I came to HBP last summer with a rush order for wedding invitations that a friend designed but (alas) didn't send the files until the invitations should have already been sent. Another friend recommended Julie Ahalt as the project manager she'd done lots of business printing contracts with. Julie was professional, accommodating, and realistic. She express-mailed paper samples to me, and gave me the estimates and timetables I needed to make decisions quickly.
The staff was very professional and caught some errors, unasked, in my address list. The turnaround was rapid, though they definitely dotted their i's and crossed their t's in making sure I approved the proofs first.
The quality was excellent - I'm a typography and paper nerd, and loved the results. The price was astonishingly good: two-color printing of 500 textured cardstock invitations, and three matching inserts (40 each, for different events) for just under $500, if memory serves. Didn't need 500 (the cost was nearly identical for 300, and it was still much cheaper than my fall-back option, Costco.com partner Wedding Paper Divas - at $3/invitation).
Their press is actually out west of DC, and not in Alexandria, which only matters if it's a true rush job - and they bent over backwards to make it work with my difficult schedule. I can't say enough good things about them. Highly recommended. read more