Ink Runs Deep in Family Behind Oakland Printing Company

Give Gary Leeman a print challenge, and he'll show you just how to do it. With four decades of experience and thousands of types of paper from which to choose, Leeman is a believer that there's very little he can't accomplish at L&D Printing in Oakland. Now, with his wife Kathy, and his two sons, John and Ryan, by his side, Leeman loves his work, and strives to make his customers feel the same way.

In 2009, revenues were at $950,000—down from about $1.2 million the year before. A large number of the printers in the Bay