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To Our Valued Customers,

Global Printing Solutions is Open & Available During This Health Crisis

Like most of you, we are preparing for the impact that COVID-19 is going to have on our daily lives and communities.  As always, our top priority and commitment is to keep our customers, employees and families safe and healthy.  

We ask that if you have a cold or flu symptoms, or if you’ve been on a trip recently, that you practice quarantine protocols to protect yourself, your loved ones and your neighbors and us. Please do not come into our office, as a precaution and a caring gesture to our staff and other much valued.  

Engaged and Committed to Helping Control COVID-19:

We are actively monitoring the COVID-19 situation, especially governmental mandates, and recommendations set forth by the World Health Organization (www.who.int) and Center for Disease Control and Prevention (https://www.cdc.gov/).  At the same time, we are continuing to operate our business and provide you with the high quality prints, products and services you have come to expect from Global Printing Solutions.

Business Delivery Service:

To protect you and our drivers, Global Printing Solutions drivers will be implementing additional Steps to Prevent Illness as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  To avoid contact altogether, please include instructions with your order if you’d like us to leave it outside your office door or in your reception area. When available we will note the name of the person’s name receiving the order.

Local Home Delivery Service, will also be available:

To support working from home, we remind you that we can offer as an option, residential delivery services.  We can leave packages at your front door to avoid unnecessary contact and will call the number on the order to communicate that your package has arrived.  

Coming to our stores:

We are also expanding our normal cleaning efforts to include frequent disinfecting of counters doors and pens.  We are practicing appropriate social distancing of three feet in our customer service areas. We will continue to monitor CDC updates and guidelines and adhere to all new information as we receive it. 

Again, health and safety is a top priority.  We’ve been operating in this great city for over 30 years now and we’re here to help support your business and do our part in keeping our community safe. 

If you have any questions or concerns please email: [email protected] or call me 512-794-9000.

Thanks for your continued business, together we will all get through this.
Respectfully,

Gilbert Franco
President and Owner
Global Printing Solutions

Don’t be a square! We can cut your cards to any shape using a custom die! We made these promotional cards for Richard’s Rainwater during SXSW, and it was the perfect way to set them apart from all the other people handing out cheapo rectangle flyers. Corners are so dumb, right?

Richard’s Rainwater is an awesome local company based out of Dripping Springs, TX

We’ll tell you right now, the setup for die-cutting is a little bit pricey, so it’s best suited for larger orders (250+ pieces) so you can get plenty of shapely bang for your buck. Got questions? Shoot us a message and let’s see if die-cutting is right for your next project!

Did you know we can print AND mail your items for you? We offer a range of mailing services, including:
– Custom Address Labels
Data Merging recipient addresses for envelopes and postcards
– Custom envelope designs with your return address
– Full service EDDM (Every Door Direct Mail Campaigns)
– Stuffing, Stamping, and Post Office Dropoffs
– and more!

EDDMs are usually large postcards like this one. You can choose routes in your target zip codes, and every house on that route will receive a postcard.

Whether you are mailing an elegant invitation suite, or a simple postcard, let us do the work! All you need to do is send your mailing list, and we’ll do the rest! We do also sell targeted mailing lists, so if you’re interested in doing a mailing campaign to drum up some new business, drop us a line with a little info about your ideal customer and we’ll get you an estimate!

This beautiful invitation suite features six different sized cards nestled in this red pocket folder, with enclosed reply envelope to match the outer envelope.

With the holidays just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about keeping in touch with friends and family, and what special touches you’d like for your holiday communications. Whether you’d just like some festive mailing labels with your initials, or a whole piece designed, printed, and mailed just for you, we’re happy to help. So don’t wait till the last minute! Contact us to plan your next mailing today.

We designed and printed these custom holiday cards and envelopes for
Aus-Tex Consolidated Services last year.

One of the best upgrades to make your items feel high end is raised metallic foil. It automatically comes with a special suede lamination that gives a unique and memorable feel, and is surprisingly affordable compared to traditional foil and embossing techniques. And the best part? The minimum order is only 100 pieces!

Luxurious Invitation with Raised Gold Foil for Texas Mutual Company Party
We printed these 5×7 Invitations for Texas Mutual.

Raised metallic foil also comes in silver and holographic, and is available for business cards, 4×6 postcards, 5×7 postcards, and 5×7 folding cards.

Business Card for Realtor with Raised Gold Foil

Lewis Residential is loving their new business cards with raised gold foil!

Contact us today to order some gilded greeting cards or business cards of your own!

Ascent Academy is an exciting new school opening in Austin this fall, whose mission is “to equip more young people in Texas with the skills they need to seek meaning in their lives, to become independent learners, and to become globally-minded critical thinkers.” We like the sound of that! Chris was so inspired by their ideas about teaching that he decided to do some
teaching of his own and brought his kiddo Wyatt along
to help install their signage and decals!

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Learning to make businesses look awesome with Dad.

These signs were all printed on dibond material using our state of the art Mimaki flatbed printer. The UV resistant ink is
designed to last outdoors for years!

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Custom Vinyl Wall Decals in Austin Texas
Every wall is different, so when installing decals we like to test a few different vinyls to make sure you’ll get the most durable results. Don’t be surprised if you see tester decals all over the shop walls when you come by to visit!
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In need of some signs of your own? Drop us a line and ask for Ben or Chris, our large format printing experts!

Our pop up banners come in two stand styles: Standard ($189) and Deluxe ($225). Both are 33″ x 81,” the only difference is the deluxe stand is a little more smooth and shiny, and takes 5-7 business days, and the standard has perpendicular feet and can be ready in just 2-3 business days. Jake is shown below posing with our friend Mr. Jim Baker’s Pop Up (deluxe model) for scale.

Book Signing Display Retail Book Store Pop Up Banner Retractable Banner Author Advertising Marketing Branding Sign Banner Print Shop Sign Shop
Jake is 6’4″ but his modeling skills are immeasurable.
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We did these gorgeous notecards for Apple Leasing, featuring raised red metallic foil. Photos do not really do this effect justice, it is super eye catching! Nothing leaves a lasting impression better than a handwritten note on a beautiful custom notecard. Order some for yourself or your business today!

This raised metallic look is created by lining up embossing and red hot foil.
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