Impressions Print Shop Is a Family Affair

Deadline pressure doesn’t even register on Brenda and Mike Myers, owners of Impressions, A Print Shop, 370 Alpha Park, Highland Heights. That’s the beauty of having newspaper backgrounds, 13 and 15 years, respectively, at Geauga Times Leader.

"We’re used to deadlines," Brenda Myers said. "I was in composition, and Mike was in the press room, and I had to get things done for his department." It took Mike five years to ask her on a date. "And we married in four months," she said. 

The couple would gladly be newspaper people still, but the paper ceased publication about 26 years ago, dumping them into the real world. They worked for commercial printers for six years before striking out on their own. They print anything a customer needs  – letterhead stationery, business cards, invoices, wedding programs, signs, pamphlets, and so on.

The Myerses take great pride in their success. "A lot of shops that have gone under are the ones that bought new equipment." When they were outfitting their shop, they bought some new things, but a lot of used, mainly because she stood her ground.

"He’s the spender and I’m not," she said. "But we have to work together to make it work."

Brenda Myers credits common sense with guiding their business decisions. "We can sleep at night because we do business the right way."

The print shop’s phone number is 440-449-6966.