Island Scan was founded in 1989 to supply high quality colour separations and cromalin proofs to printers and advertising agencies in the Channel Islands and the south coast of England.

The scanning and hand planning of a wide variety of complex projects gave the team a thorough grounding in the use of colours and the skills needed to produce top quality printing.

Increasingly clients were requesting a cost effective method of producing proofs for checking content and layout prior to outputting expensive sets of film. As a result of this demand an alternative system needed to be found. It was at this time that Apple Macs were beginning to be used in the colour separation process and it was possible to output directly onto paper from colour plotters. The colour matching on the early plotters was not accurate enough to be used as printers proofs but within a short period plotters emerged which had calibration capabilities which eliminated this problem.
Island Scan soon found that demand for short run poster work outgrew the traditional demand for film and cromalin proofs. More plotters were purchased which could print larger reel widths, run more quickly and with far more accuracy than the earlier models.

Island Scan had now changed its core business but by retaining the original staff, whose skills in planning and scanning were easily adapted, a smooth transition into the world of digital print was made.

Increasing requests for short run colour printing for brochures, flyers, reports and accounts, greetings cards etc. led Island Scan, after a thorough investigation, to purchase a Xeikon 32D colour printing press in 2000, together with the ancillary finishing equipment. The volume grew to such an extent that in 2002 a Xeikon 50D was also installed.


Please email enquiries@ islandscan.com or call André Digard on 01481 259188.

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