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About Our Factory

Discount Newsletter Printing, Inc. is proud of its friendly, family-owned atmosphere. Many of our employees have been with us for quite a few years, some even since our inception. All the employees are dedicated to producing high quality printing jobs, every step of the way.

In 1983, Discount Newsletter Printing, Inc. was started in the owners' basement with one small printing press, a camera and various other small pieces of equipment. Within a few months, it was moved to Lorton, VA into 2000 sq feet of space, which was quickly filled with more printing equipment and a few employees. However, after putting up with rain barrels catching multiple ceiling leaks for two years, we moved to Woodbridge, Va to a new 2500 sq foot space. Within two more years we had outgrown that and moved to our present location on Persistence Drive in Woodbridge, VA, which now has close to 12000 sq feet of space.

Our present space has a basic office area. Our prepress area is nearby which has stripping tables, electronic pre-press equipment, the plateframe and the plate processor. The press area is a large approximately 5,000 sq ft space and has two 36" Miller presses, capable of printing 16 pages, one color over one, or two over two in a single pass, and a 20" Hamada press that we use to run smaller jobs. Also in this area is the bindery, which has two MBO fo folders with various attachments to fold four-page, eight page, and sixteen page signatures, a cutter, and a six pocket saddlestitcher.

We also have another 5,000 square feet of storage space in which multiple skids and cartons of paper are stored. In one area, we also store flats from jobs for approximately two years. We also have a separate office for our mailing list department, and an employee lunch room and kitchen.

About Our Founder
Robert Hostetter Boebel, president of Discount Newsletter Printing, Inc. founded the company in 1983. He was born October 8, 1951 in Washington, D.C. and resided in the metropolitan area most of his life. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Virginia in 1969 and went on to graduate with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1975. He did some graduate work at Virginia Tech and then left to start a job with the Department of the Navy in Crystal City, Virginia.

For a short time, Robert (Bob) ventured into selling real estate, but realized that avenue was not appropriate for him. Bob enjoyed the intricacies of engineering, but the more he progressed in the Federal Government, the more he was dissatisfied with the amount of paperwork required, instead of actual engineering.

By 1982, he began to explore the possibility of owning his own business where he could actually operate and make repairs to machinery as needed. A printing business was an ideal business for him, he decided since he had tried real estate and also thought realtors would need a lot of printing done, among other types of businesses. In 1983, Discount Newsletter Printing, Inc. opened its doors. Bob and his wife, Lee were busy from the start. Bob was still working for the government full time, and gradually phasing himself down to part time, but he was working all night with the printing company. Lee, meanwhile, quit her government job and was driving to meet with customers and pick up jobs and supplies, and also kept busy invoicing and paying bills.

Through the years, the business increased in size to what is today and Bob was an integral part of it. Unfortunately, soon after his 40th birthday, Lee found a mole on Bob's back that was malignant melanoma. It was removed and 99% cured. Seven years later a large tumor was discovered under his arm and he was treated further with interferon. But on September 19, 1999, he lost his battle after a long, brave fight. He is terribly missed by his family and his employees, many of whom looked upon him as a father figure...And we dedicate this Web site to his memory.