2006 PRINTING INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME — SUCCESS, THE HARD WAY

“I’ve never been one to quit at things; I’ve usually been able to make it all work by trying harder,” he says. “In some ways, I’ve kind of lived the American Dream. I started a company in my garage and it’s grown into a multimillion-dollar business.”

While still working for Timken Roller Bearing, Hopkins printed at night and, on the way home from his day job, would make sales calls on prospective clients. His wife, Arnie, worked the counter, taking walk-in orders for their newly christened Hop-to Printing, a quick printing operation that also dabbled in commercial work. Within a year or so, Hopkins left Timken to concentrate on his printing business full-time.