Half a century of quality craftsmanship.

Estey Printing Company was established in 1954 by Bob and Ann Estey. Bob left his job at Johnson Publishing to take over the building (and presumably its contents) from the Miner and Journal. It was originally located at 1710 13th Street in Boulder. In 1955, the Esteys moved their young company to 1914 14th Street,and by 1959 the company was located at 1729 15th Street.

Jerry Beaber purchased Estey in 1975. An employee of Estey Printing since 1960, he had been promised the first offer if the company was ever sold.

Don and Marsha Hovde purchased Estey from Jerry in 1981. In 1984, they also purchased B. Franklin Quality Quick Printing to keep up with faster printing needs. In 1985, the Hovdes moved both businesses to our current location at 2005 32nd Street.

Roy and Debbie Kullby bought the two companies in 1986. The Kullbys added a Heidelberg 229 2-color press to our equipment. In 1988 the Kullbys also acquired Lambda Printing and Mailing, which provided Estey with mailing capabilities. The company was re-named MailGraphics. However, trying to run three companies in two locations was quite a challenge,and MailGraphics was sold in 1990 to Rod Morphew.

Bill Hayes, the owner of Hayes Printing since 1983, purchased Estey in December of 1998, merging the two companies, but operating under the name of Estey Printing Company. In 2004, we acquired a high-end drum scanner, Iris digital inkjet proofing system and Dolev 400. In October 2005 Estey purchased a Komori 528C 5 color offset printing press with a coater.

 

Bill Hayes, Estey's current owner, has been in printing since 1974, when he worked at Boulder Printing. He established Hayes Printing Services in 1983. Our Production Manager, Dave Lowder, has worked for Estey since 1962. Bobby Fuller, our extraordinary Letterpress Operator, started perfecting his craft in 1955. He has been with Estey since 1997. Lisa Fuller, who can operate all of our presses, but specializes in running our Heidelberg 229, has been a printer since 1986. She came to Estey in 1988 from Lambda. Rick Marcolina, started his career in graphic arts as a silk screen artist. Working for screen printing and sign shops in Denver. Hired as production foreman for Gritz Visual Graphics in 1983 (screen printing) made the transition to bindery manager for Gritz-Ritter Graphics by 1990. After the close of Gritz-Ritter, in 1999, Rick worked for Reliance Trade Bindery and Trinity Printing and then came to Estey Printing in 2006 Jeff Morrow, is our small press operator, Jeff has been in the printing industry since 1984, he worked for Hayes Printing for several years before coming to Estey.

Our Outside Sales Rep, Carol Stock, has been with Estey since 2004, but claims to have filled Gutenberg's first press schedule. We know she has many years of experience with Colorado printers like Colt Repro, ImageSystems, and Gritz-Ritter. Mary Lamirato, Accounting/Customer Service, was raised in printing! In 1978, she began working for her father, Jack Wille, the owner of Boulder Printing. She started at Hayes Printing in 1997. Customer Service Rep Lauri Weaver has been with Estey since 1985, working in printing since 1983. Scott was originally hired by Bill directly out of high school and Boulder Vo-Tech Center in 1984, when he owned Hayes Printing Service. He stayed until 1991 and went out to experience more shops. After years of inhaling the various fumes in many different print shops, Scott had killed off enough brain cells to come back to work for Bill again. He was hired as an estimator for Estey Printing and would love to give you pricing for your various projects. Dave Hall, our Traditional Prepress Manager, has worked here since 1978. He went into printing in 1973, attending the Career Development Center in Longmont. Tamara Sego, who heads our Electronic Prepress Department (and most especially operates our scanner),has been in printing and graphics since 1981, starting at Estey in 2001. Bill Eikenberry started his career at Estey as a press operator in January 2005 and moved into the Electronic Prepress Department eight months later. He’s been in the industry for 16 years in various capacities and is instrumental in keeping our computer equipment and software running smoothly.