ABOUT US

WE ARE CERTIFIED

At 1to1Printers we are very proud and honored to hold several business certifications by the city of Houston and the state of Texas.  We are HUB Certified, a Certified City of Houston M/W Business, and HoustonHireFirst certified.  

OUR STORY

The history of 1to1printers is a personal story. In April 2001 we installed one of the first digital presses in Houston to produce short runs and personalized, targeted printed campaigns.

Only 8 weeks into operations, Tropical Storm Allison hit Houston with 32 inches of rain in 24 hours.  Our shop was flooded with 5 feet of water and we had no insurance.  We were faced with two choices: we could give up and close down or we could clean, repair, and get back up.  We chose the later, and with the help of fantastic friends, outstanding vendors, awesome employees, and a caring family, we reopened only a few months later.

In 2004, after moving the shop to higher ground, we installed an offset press to produce high quality prints in the medium-size runs at low cost.  A few years later, we acquired an Indigo press offering the highest quality printed collateral, from business cards to catalogs to books in small quantities.

Today, we are one of the few print shops in Houston offering hard case book binding, specialty substrates printing (like vinyl, styrene, and metallic papers), innovative technologies (like foil sleeking, white-ink printing, specialty laminates), and engaging high quality.

As our customer base grew, it also our customers’ demand for other printed products such as posters and banners.  In 2006 we installed a small plotter and a laminator.  Today, we have purchased several roll-fed plotters (solvent, pigment, and latex inks), laminators, UV coating, flatbed printing, and one large router to produce signs, wall murals, point of purchase, trade show graphics, and all the printed materials you can imagine.

Over the last 18 years, 1to1printers and everyone who works here have earned a solid reputation for high quality printing, extraordinary customer service, and fair prices.  We aim to become your “production expert”, walking alongside our customers in the creative, production, and delivery cycles.

We serve businesses, from small engineering firms or marketing agencies all the way to Fortune 500 corporations.  Our products range from business cards, flyers, and brochures to banners, murals, and trade show graphics.

We work hard every day to become our customers’ One-Shop company for all their printed communications materials.  Please allow us to earn your business and friendship, too.

OUR VISION

To become the “production expert” for our customers, walking alongside the creative, production, and delivery cycle with them.

OUR MISSION

Total dedication to the highest quality printing services delivered with innovative technology, detail-oriented craftmanship, excellent customer service, and partnership spirit. Every day we solve our customers’ print production, exhibit, and trade show challenges with quality, on time, and within budget to meet their needs and exceed their expectations.

OUR VALUES

  • Integrity
  • Honesty
  • Reliability
  • Innovation

OUR CLIENTS

OUR LEADERS

Marilu

Marilu

Marilu is fully bilingual and bicultural, having lived in Mexico and the United States.  She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas A&M University and later on she earned her Master of International Management from Thunderbird in Glendale, Arizona.  Marilu worked for Goldman Sachs & Co both in NYC as well as in Mexico City just when NAFTA was coming online and a great deal of excitement for Latin America’s opening up to the world was taking place. In fact, she was lucky enough to be part of the team that established GS Casa de Bolsa when foreign banks were starting operations in Mexico.
In the year 2000, Marilu decided to take the plunge and join Axel to become entrepreneurs,  establishing 1to1printers, among other small businesses.
In addition to her professional career, Marilu has always been passionate of community work having volunteered in numerous non-for-profit organizations and serving in on several boards.
At 1to1printers, Marilu loves helping customers find the right balance between efficiency, costs, and impact of every single printed marketing and communications project.  She is also in charge of the “behind the scenes” smooth operation of the company from HR and payroll, to accounts payable to collections, she’s got it.
Axel

Axel

Axel was born with ink in his veins.  Early last century, his grandfather manufactured lead type for Gutenberg Type Presses (Linotype).  Later, during the 1960-1980’s, his father sold the fist generation of Digital Typesetting equipment in Latin America. When Axel finished High School, he started a stationery business which later grew into graphic design. In the mid-1990’s, with the introduction of the Mac, a whole new industry emerged and Axel became the manager of the largest digital prepress bureau in Mexico City.

During that time, Axel was also asked to lecture Print Production to both undergraduate graphic design as well as graduate editorial design students at one of the finest private universities in Mexico.  

In 2000, Axel & Marilu established 1to1printers in Houston, Texas, with the help of angel investors, marking the start of an amazing partnership.

Axel has over 30 years of experience in every aspect of the printing industry: from graphic design, file layouts, variable data printing, all the way to digital and offset printing, bindery, routing, and large format printing both from roll as well as flat bed.


Our customers benefit from his solid understanding of the production process, his keen eye for detail, and his passion for going the extra mile in every single project.

Contact Us

Phone: (281) 821-4400

Location: 15031 Woodham Drive Suite 370 Houston, TX 77073

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