Paperjam Press, the colorful print and design shop on the east edge of Beaumont Village, is the latest in a series of print-related businesses run by Deborah and John Field. They launched the store, located at 4730 NE Fremont St., in 2010, offering a wide variety of printing and design services and retail products.
In early April, they’ll step down and transfer ownership to their son Myles, who’s worked in various capacities at the shop and its previous iterations since he was a teenager.
Specialties at Paperjam include invitations and cards for social occasions (i.e., weddings, memorial services, and holidays); business cards, brochures, and the like; and art-related printing — think posters, calendars, and cards.
Myles has several new wrinkles in mind, including expanding the retail product line, simplifying Paperjam’s pricing system, and further automating the website to enable faster quotes. But in many ways the shop will continue as before. Deborah and John, who handles IT and fix-it projects, will be on-call, if needed; they live close by.
Paperjam has long been part of the local community, providing funds for Beaumont Middle School’s music program for many years, donating to Friends of Trees, and repurposing excess paper for its Scrappy Line of gift tags and bookmarks.
“Come by and say hello to our dog Benny,” Deborah advises. “And pick up a free note pad.”
Chris Rauber and his wife moved to Portland and B-W in mid-2022 after many years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He wrote for the San Francisco Business Times and other publications. He was born in Oregon.