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Columbia Print partners with PrintReleaf, the leading provider of sustainability solutions for the printing and packaging industries, to offset its paper consumption via reforestation at certified sites. Since signing on in December 2023, Columbia Print has planted 1,791 trees.

Among print shops based in a college or university, Columbia Print has ranked 13th in sales according to the trade publication In-Plant Impressions (IPI) for the most recent fiscal year.

Columbia Print has partnered with PrintReleaf, a company that measures paper consumption and automatically converts the total into trees planted at certified reforestation sites around the world. Through the partnership, every recorded print project will result in the equivalent planting of trees – restoring forests and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

The Columbia Print office at the Medical Center has moved to the 3rd floor of the Hammer Health Sciences building and is now located in Room 307. Please see hour Locations and Hours page for more information and other Print locations.

While many Columbia students, faculty, and staff have been working and studying remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, Columbia Print has been hard at work beautifying spaces on and off campus with their custom, larger-than-life wall graphics.

The article focuses on Print's sustainability efforts in collaboration with Ricoh as the University looks toward the release of its new 10-year sustainability plan in April. Read more on Ricoh's website.

As Columbia’s campuses transformed to accommodate new health and safety measures this fall, Columbia Print played a critical behind-the-scenes role on a very visible element. In collaboration with campus partners like Columbia Creative, Communications and Public Affairs, and Facilities and Operations, Columbia Print produced a suite of new signage, postcards, and stickers to educate the Columbia community about ways to keep each other safe, like physical distancing and wearing face coverings. In total, Print produced more than 75,000 assets—everything from floor stickers to shuttle bus signage—many…

In order to support physical distancing efforts, Columbia Print walk-in services are temporarily closed. Many of our staff are working remotely during this time and can assist you with coordinating your projects. Our print production and delivery capabilities continue to operate normally. To place an order, use our online ordering system or email [email protected].

Columbia Print was recently profiled in In-plant Impressions (IPI), a graphic arts magazine written specifically for in-plant print shops. The article praised Columbia Print's sustainability efforts and innovation in the print industry, specifically their early adoption of carbon-reducing recycled and TreeZero paper.

In November, 2018, In-Plant Graphics, the largest provider to in-plant graphics and printing facilities in the United States, recognized Columbia Print as one of the most successful in-plant facilities in the U.S.

The Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) is launching a new look for their brand.

You know the stereotype: Millennials are digital natives, glued to their smartphones, and the only way for marketers to reach them is through social media. The truth is, Millennials respond to a low-tech marketing approach that’s been around for centuries: Paper in a mailbox.