# IPrint.com

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**iPrint.com** was a venture-backed start-up and one of the original [e-commerce](/source/E-commerce) websites. Launched in 1996 by four co-founders, iPrint offered one of the first [WYSIWYG](/source/WYSIWYG) design engines for the Web.[citation needed] The company debuted on the [NASDAQ](/source/NASDAQ) (symbol IPRT) in March 2000,[1] and was subsequently delisted in 2002.[2]

## History

iPrint was started by four co-founders, Royal Farros, Dave Hodson, Mike Rubin and Letty Swank in May, 1996. The website went live for business on December 27, 1996.

iPrint started as one of the first companies[citation needed] in The Enterprise Network (TEN)[3] startup incubator housed at NASA [Ames Research Center](/source/Ames_Research_Center) in [Mountain View, California](/source/Mountain_View,_California).

The first institutional round of [venture capital financing](/source/Venture_capital_financing) was led by Mark Dubovoy[4] of Leapfrog Ventures. The second round of investment was led by Deepak Kamra of Canaan Ventures and Intel Ventures[5] which closed March, 1998.

iPrint merged with promotional products firm Wood Associates in 2001,[6] and was itself acquired by Harland Clarke in 2009.[7]

## Award

iPrint.com was awarded the honor for Business Excellence by *Webmaster Magazine,* August 1997.[8]

## References

1. *[iPrint IPO](http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/iprint-technologies-inc-69613-3065)*

1. *[iPrint Technologies Receives Nasdaq Compliance Notice](http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2002/09/06/290276/31540/en/iPrint-Technologies-Receives-Nasdaq-Compliance-Notice.html)*

1. *[The Enterprise Network](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030507005724/en/Enterprise-Network-Non-Profit-High-Tech-Business-Incubator-Receives#.UzH4ZlFdWyc)*

1. *[Mark Dubovoy](http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=80102&ticker=TXN&previousCapId=315050&previousTitle=Xicor%20Inc.)*

1. *[iPrint Announces Equity Investment by Intel Corporation](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/iprint-announces-equity-investment-by-intel-corporation-77130017.html,)*

1. *[iPrint and Wood Associates Stockholders Approve Merger](http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2001/10/25/282966/21058/en/iPrint-and-Wood-Associates-Stockholders-Approve-Merger.html)*

1. *[Harland Clarke acquires California-based e-commerce firm](http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/03/30/story9.html)*

1. *[Business Excellence Award, Webmaster Magazine](http://www.thefreelibrary.com/iPrint+Honored+for+Business+Excellence+on+the+Web+by+IDG's+WebMaster...-a019670146) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170208133900/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/iPrint+Honored+for+Business+Excellence+on+the+Web+by+IDG%27s+WebMaster...-a019670146) 2017-02-08 at the Wayback Machine*

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