From its humble beginnings, Lebon Press followed Sam Lebon’s vision of providing its clients with the highest level of service and quality printing—all for "a fair price" in return. This vision was supported with the principle that Lebon Press would retain the best people for the job, who could finely tune print details so the best results were achieved.

With a college degree in printing from Carnegie Tech and much passion for the industry, Sam Lebon first opened the doors for business in 1924. With little money and no credit, his persistence and desire to achieve carried the company through the stock market crash of 1929 and the depression that followed. All along, the relentless efforts of this entrepreneur paved the way for steady, conservative, and controlled growth through such lean times. With continuous investments in "modern technology" with linotype and other typesetting machinery, the focus concentrated on copy and layout services. This led to the printing and finishing of extensive legal briefs, documents, miscellaneous brochures as well as stationery requirements, which carried the firm through the 1950s.

In 1958, Robert Lerner joined Lebon Press, initially focusing on corporate sales efforts and later assuming the duties of Vice President of Sales. Ultimately it was Bob’s decision to take Lebon into the world of offset printing by initially purchasing the first offset duplicator, which paved the way for higher quality and speed output than had been previously produced at Lebon Press. Bob ultimately assumed the role of President of Lebon Press with the passing of Sam Lebon in 1977. From the 1960s through the 1980s, Lebon Press expanded its capabilities gradually through modest press size upgrades, additional two-color presses, and as well as expanding into markets such as business forms and extensive envelope printing (markets not often pursued by other printers).

In 1984, the third generation of the Lebon family entered the world of printing, as Andrew Lerner assumed duties of estimating and customer service and eventually becoming Vice President of Operations in 1990. In the summer of 1988, Andy made the decision to buy the first Macintosh system for the company, paving the way for continual growth in the prepress department, ultimately reinvesting in hundreds of thousands of dollars over the next 14-year period. In 1994, Andy was promoted to the position of President, as Bob assumed the Chairman’s role. Purchase of the firm’s first 40-inch press paved the way for much larger book printing jobs, in addition to much "oversized" work that previously could not be produced internally.

With the advent of graphic design software available for corporate and home use, and color laser and ink jet printing becoming prevalent, 4-plus color printing became the focus of the firm. In 1998, Lebon Press entered the multi-color market with the purchase of a 5-color plus aqueous coating Sakurai press. Significant success resulted, and computer to plate imaging equipment followed in the fourth quarter of 2000. The addition of ICC color profiling allowed the complete calibration of color print files to the scanning, proofing and pressroom functions, utilizing the same once-ripped files. The result is the highest print resolution possible. In the spring of 2004, added to the pressroom was a 6-color 40" Heidelberg Speedmaster with Aqueous coating and perfecting features. Increased color printing capability was the driving force behind the investment, further economies of scale and production benefits.