Exhibit 99.1

ARC Document Solutions Reports Results for First Quarter 2014

WALNUT CREEK, CA — (May 6, 2014)—ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ARC), the nation’s leading document solutions provider for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014.

Quarterly Business Highlights:

Management Commentary

“We generated good results in the first quarter, thanks largely to the strength of our margin structure and the diversification of our business lines,” said K. Suri Suriyakumar, Chairman, President and CEO of ARC Document Solutions. “We were also pleased to see activity rise substantially in March after experiencing the dampening effects of severe weather during January and February. Despite a year-over-year sales increase of less than one percent during the quarter, our gross margin grew by 140 basis points. This kind of leverage demonstrates the sustainable strength of our new business model. Combined with the improving economic environment, better news in employment, and incremental gains throughout the construction industry, our first quarter results give me confidence in our increasing value throughout 2014.”

John Toth, ARC’s CFO, said, “We experienced weather-related sales losses between $1 million and $1.5 million in the early part of the quarter, but we were able to take it largely in stride, essentially matching our revenue performance in the first quarter of 2013 but improving our gross margin. Cash from operations was healthy despite the lower than expected sales and the changes in levels of working capital we typically experience in the first quarter. In spite of these headwinds, we were able to generate enough cash to comfortably double the principal payment required under our new Term Loan, reducing our principal from $200 million to $195 million. We plan to continue to aggressively reduce our long term debt and thereby our invested capital in the future.”

2014 First Quarter Supplemental Information:

Net sales were $100.4 million, a 0.3% increase compared to the first quarter of 2013.

Days sales outstanding in Q1 2014 were 53, compared to 55 days in Q1 2013.

AEC customers comprised approximately 77% of our total net sales, while non-AEC customers made up approximately 23% of our total net sales.

Total number of Onsite Services contracts at the end of the first quarter was approximately 7,900, a gain of nearly 200 contracts from the beginning of the year.

Outlook:

ARC Document Solutions anticipates annual adjusted earnings per share in 2014 to be in the range of $0.19 to $0.23 on a fully diluted basis. Annual cash flow from operations is expected to be in the range of $51 million to $56 million. Annual adjusted EBITDA is projected to be in the range of $69 million to $73 million.

Teleconference and Webcast:

ARC Document Solutions will host a conference call and audio webcast today at 2:00 P.M. Pacific Time (5:00 P.M. Eastern Time) to discuss results for the Company’s first quarter of 2014. To access the live audio call, dial 888-430-8694. International callers may join the conference by dialing 719-325-2470. The conference ID number is 7020350. A live webcast will also be made available on the investor relations page of ARC Document Solution’s website at www.e-arc.com.

A replay of the call will be available for five days after the call’s conclusion. To access the replay, dial 888-203-1112. International callers may access the replay by dialing 719-457-0820. The conference ID number is 7020350. The webcast will also be made available at www.e-arc.com for approximately 90 days following the call’s conclusion.

About ARC Document Solutions (NYSE: ARC)

ARC Document Solutions is a leading document solutions company serving businesses of all types, with an emphasis on the non-residential segment of the architecture, engineering and construction industries. The Company helps more than 90,000 customers reduce costs and increase efficiency in the use of their documents, improve document access and control, and offers a wide variety of ways to print, produce, and store documents. ARC provides its solutions onsite in more than 7,900 of its customers’ offices, offsite in service centers around the world, and digitally in the form of proprietary software and web applications. For more information please visit www.e-arc.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on current opinions, estimates and assumptions of management regarding future events and the future financial performance of the Company. Words such as “continuing growth,” “confidence” “sustainable,” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements and all statements other than statements of historical fact, including, but not limited to, any projections regarding earnings, revenues and financial performance of the Company, could be deemed forward-looking statements. We caution you that such statements are only predictions and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking

statements. In addition to matters affecting the construction, managed print services, document management or reprographics industries, or the economy generally, factors that could cause actual results to differ from expectations stated in forward-looking statements include, among others, the factors described in the caption entitled “Risk Factors” in Item 1A in ARC Document Solution’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other periodic filings and prospectuses. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

Contact Information:

David Stickney

VP Corporate Communications

925-949-5114

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

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Non-GAAP Measures

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

EBIT, EBITDA and related ratios presented in this report are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by or presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). These measures are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income, income from operations, or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as an alternative to cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities as a measure of our liquidity.

EBIT represents net income before interest and taxes. EBITDA represents net income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBIT margin is a non-GAAP measure calculated by dividing EBIT by net sales. EBITDA margin is a non-GAAP measure calculated by dividing EBITDA by net sales.

We present EBIT, EBITDA and related ratios because we consider them important supplemental measures of our performance and liquidity. We believe investors may also find these measures meaningful, given how our management makes use of them. The following is a discussion of our use of these measures.

We use EBIT and EBITDA to measure and compare the performance of our operating segments. Our operating segments’ financial performance includes all of the operating activities except debt and taxation which are managed at the corporate level for U.S. operating segments. As a result, we believe EBIT is the best measure of operating segment profitability and the most useful metric by which to measure and compare the performance of our operating segments. We also use EBIT to measure performance for determining operating segment-level compensation and we use EBITDA to measure performance for determining consolidated-level compensation. In addition, we use EBIT and EBITDA to evaluate potential acquisitions and potential capital expenditures.

EBIT, EBITDA and related ratios have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are as follows:

Because of these limitations, EBIT, EBITDA, and related ratios should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in business growth or to reduce our indebtedness. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using EBIT, EBITDA and related ratios only as supplements. For more information, see our interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes on our 2014 first quarter report on Form 10-Q. Additionally, please refer to our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our presentation of adjusted net income and adjusted EBITDA over certain periods is an attempt to provide meaningful comparisons to our historical performance for our existing and future investors. The unprecedented changes in our end markets over the past several years have required us to take measures that are unique in our history and specific to individual circumstances. Comparisons inclusive of these actions make normal financial and other performance patterns difficult to discern under a strict GAAP presentation. Each non-GAAP presentation, however, is explained in detail in the reconciliation tables above.

Specifically, we have presented adjusted net income attributable to ARC and adjusted earnings per share attributable to ARC shareholders for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 to reflect the exclusion of restructuring expense and changes in the valuation allowances related to certain deferred tax assets and other discrete tax items. This presentation facilitates a meaningful comparison of our operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. We believe these charges were the result of the current macroeconomic environment, our capital restructuring, or other items which are not indicative of our actual operating performance.

We presented adjusted EBITDA in three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 to exclude stock-based compensation expense and restructuring expense. The adjustment of EBITDA for non-cash adjustments is consistent with the definition of adjusted EBITDA in our credit agreement; therefore, we believe this information is useful to investors in assessing our financial performance.

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