4500 Speight Ave. • Waco, Texas 76711
254-754-5636 • 800-242-0575
FAX 254-754-3007
Davis Brothers is a full service printer. The general specifications shown are a basic guide to our capabilities. If the format of your product is not within the listed specifications, please consult our sales staff for more detailed information at 1-800-242-0575 or e-mail our sales staff:
BUSINESS HOURS:
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday,
Central Time
Chick, Allen, vice-president — allen@davisbros-pub.com
Davis, Earl R., president — erd@davisbros-pub.com
D’Agostino, Tony, warehouse manager — tony@davisbros-pub.com
Grote, Harold, comptroller — harold@davisbros-pub.com
Landry, Russell, plant manager —russell@davisbros-pub.com
Sykora, Cyndi Wendt, elect. prepress — cyndi@davisbros-pub.com
Patton, David, sales representative — d.patton@davisbros-pub.com
Cole, Laura, bookkeeping — laura@davisbros-pub.com
Weissman, Joel, choral print music sales — joelw@davisbros-pub.com
Printing techniques and technologies have changed drastically since Earl R., J.C. and Jimmy Davis launched their company in 1928. When the Davis brothers opened their doors for business, they owned one 10x15 Chandler & Price Press. Even more important, they had a sharp focus on commitment, experience and quality that laid the groundwork for years to come.
In 1932, the Davis brothers established a weekly newspaper, The Waco Record, published in Waco and McLennan County. The company progressed into a regional leader in the publishing and printing industries. Then in 1953, a devastating tornado struck Waco, killing 114 people, and destroying the majority of the city including the Davis Brothers’ plant and equipment.
The same Davis Brothers’ focus that directed the company for 25 years saw the founders through as they rebuilt the company from the ground up. By 1959, they were operating several small presses within a 5,000 square foot facility. Ten years later, they added a Harris 4-unit air-dry Web Press. Then in 1977, the company built a new 20,0000 sq. ft. facility at their present location in order to accommodate future growth.
Today, Davis Brothers Printing is a national leader in print communications. The company posts annual sales exceeding $8 million. Staffing the impressive 45,000 sq. ft. building are full-time employees collectively representing over 430 years of experience. Progress may have changed the complexion of
Davis Brothers Printing, but one component of the company remains the same
— the focus on commitment, experience and quality, on which Earl R., J.C. and Jimmy founded
the company prevails as the vision of the new generation Davis Brothers leadership.
David Patton — Sales Manager
David is one of the newest members to the Davis Brothers Printing
office staff. He comes to Davis Brothers with over 20 years of
sales and management experience and is currently working
on the sales and estimating team.
Allen Chick — Vice-President
Allen joined Davis Brothers in 1987, working in
shipping and receiving. He is now the
Production Coordinator and is here to
handle all of your needs, from production
questions to estimating.
Joel Weissman — Choral Sales Manager
While Joel supervises choral print music sales, the company credits him with having built their Christian music division. By securing national accounts, Joel’s clients read like the who’s who in gospel and Christian music..
E-Mail Joel at joelw@davisbros-pub.com
RUSSELL LANDRY
Traffic Manager
SID BLACKMAN
Sheet Fed Press Supervisor
MIKE KUNKEL
Preparation Supervisor
TONY D’AGOSTINO
Warehouse Manager
MARK SONKA
Bindery Supervisor
CYNDI WENDT SYKORA
Electronic Prepress Supervisor
For 31 years Davis Brothers has been printing Choral Music for the Christian Music Industry. As a customer of Davis Brothers Publishing Company, your work is our main focus, we understand the choral music industry and will guide you through the printing and delivery process of each job we print for you. Our capabilities of offset web printing, combined with our four-color sheet fed presses and bindery options, make us the best choice for your music printing needs.
At Davis Brothers we offer the most competitive prices in the industry on Artist’s folios, Choral books and Anthems. We also have the capabilities for perfect-binding, wire-o and lay-flat in all sizes of books. When you are ready to print your next Artist’s Folio, Choral Book or Anthem, give us a call at 1-800-242-0575, or E-mail our sales manager:
Some companies we have printed music for include:
• Word Incorporated
• Adoration Music
• Gaither Music
• Praise Gathering Music Group
• Integrity Music
• Brentwood-Benson Music
• Prism Music
• Lifeway
• Music Legacy
• Spanish Baptist Sunday School Board
At Davis Brothers Printing, we are equipped to handle files from both
Macintosh and PC platforms. Files are sent to our Dainippon Screen
Truflow rip. Files are then proofed to a HP 1050c Plus Spinjet,
or for high quality color proofing, to the Epson Stylus Pro 9800.
We can also proof to a HP Designjet 5500.
When the job has been okayed to print, we image directly to plates.
• Adobe Pagemaker 7
• Adobe Photoshop 7 & CS
• Adobe Illustrator CS4
• Adobe InDesign CS3 & CS4
Portable drive capability
• iomega Zip 100 & 250
• CD
• DVD
• QuarkXPress 6 & 7
• Adobe Pagemaker 7
• Adobe Photoshop 7
• Adobe Illustrator CS2
• Adobe InDesign CS4 & CS5
• Corel Draw 10
• Macromedia Freehand MX
Portable drive capability
• iomega Zip 100 & 250
• CD
• DVD
• QuarkXPress 8
• Macromedia Freehand MX
• Javelin Plate Setter
• Plate Burners — (two)
• Auto Plate Processors
— (two)
• Dainippon Screen Truflow v3.1
with trap editor
• Dainippon Screen Flatworker v6.1
signature layout
Our Web Presses
are air dry, not
heat set. They are ideal for printing
large runs of text
and music pages.
Perfecta cutter — 45’’
3 Continuous Feed Folders — 26’’ x 40’’ gate and double gate capabilities/32 pg signature chop fold unit
Sig-na-stitch — trim 5 1/4’’ x 8 1/4’’ to 7’’ x 10 1/2’’ (8 or 12 page self cover books)
Challenge Drill — (one) three hole
Challenge Single Drill or Round Corner
Seal-a-tron — (four) shrink wrap machines
Muller 321 Fox Saddle Stitcher — six-pocket saddle with cover
feeder minimum trim 5 1/2’’ x 8 1/2’’, maximum trim 18’’ x 11 1/2’’,
fourth and fifth knife (2-up), minimum 10 1/2’’ (two 5 1/4’’ x 3 3/4’’ books),
maximum 18’’ (two 9 x 11 1/2 books)
Muller Presto Saddle Stitcher — four-pocket with cover feeder,
minimum trim 5’’ x 8’’, maximum trim 9’’ x 12’’
• Hardback,
smythe sewn,
OTA-BIND (lay flat),
and perfect binding.
• Side-sewn and
saddle sewn flatback
casebinding.
• Mechanical binding
— wire-o,
spiral (wire and
plastic), and
GBC binding.
• Die cutting, foil stamping and embossing.
• Mailing and fulfillment services.
• Van and bobtail truck for statewide deliveries.
available through our contract sources.
