Virginia Tech Printing Services: Serving the university for over 96 years

13 Mar 2019

Hokie Print — Students, faculty, staff, and recognized campus groups can tap into a wide variety of printing services — without ever leaving campus.

For the past 96 years, Virginia Tech Printing Services has captured the university’s rich traditions, achievements, and research discoveries through the power of print.

Printing Services’ space on South Main Street today is a stark contrast to the department’s first location in the basement of the First Academic Building in 1923.

Printing Services served the university community in the First Academic Building for almost 30 years. In 1953, the department moved into the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory across from the Power Plant and was located there until the 1990s, when the department moved to its current location at 1425 South Main Street.

Pivotal markers of the Virginia Tech experience — commencement booklets, Moss Art Center guides, Virginia Tech business cards, and more — are all printed in-house by Printing Services.

Printing Services functions as an auxiliary of the university and provides the same services as a commercial print shop. A team of approximately 15 complete nearly 3,000 printing jobs in-house each year, including almost 200 business card orders every month.

Faculty, staff, students, and recognized student and staff organizations can tap into Printing Services’ complete range of offset and digital services. From simple one-color jobs to highly complex four-color pieces, Printing Services’ offerings include:

Official university business cards
Official university letterhead
Signs (indoor and outdoor, up to 64 inches wide)
Tabletop signs
Banners
Posters
Magazines
Newsletters
Flyers
Event programs
Resumes
Coursepacks
Reports, dissertations (and binding)
Commencement announcements
Full-color copying

The skilled Printing Services team is able to assist with file formatting and ensuring all university logos meet branding standards. To start a project with Printing Services, click here or email printing@vt.edu.

With Hokie Print, students, faculty, staff, and recognized campus organizations can complete a wide variety of printing projects from start to finish without ever leaving campus. Hokie Print is operated by Printing Services and is located on the first floor of Squires Student Center.

Hoke Print services include:

Official university letterhead
Banners and signs (indoor and outdoor, up to 64 inches wide)
Tabletop signs
Vinyl printing: Decals, labels, stickers, pop-up banner stands, A-frame signs
Posters
Newsletters
Flyers
Event programs
Resumes
Coursepacks
Reports, dissertations (and binding)
Full-color copying

To begin a project, visit Hokie Print in Squires Student Center Room 125, call 540-231-2758, or email hokieprint@vt.edu.

In addition, Printing Services operates the university’s Copier Management Program, which covers copier leasing, automated monitoring, maintenance, and service. The program is open to all Virginia Tech departments and student and faculty groups.

Furthermore, Printing Services works with Centralized Mail to provide bulk mailing services for the university.

Click here to learn more about Printing Services.