The Colour Shop Inc. is a printing company with 35 years of graphic production experience. As one of the first shops to get a Mac in the ‘80’s, and the first to have a 600 dpi laser printer in town, when everyone else was printing at 300 dpi. Things have changed a lot since then, and in 1993 when we needed to find a new laser printer, we became Xante Dealers. Soon after, laser printing plates became an experimental way to print without all of the older traditional steps. We worked with various pioneering companies to develop a laser plate which could perform as required without a lot of problems. In the process, we learned to recognize ( and solve) just about any problem a printer could have with polyester laser plates. Xante was the first to produce a quality laser plate which could achieve a long run with a good possibility of no background. We have run with these for years, and produced every thing up to process colour with Myriad 2 Plates imaged on a 2400 dpi Xante Platemaker 4. We are now using the Xante PlateMaker 5, and also producing Hot Foil Stamping with cuts made in-house using the Myriad film we produce on the PlateMaker.

Advances in technology, and competition in the market has brought us to the next level. We now have a new and better laser plate which performs as well as the Myriad 2, at a much lower cost. We are able to provide you with these plates at amazing low prices, because we now handle a large enough volume to get the best prices from the manufacturers. In fact, we are now having our own brand made, the “Universal Polyester Laser Plate” This one is the best we have seen yet, and we know you will agree once you try them.

Now we are more than printers. Half of our activity now is selling Laser printers, PlateMakers, Polyester Plates, CD Labelers and Duplicators, and providing a full service and repair depot for Xante Products.

We still print, and have the knowledge to help you apply the new technology to your printing operation, with products that we have already tested and proven. We serve customers from coast to coast in Canada, and all across the U.S. Our toll free number (1-800-613-6691) can be reached from anywhere. If you have a shop which runs a small offset press, or if you have tried any type of Polyester master for printing, you should call us and ask about the newest developments.