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Service Area · St. Joseph, MN

Campus & main-street printing in St. Joseph, MN

St. Joseph is about ten miles west of our shop in Stearns County, and it punches well above its population because the College of Saint Benedict sits in the middle of it. A campus town means a steady rhythm of event programs, posters, flyers, banners and booklets — plus the small businesses along the historic main street that serve everyone who arrives each autumn.

A college town runs on print

St. Joseph, Minnesota

That mix suits us. A campus department ordering two hundred programs and a downtown shop ordering a hundred cards are the same kind of job to this shop: quoted properly, proofed before it prints, and ready to collect a short drive back up the road.

St. Joseph is a Stearns County city just west of St. Cloud, home to the College of Saint Benedict and a walkable historic downtown.

Your local shop

Crown Press Inc

800 Industrial Dr S, Ste 201
Sauk Rapids, MN 56379
(320) 240-8880 [email protected] Mon – Fri · 8:30am – 5:00pm
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Getting here from St. Joseph

About ten miles west — through St. Cloud and out the other side, usually fifteen to twenty minutes depending on how you catch the lights.

Small orders from St. Joseph

College towns generate short runs constantly: a department needs eighty programs for one evening, a student group needs fifty posters, a main-street shop needs a new batch of loyalty cards before the semester starts. Those are ordinary orders here, and none of them have to reach a minimum to be worth quoting.

How we handle short runs

The St. Joseph angle

A calendar, not a steady drip

St. Joseph punches well above its population because the College of Saint Benedict sits in the middle of it. Campus towns don’t order print steadily — they order it in bursts around a calendar. A concert program is needed for one evening, posters go up for two weeks, orientation materials all land in the same fortnight of August.

That suits a shop built for short runs. Eighty programs for a single event is a real order here, not an inconvenience, and it means a department or a student group never has to over-order just to justify the setup. Meanwhile the main-street businesses serving all that traffic reorder cards, menus and signage on their own rhythm.

Why local

A local printer for St. Joseph

You don't need to mail-order your printing or wait on a national chain when a full-service shop is right up the road.

Fifteen to twenty minutes west

Close enough to drop off a file, approve a proof in person, and collect the finished job without making a day of it.

Built for event print

Programs, posters, flyers, banners and booklets on a campus schedule — all produced in one building, so nothing waits on a second vendor.

Short runs welcome

Eighty programs for one evening is a real order. We would rather print what the event needs than sell you a case you will store.

A local alternative to ordering online

You get a real proof, a person who answers the phone, and no shipping window between you and your deadline.

FAQ

Asked in St. Joseph.

More in the general printing FAQ, or call (320) 240-8880 and ask about your job.

Can you turn around event programs on short notice?

Often — short digital runs are the fastest thing we do. Call rather than email if the event is close and we’ll tell you honestly whether the date works. See rush printing.

We're a student group with a small budget. Is that a problem?

Not at all. There’s no minimum on most of what we print, so you can order the eighty you actually need instead of the five hundred a minimum would force. We’ll also tell you where spending less makes no visible difference.

Do you print for downtown businesses as well as the campus?

Both. Cards, menus, signage and loyalty cards for main-street businesses, and programs, posters and booklets on the campus calendar.

Free quote

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No minimum and no obligation. Tell us roughly what you need and we’ll come back with an itemized number, usually within one business day.

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Need printing in St. Joseph? We’re close.

One banner or ten thousand mailers — call, email or send your details and we'll quote it, usually within one business day.

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