About Us
PCI installs its Fuji Acuity flatbed printer. It's currently the best flatbed on the market producing photographic quality products.
PCI remodels entire office and purchases the HP Scitex 1500 16ft wide printer, the Roland 54" printer/cutter and the Miller Weldmaster 180, the largest format printer and finish welder in the entire region.
Bob Green predicts the end of conventional photography and makes the decision to abandon film processing altogether. PCI moves into the "Grand Format" business with the purchase of two Mamaki 104" digital inkjet printers along with it's Encad printers. By the end of 2003 there is only one paper processor remaining in the building.
The first in the country to own the Noritzu 1600 QSS stand alone digital printer, moving into the 1-hour photo business.
PCI becomes the leader in digital imaging with it's LightJet 5000 imager, Solitaire Film recorders and Howtek drum scanners.
PCI enters its first foray into digital graphic with the purchase of Mac computers and its Compugraphic 7500 image setter. The company has grown from a small 1500 square foot lab to nearly 10,000 square feet.
With business booming PCI adds a Pako 54" b/w processor, a Kreonite 55" color processor, and two e-6 machines, begins processing color film and adds 4 Durst enlargers. A compound workstation is purchased for the creation of 35mm slide presentations.
With the purchase of two ACTI blow-back cameras PCI adds 4-color separations and printed circuit board photography to its list of services while expanding into a full service photo lab.
With little more than a wing and a prayer Bob Green opens Photo Communications in Oct. of 1976 and on March 1st, 1977 Photo Communications, Incorporated is born. With $3000.00, a couple of trays full of chemistry and a 15 year old process camera, PCI begins as a photolab supporting offset printers with graphics, photographic services and pre-press stripping and layout.
HIGHLY SKILLED, HIGHLY MOTIVATED
Back in 1977, when the few computers around ran on coal, we were processing film, making prints and preparing display materials by hand.When instant desktop publishing burst onto the scene with the first laser printer, we saw the handwriting on the wall (it was Palatino, 72 point) and began to specialize in computer-driven solutions. And since then we've always invested in the latest and greatest - trust us, you wouldn't want to have to pay our equipment bills - as soon as it became available.
INCREDIBLY COMMITTED
When technology makes for a better result, we buy it. When our customers need something, we get it. Then we test it, calibrate it and maintain it so it does what it's supposed to do.You'd have a hard time finding a government agency or large or small company in the area that hasn't used us. Even the most quality-conscious ad agencies and design firms keep coming back again and again, despite our best efforts to discourage a few of them.
Why? Because they know that we'll always, always, always do whatever it takes to get the job done, even if it means pulling an all-nighter. (Hey, it's a glamorous business.) They know we won't nickel and dime them on the price. They know they can call anytime and any employee can help them. All of our employees are familiar with how the entire operation works. And they know they'll get what they need when they need it, at a quality level that is unsurpassed.
CURRENT EQUIPMENT
- HP Scitex 1500 Grand format printer
- Roland 54" printer/cutter
- Fuji Acuity flatbed printer
- Epson 9000S high resolutions printers
- Miller Weldmaster 180 with 30' width capacity
- Hasselblad H2 DSS Multi-pass Digital Scanning System
- Orca III laminator