Inkjet & Digital Printing
Dallas Photo Labs New KODAK NEXPRESS S3000 Digital Production Color Press Brings on New Market Opportunities
Friday 27. February 2009 - Full Color, a professional photo lab in Dallas, Texas, grows its business by reaching customers on a personal level. Reflecting the companys belief in the power of a personalized approach, Full Color now offers a full range of high value, personalized photo press products with its new KODAK NEXPRESS S3000 Digital Production Color Press featuring the KODAK Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions.
“Kodak truly understands the photographic marketplace and how to meet the needs of our customers for outstanding durability and color quality expectations. Being able to offer a wide range of high quality applications is huge for business,” said Steve Pullin, President, Full Color.
Specializing in photographic solutions for books, cards, calendars and marketing collateral for professional photographers, this service oriented company differentiates themselves among the competition with the unique features of the NEXPRESS Press. “Kodaks Dimensional Printing capabilities add a whole new element of personalization that customers appreciate,” added Pullin. “They can see and now feel the image as if they were touching the actual objecta capability thats opening doors for us.”
In conjunction with the KODAK NEXPRESS Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions, KODAK NEXPRESS Dimensional Clear Dry Ink works with the wide range of substrates that NEXPRESS Presses support to further expand the applications that can be digitally produced. Raised text or graphics can be placed on materials such as photobooks, calendars, greeting cards, invitations, collateral, business cards, certificates or direct mail.
“Professional photographers know that image quality is key, but when it comes to photo prints, so is resilience,” said Pullin. “The NEXPRESS Press can produce work that has the color quality, durability and longevity required by the professional photographic industry.”
Full Color upgraded from its KODAK NEXPRESS 2100 Digital Production Color Press to the KODAK NEXPRESS S3000 Digital Production Color Press to capitalize on business growth and market opportunities in photo products. The S3000 is a five-color, high end production press in the NEXPRESS Press platform that helps users provide the results photographers want using a more sustainable print process with no VOCs, de-inkable sheets suitable for recycling, and a number of recyclable parts.
The KODAK NEXPRESS Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions offer clear coating, watermarking, glossing, protection coating, color gamut expansion, and MICR. The Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions also enable high impact glossing in conjunction with the KODAK NEXPRESS Glossing Unit. The S3000 uses press profiling and standard inks to match up to 82 percent of the PANTONE spot color gamut with no custom mixing required which adds application flexibility.
Full Color is a family operated lab with more than two decades experience in the business. Started in a converted grocery store with $3,000 in family savings, Full Color has grown into a high-tech lab using the latest in photographic processing and imaging technology. Investing in the equipment and training to meet photographers evolving needs, Full Color continues as an industry leader.