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Tru Art Color Graphics

Name: Tru Art Color Graphics
Address: 2800 Highway 6 E, Iowa City, IA, 52240, US
Telephone: +13193379623
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We have been providing print and promotional products to the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids corridor and beyond for over 120 years.

Tru Art Color Graphics is an award-winning, full-service commercial printing and promotional products company offering unsurpassed levels of service and consultative expertise. We are your ONE source for all things branded. We are masters of paying attention to details and responding with a sense of urgency. Commercial Printing • Branded Apparel • Promotional Advertising • Awards • Advertising Calendars • Signage & Displays • Commercial Printing

10/29/2026

Turning Ideas into a Workable Plan

Meet Steve from estimating. Before a calendar reaches production, the estimating team studies quantities, formats, materials, customization and finishing so that the idea can become a realistic plan.

Title: Estimator
Years of Service: 25
Favorite Part of the Job: I love the fact I get to work on different projects every day.
Fun Fact about Steve: I am an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan. My family and I are season ticket holders and attend Football, Women’s/Men’s Basketball games. GO HAWKS!!!

Distributors, bring the details to Tru Art. Businesses, work through your promotional products partner so the right specifications can become the right solution.

www.truart.com

10/27/2026

Print works hardest when it is planned with your campaign, not around it.

A brochure, a direct mail piece, and your event materials can each look fine on their own and still miss the chance to reinforce one another. Integrated planning maps your print collateral to your marketing calendar so every piece pulls in the same direction. That is what co-creation in marketing looks like in practice, and it is where print stops being a series of orders and starts being a strategy.

Read how integrated print planning makes your whole campaign work harder. Here’s the link: https://truartcolorgraphics.com/blog/2026/10/02/collaboration-as-a-competitive-advantage-building-partnerships-with-commercial-printers

10/22/2026

Where Color Meets Craft

Meet Charlie, one of the press operators who brings your pages to life. Experience, precision and attention to color help transform approved files into printed sheets that look as strong as the idea behind them.

Title: Pressman
Years of Services: 6
Favorite Part of the Job: "Working with my friends in Bindery"
Fun Fact About Charlie: Charlie's first job was in the printing industry!

Take a closer look at the craftsmanship behind Tru Art. Businesses can ask their promotional products partner about calendars produced by our team.

www.truart.com

10/20/2026

The best time to talk to your printer is before the design is final.

Most print input arrives after the creative is done, when the choices are already made. Bring your printer in during discovery instead, and production knowledge shapes the piece while it still can. You catch the format that performs better, the finish that fits the budget, and the revisions you never have to make at proof. Collaboration is not a slower process. It is a sharper one.

Learn how discovery sessions and feedback loops turn print into co-creation. Learn more in our latest blog: https://truartcolorgraphics.com/blog/2026/10/02/collaboration-as-a-competitive-advantage-building-partnerships-with-commercial-printers

10/16/2026

Today we celebrated Steve Robertson’s 25th work anniversary! 🎉 Thank you, Steve, for your hard work, dedication and all you do for our team. Congratulations on 25 years, and happy anniversary!

10/15/2026

A little friendly competition was on the menu at Tru Art Color Graphics! 🥣🍲

Our team came together for a Soup Cook-Off filled with delicious recipes, good company, and plenty of tasty creations!

From hearty favorites to homemade specialties, there was something for everyone to enjoy.

Good food, great coworkers, and a little friendly competition made for a soup-er fun day!

10/15/2026

Meet Kim from prepress. Artwork, color, layout and production details receive a careful review before anything reaches the press, helping protect the quality of the finished calendar.

Title: Assistant Prepress Supervisor
Years of Service: 16
Favorite Part of the Job: I absolutely love being a part of each job coming through our department and seeing all of the different designs from customer/clients. Every day is great working with our team to make every project exactly what they envision as their final product.
Fun Fact about Kim: I love blowing very large bubbles. Best gum to blow large bubbles is Quench.

Great printing begins before the press starts. Distributor partners and businesses can help by providing complete artwork and details, with Tru Art prepress supporting the next step.

www.truart.com

10/13/2026

Your printer already delivers quality. Here is the value most marketers never ask for.

A reliable printer executes what you send, and that matters. A collaborative printer does that and joins your thinking early, before the design is locked. That is when the best ideas surface, a smarter format, a finish that lifts the piece, a paper choice that stretches the budget. The quality is a given. The strategy is the part you get to add.

See what a strategic print partnership adds beyond reliable ex*****on. Read the blog: https://truartcolorgraphics.com/blog/2026/10/02/collaboration-as-a-competitive-advantage-building-partnerships-with-commercial-printers

10/01/2026

Meet Stacy from sales. Our sales team listens for the real customer need, asks the questions that shape the recommendation and helps distributor partners connect an idea to the right Tru Art calendar solution.

Title: Account Executive
Years of Service: 10
Favorite Part of the Job: Customers and seeing what their customers put together for their calendars.
Fun Fact About Stacy: Stacy has 3 German Shepherds who love to go 4-wheeling!

Get to know the people behind Tru Art. Distributor partners can connect with our sales team, and businesses can ask their promotional products partner to bring Tru Art into the conversation.

www.truart.com

09/24/2026

Ready for the Journey

Meet Roman from shipping and fulfillment. After the planning, printing and finishing are complete, this team prepares products for the next part of their journey. Careful packaging, labeling, and coordination help your finished product arrive at your businesses and, ultimately, your customers, ready to use.

Department: Shipping
Years of Service: 7
Favorite Part of the Job: Being busy in the busy season.
Fun Fact about Roman: He has read the entire King James Bible.

Meet the people who help complete the journey. Customers can count on Tru Art through the final handoff, with a team that helps coordinate delivery needs and keep every project moving smoothly from start to finish.

Address

2800 Highway 6 E
Iowa City, IA
52240

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm
Sunday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+13193379623

Website

http://www.truartcolorgraphics.com/

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