Talk:ARC Document Solutions

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Is this anything more than an advertisement? -- Zoe

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Made it into a bit less of an ad. --The Cunctator

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I am an employee of an ARC company. The editorializing under the "criticism" section is the most company-friendly version of the history of ARC that is available. While I don't have enough time with the company and perspective to know if it's true (and I have never and will never edit this page out of respect of the conflict of interest), the "criticism" section reads as a justification for ARC's business model, rather than an analysis of it. As such it is extremely biased (in the company's favor), and probably not very useful without either a more neutral writing, or an accompanying counterpoint. To suggest that ARC single-handedly saved the reprographics industry is hubris at best. Consolidation was probably inevitable. The article, however, makes it sound as if consolidation specifically by ARC was inevitable, and the savior of the industry. --12.148.54.126 18:50, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Solutions

"ARC document solutions provides WP:SOLUTIONS." Of course it does. A loose necktie (talk) 06:28, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Paid COI edit request: update outdated company status and sourcing

Disclosure: I have a paid conflict of interest. TLG Marketing is working on behalf of ARC / RIOT under a paid engagement. This request is intended to correct outdated factual information about ARC Document Solutions. I am not asking that maintenance templates be removed, and independent editors are welcome to modify, shorten, decline, or otherwise improve the wording below.

Requested changes:

• Change the short description from "Republic trade company" to a neutral description such as "American document solutions company".
• Update the lead and infobox so the article no longer describes ARC as a current publicly traded company.
• State, with SEC sourcing, that ARC became a wholly owned subsidiary of TechPrint Holdings, LLC after the merger completed on November 22, 2024.
• Move NYSE, IPO, ticker, and delisting information into historical context.
• Remove active NYSE/Russell/public-company fields and active finance links that imply current public trading.
• Update the employee count from the stale 2019 figure to the latest located pre-acquisition SEC figure, or omit the field if editors prefer not to use pre-acquisition data.
• Remove or avoid unsupported promotional claims, including "largest company of its kind" and uncited recognition claims.
• Keep the existing maintenance templates in place unless uninvolved editors decide otherwise.
• Treat logo replacement as a separate issue. The current Commons logo appears to be a 2014 file, while ARC's official logo page asks users to use the current version and avoid older versions. A replacement should not be uploaded or used without a suitable license/permission path.

Main sources:

• SEC Form 8-K, November 22, 2024: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000114036124047571/ef20039068_8k.htm
• SEC Schedule 13E-3/A, November 22, 2024: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000114036124047577/ef20038986_sc13e3a.htm
• SEC Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2023: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000130516824000025/arc-20231231.htm
• ARC official logo page for separate logo review: https://www.e-arc.com/arc-logos/

Proposed replacement wikitext:

{{Short description|American document solutions company}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{more citations needed|date=December 2018}}
{{COI|date=June 2017}}
{{Primary sources|date=December 2018}}}}
{{Infobox company
| name          = ARC Document Solutions
| logo          = ARC-Stacked-Lockup.png
| former_name   = American Reprographics Company
| type          = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry      = [[Digital printing]]; document services
| hq_location   = [[San Ramon, California]], U.S.
| parent        = TechPrint Holdings, LLC<ref name="SEC8K2024">{{cite web |title=Current Report on Form 8-K |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000114036124047571/ef20039068_8k.htm |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |date=November 22, 2024 |access-date=June 28, 2026}}</ref>
| num_employees = Approximately 1,900 (2023)<ref name="ARC2023-10K">{{cite web |title=ARC Document Solutions, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000130516824000025/arc-20231231.htm |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |date=March 15, 2024 |access-date=June 28, 2026}}</ref>
| website       = {{URL|https://www.e-arc.com/}}
}}
'''ARC Document Solutions, Inc.''' (formerly '''American Reprographics Company''') is an American document solutions company headquartered in [[San Ramon, California]]. The company provides digital printing, managed print services, scanning and digital imaging, document management technology, and related business document services.<ref name="ARC2023-10K" /> On November 22, 2024, ARC became a wholly owned subsidiary of TechPrint Holdings, LLC after completion of a merger transaction.<ref name="SEC8K2024" />

==Services==
ARC's 2023 Form 10-K described its primary services as digital printing of business documents and display graphics, managed print services, scanning and digital imaging, document indexing and search features, and resale of digital printing equipment and supplies.<ref name="ARC2023-10K" /> The filing also stated that ARC operated 146 service centers and served more than 35,000 active customers as of the 2023 reporting period.<ref name="ARC2023-10K" />

==History==
The company began in 1988 as Micro Device, doing business as Ford Graphics, a privately held Los Angeles-area reprographics business.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.e-arc.com/about-arc/history#.UW8mArUm3HQ |title=About Us - ARC Document Solutions |access-date=April 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428095037/http://www.e-arc.com/about-arc/history#.UW8mArUm3HQ |archive-date=April 28, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=December 2018}}

In 2005, American Reprographics Company reorganized as a Delaware corporation in connection with its initial public offering and listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]].<ref name="ARC2023-10K" /> The company later changed its corporate name to ARC Document Solutions, Inc.<ref name="ARC2023-10K" />

On August 27, 2024, ARC entered into a merger agreement with TechPrint Holdings, LLC and TechPrint Merger Sub, Inc.<ref name="SEC13E3A2024">{{cite web |title=Schedule 13E-3/A, Amendment No. 3 |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000114036124047577/ef20038986_sc13e3a.htm |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |date=November 22, 2024 |access-date=June 28, 2026}}</ref> ARC's stockholders approved the merger on November 21, 2024, and the merger became effective on November 22, 2024.<ref name="SEC13E3A2024" /> Trading of ARC common stock on the New York Stock Exchange was suspended before the opening of trading on November 22, 2024, and the NYSE filed a Form 25 to delist the shares and deregister them under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.<ref name="SEC13E3A2024" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.e-arc.com}}

{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Companies based in Contra Costa County, California]]
[[Category:Former companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange]]
[[Category:2024 mergers and acquisitions]]

Thank you for reviewing. Please adjust the wording as needed for neutrality and sourcing. Lamontektlg (talk) 22:31, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Note: Moved to COI edit request template. FlammablePizza (talk) 22:46, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you again for moving this into the correct COI edit request template. I wanted to politely follow up after about a week. If the full proposed replacement is too broad for one review, would an uninvolved editor be willing to consider the narrow factual updates first, especially the short description, lead, and infobox items showing that ARC is no longer publicly traded and that the TechPrint Holdings transaction closed on November 22, 2024, as supported by the SEC sources listed above? I am happy to split the request into smaller, source-by-source items if that would make review easier. Disclosure remains as above: TLG Marketing is working on behalf of ARC / RIOT under a paid engagement. Thank you very much for taking a look. Lamontektlg (talk) 21:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Additional narrow source note: The client also pointed me to ARC's own page about the 2025 Wide-format Impressions ranking, but I am not asking that ARC marketing page be used as an article source. If an uninvolved editor thinks this trade-publication ranking is due for the article, I suggest only a very limited sentence in a services or history section, not the lead or infobox:

In its 2025 Wide-format Impressions 150, trade publication ''Wide-format Impressions'' listed ARC Document Solutions fourth among wide-format print service providers in the United States and Canada, ranked by annual wide-format sales volume.<ref>{{cite web |title=2025 Wide-Format Impressions 150 |url=https://www.e-arc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Wide-Format-Printers-2025.pdf |website=Wide-format Impressions |publisher=NAPCO Media |date=2025 |access-date=July 5, 2026 |format=PDF}}</ref>

Relevant source links:

• Wide-format Impressions/NAPCO report landing page: https://wideformatimpressions.tradepub.com/free/w_defa9856/
• PDF copy of the report: https://www.e-arc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Wide-Format-Printers-2025.pdf

Because the PDF copy is hosted by ARC, I defer to editors on whether it is preferable to cite the report landing page, the PDF, or omit this item as undue. Disclosure remains as above: TLG Marketing is working on behalf of ARC / RIOT under a paid engagement. Thank you. Lamontektlg (talk) 22:47, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Paid COI edit request: update ARC logo

Disclosure: I have a paid conflict of interest. TLG Marketing is working on behalf of ARC / RIOT under a paid engagement.

I would like to politely request review of the logo used in the ARC Document Solutions infobox. The article currently uses the Commons file , which appears to be an older stacked lockup. ARC's current logo is shown on the company's official site here:

• https://www.e-arc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/arc-logo.png-1.webp

Related official logo page:

• https://www.e-arc.com/arc-logos/

Requested change: if an uninvolved editor determines that the current logo can be used under the appropriate Wikipedia image policy and licensing/rationale, please replace the current infobox logo with the current ARC logo shown at the official source above. I am not uploading the file directly because I have a paid COI and understand that image licensing/non-free-use handling should be reviewed carefully. If a local non-free logo file is preferred, I defer to uninvolved editors on the correct filename, upload path, and rationale.

Thank you very much for reviewing. Lamontektlg (talk) 21:13, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Please refer to Wikipedia:Logos for information on adding logos. It appears that the logo is a non-free logo, and as such, if you wish to add it, could you please upload your logo and use the {{Non-free use rationale logo}} and the {{non-free logo}} tags to add relevant information? Thank you! - Otherwise (Talk?) 14:24, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing me to the correct logo process; I appreciate the guidance. I attempted the local upload, but this account does not yet have upload permission, so I submitted a Files for Upload request with a non-free logo rationale instead: Wikipedia:Files for upload#ARC Document Solutions logo 2025.png. Thank you again for reviewing. Lamontektlg (talk) 18:42, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Narrow paid COI edit request: update public-company status

Disclosure: I have a paid conflict of interest. TLG Marketing is working on behalf of ARC / RIOT under a paid engagement.

This is a narrower request split from the broader request above. I am asking only for correction of current company-status language that appears to be outdated after the November 22, 2024 merger closing. I am not asking for promotional language, logo changes, service-description changes, employee-count changes, ranking/recognition additions, or removal of maintenance templates in this request.

Requested changes:

• In the infobox, change `type = Public` to `type = Subsidiary`.
• In the infobox, remove the current `traded_as` line showing active NYSE/Russell status, or otherwise mark the NYSE/ticker information as historical rather than current.
• In the lead, replace the current statement that ARC "is a publicly traded company" with neutral current-status wording such as:

ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (formerly American Reprographics Company) is an American document solutions company headquartered in San Ramon, California. On November 22, 2024, TechPrint Holdings, LLC completed its acquisition of ARC, and ARC became a wholly owned subsidiary of TechPrint Holdings.<ref name="SEC8K2024">{{cite web |title=Current Report on Form 8-K |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000114036124047571/ef20039068_8k.htm |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=November 22, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2026}}</ref>

• In the History section, retain the former NYSE listing only as historical context, for example:

ARC was formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ARC. Following completion of the TechPrint Holdings merger, NYSE trading of ARC common stock was suspended before the opening of trading on November 22, 2024, and ARC requested delisting and deregistration of its common stock.<ref name="SEC13E3A2024">{{cite web |title=Schedule 13E-3/A, Amendment No. 3 |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000114036124047577/ef20038986_sc13e3a.htm |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=November 22, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2026}}</ref>

Source notes:

• The SEC Form 8-K filed November 22, 2024 states that Parent completed the acquisition, that ARC became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and that ARC notified the NYSE and requested suspension, delisting, and deregistration of its common stock.
• The SEC Schedule 13E-3/A final amendment filed November 22, 2024 states that ARC survived the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of TechPrint Holdings, LLC, and that NYSE trading was suspended before the open on November 22, 2024.

Thank you for reviewing. Please adjust the wording as needed for neutrality, article style, or source preference. Lamontektlg (talk) 23:14, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. - Otherwise (Talk?) 14:20, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you again for reviewing this so promptly. I have made only the narrow factual status updates that were reviewed, with SEC citations and a paid-COI edit summary, and kept the broader cleanup items out of this edit. I appreciate the guidance. Lamontektlg (talk) 18:41, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Paid COI sourcing cleanup request: unsupported legacy claims

Disclosure: I have a paid conflict of interest. TLG Marketing is working on behalf of ARC / RIOT under a paid engagement.

Following the narrowly scoped company-status correction, I made a second conservative review focused only on sources and unsupported legacy claims. I am not requesting removal of any maintenance template. Could an uninvolved editor please consider the cleanup below and then independently decide whether the {{More citations needed}} and {{Primary sources}} notices should remain article-wide, be narrowed to a section, or be removed? I am not asking for removal of the {{COI}} notice.

Requested content cleanup

• In the infobox, remove the unreferenced, time-sensitive `key_people` list and `num_employees = 2,500 (2019)` field. I do not have current independent sources suitable for them.
• Remove the current `Overview` section. Its detailed service/scale claims, including 90,000 customers, 170 service centers, 10,000 customer locations, and “Global Solutions”, are unsourced or supported only by a retired ARC investor page; the claim that ARC is “the largest company of its kind” and has more than 2,400 employees is unsupported.
• In `History`, remove the two legacy paragraphs about founding/acquisition history and IPO/ticker/name-change history, which rely on old company sources; also remove the uncited recognition list and the 2017 revenue claim citing the same old investor source. I do not have appropriate independent sources to replace them.

This would leave the neutral, SEC-sourced November 2024 ownership and delisting material in place. I am not proposing any additions or changes to the lead, ownership, services, leadership, employee count, logo, or maintenance templates. Please adjust, narrow, or decline any part of this request as appropriate. Thank you for your time. Lamontektlg (talk) 19:10, 27 July 2026 (UTC)