promised him, I would give him a good review, and even gave him extra than he asked for, because how we do for others is how people will do for us.
This place is LEGIT!!!

I hope this paper is bamboo paper from the gods because I just paid $ 3.00 for 2 pieces of paper. All we wanted to do was print an email but this was ridiculous.

Horrible service: the guy is grumpy and never smiles. Expensive: $ 6 for only three 5×7 color photo prints. Doesn’t know what he’s doing: when I asked him to rotate the picture from landscape to portrait he said he couldn’t do it. I went home and did it myself, it was easy. Rude: I only had a credit card to pay and he told me they only take cards for jobs more then $ 10. When I mentioned that the $ 10 min card charge wasn’t posted anywhere he was flippant and tossed the photos at me basically saying, just take it. Not a happy pleasant place to take your business. I’ll graciously drive somewhere else for some cheer, smiles and someone who WELCOMES your presence.

Very unpleasant man working here. If you don’t want to feel like you just ruined this guy’s day by entering his store, go somewhere else.

Great service. Peter was able to reformat my existing business card to print at a smaller size on a rushed schedule. He formatted the cards in the morning and had them ready before 5. The price and printing quality were both great.

Wanted to charge me $ 75 for a 20″ x 27″ and 16″ x 20″ poster size!!! Emmm, you’re momma. One was color, one was black and white
SO went to Fed ex on University and 20″ x 27″ would have have been $ 28 for color (which I ended up not getting). And got 16″ x 20″ for UNDER $ 3! So if I had gotten both, still would have been under $ 35 vs $ 75.
Seriously, what a rip off if I would have stuck with them.
Go to Fed ex for cheapy prints, and if you want nice/​card stock «Advanced Reprographics» is awesome but will be pricer.
«Cal Poly» is cheap, but chances of mess ups are kinda high, so check before you leave for sure.

Peter at Insta Print had prepared for me more than 500 wedding invitation cards and more than 50 birthday cards within short period of time. I was very happy about his products.
He was great to work with. The cost was much lower than a couple of the other places. He goes the extra mile to make my products fabulous and professional.
He designed, printed, cut and wrapped most of my orders. Thanks.
Highly recommended!

This place is GREAT! Much better than any Fed-​Ex or Kinko’s I ever been to.
Peter went out of his way to help me with a fairly large project and I was still out the door in 15 minutes!
Excellent service! Excellent job!
Highly recommended for fliers and just about everything else!

Decent pricing & good for bulk orders

Insta Print just printed our church directory. It’s beautiful. I contacted four printers before choosing Insta Print. I had 10 color pages, 20 b/​w pages, all in two pdf files. I was trying to use InDesign (30 day free trial) but couldn’t figure it out. Peter told me on the phone how to import files and set up pages. It was trickier than you might think. Then he spent a couple of hours in the shop working with me showing me how to set things up. Then he still had to center the pages on the final version himself. He was great to work with. The cost was much lower than a couple of the other estimates and equal to the third. The directory is gorgeous. I couldn’t be happier with the process or the product.

This is a gem of a place. Peter and his wife are very kind, and get the job done. They do work for our business at a fraction of the price, and go the extra mile for our needs. I’ll always recommend this place.

Found this print shop on Unilocal!
Peter was great to work with! We needed a banner, post cards, business cards, poster, and labels done in 2 days. He did them all in 1 day! I was not sure how they would turn out as I have never worked with him before and it was a rush job, but everything came out better than expected, and at a good price!
Also, something you can’t put a price on– he was very patient helping us lay out all of the files to maximize paper usage (i.e. lower cost for us). By patient, I mean each file working past 5pm.
Good integrity– the job was done as promised. I learned later that he worked all night to finish the job.
I will certainly be coming back.

So incredibly disappointed with my experience. Treated me and my project like a huge inconvenience, didn’t listen to my instructions, and gave me a hard time about my files.
This was a small project, which is interesting to note because the last time I had a project done it was much more valuable and I got much better service.
I will not be going back.

Peter and Kim Hoang own the joint. It’s a mom and pop business which is great becuase they’re cheeeeeap!
The business has been around for 30 years, the previous owner retired and that’s when Peter bought the place 11 years ago.
It’s just him and his wife that work there so when it does get busy it is possible that you could be standing there waiting for a bit, but they’re really friendly.
He has photoshop, illustrator, indesign and some other programs if you need help laying stuff out.
He has pretty good equipment, good quality prints and knows alot about different printing processes.
Highly recommend.

Peter goes the extra mile to make anything printed at Insta Print look fabulous. I’m so glad I found this mom ‘n pop print shop down the street from my house. I concur with the reviewer before me: you might have to wait to get some initial service and the place not very ‘updated’ looking, but the equipment and the owner are both top notch. Highly recommended!

I used to live right across the street from Insta Print in Normal Heights. I had to get some flyers made for an upcoming DJ gig, and didn’t feel like going to Kinko’s.
Usually, when I do go to Kinko’s or Copy Club or whatever… it takes about 24 – 36 hours to get my flyers. Peter at Insta Print had mine ready to go in 15 minutes! It was SO awesome! I couldn’t believe it. 200 flyers, cut and wrapped before you could say «don’t tase me, bro.»
Plus, they’re really cheap. He kinda charges you by the job… I’ve never paid the same price twice, but it’s always pretty inexpensive.
The only knock is that it’s a bit ghetto and he’s on the phone all the time. I once stood in the lobby for 10 minutes while he spoke to his wife about a dinner party before he actually acknowledged my presence. Still, I dig the guy and continue going back.
There’s a 7 – 11 right next door, so if you’re waiting for him to wrap up his phone call, just stock up on jalapeño/​cream cheese go-​go taquitos and yoo hoo chocolate drinks… and probably a few antacids.