Paramount Color Graphics

If you go to Rajajinagar and look for number 808, you will find Paramount Color Graphics. We are a printing shop, mostly. We have these big machines that take up a lot of space and make a rhythmic thumping sound all day long. The air usually smells a little bit like ink and paper. We’ve been printing stuff for the local shops and people in the neighborhood for years. Whether it’s business cards or posters for a school event, we just put it through the machines. We aren't artists, but we know how to make the colors look right. The floor is usually covered in paper scraps by five o'clock. We try to sweep up, but it just gets messy again the next morning. It’s a small family-run operation. My uncle is usually the one fixing the printers when they jam, which happens more often than we’d like. We don't have a fancy website or a sales team. We just open the doors and see who comes in. Sometimes it’s a rush and we stay late to finish a job, other times it’s quiet and we sit around talking. It’s a good way to make a living. We know our customers by their first names and they know we’ll get their printing done as fast as we can. It is a bit loud and messy, but it is our place and we enjoy the work.