Printing at Magnascan

Inkjet-Printer-iconWe create a diverse range of printing at Magnascan, from business cards to full colour product catalogues. We can print any sized poster up to AO on our Epson large format photo printer. If you have a request for a print job and need some information, just ask us. We have a fully qualified printing and pre-press tradesman working here with over 20 years of hands on experience. If he dosen't know the answer, then no one else in town will either!

Our range of printed products covers business cards, post cards, christmas/greetings cards, stickers, labels, invoice and docket books, posters, brochures, catalogues and pull-up banners. Size variations include  DL, A6, A5, A4 and A3 sized flyers for mailouts and letter box drops, and larger A2, A1 and AO sized banners and posters.

We also offer specialist print finishes and embelishments like foil blocking (metallic finish shiny foil colour) embossing (raised areas on print) spot varnish (shaped shiny areas over print surface) as well as rounded corners, folding business cards, plastic cards, even transparent cards!

Look below for samples of some of our recent print jobs-

Printing Samples

Andrew-Knights-Card Edens-Landing-Child-Care-A4 Jason_Business_Card KAT-DL Kat-Broch-Front-Cover Kat-Business-Cards Life-Essence-Business-Card Making_Babies_Letterhead Randolph-A4-flyer Smart-Gas-Business-Card Smart-Gas-Envelope Smart-Gas-Letterhead Smart-Gas-With-Comps StorageKing-DL-flyer Verve-Health-Card Welcome_Letter_Making_Babies Yellowfin-wine-label ZF_RaisinToast_tentcard Zarraffas_Free_Mug_OP Zarraffas_GCBA_A4

Printing Facilities

What We Do

• What we do. Magnascan can supply a full range of printing services, from business cards to full colour brochures. We can print small runs and customize.

• What we have. Our impressive range of in house equipment includes high-end crosfield drum scanners, flat-bed scanners, high speed full colour copiers, powerful desktop macintosh workstations with the latest page makeup and image manipulation programs, a large format colour poster printer and a short-run celloglazing machine. We also have a fully equipped in-house photo studio with a comprehensive range of film and digital cameras capable of capturing sharp, clear images of your products & services. See below for a complete rundown of our inhouse equipment.

• Why we can do it. Having lots of equipment means nothing if you don't know how to use it, and this is where having a tradesman with 20 years of experience comes in, see for yourself what a difference it makes!

• When we do it. Our office hours are 8.30Am to 4.30Pm Monday to Friday.

Our Awards

GoldMedalWe always aim for a quality product and our successes at the PICA excellence in print awards is a reward for that aim.
We now have a total of 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at the national awards and 4 gold and 2 silver at state level, with our latest success being at the 2007 national awards (1 gold & 2 bronze).
We are always competing against much larger businesses than ourselves, with more resourses and people, so its a very rewarding experience when we win, its what keeps us motivated. Keep an eye on our medal tally at the top, were not finished yet!

Our Hardware

• Computer Workstations. We have 4 apple macintosh systems, an Intel chipped Quad core Powermac Tower, a 24' intel Imac, a G3 Imac and a dual processor G5, all running Apples leading operating system OSX, as well as 2 pentium 4's with windows xp. Applications include Adobe Indesign CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Acrobat 9 professional, Corel Draw, Microsoft Publisher and microsoft office suite.

• Large Format Printer. Our large format printer is the epson 9800, probably the finest quality large printer in the world. Its capable of printing resolutions upto 2880dpi and can image that at 1180mm by any length. Its ultrachrome K3 inkset is recognized as one of the premier archival inks on the market and can deliver stunning colour rendition and clarity.

• Flatbed Scanner. We also have a flatbed scanner from epson, the v-700. Its a fast, capable scanning unit, coming as close as you can get to the drum scanner quality, but possessing the important advantage of being able to scan non flexible originals.

• Roll Celloglazer. We have the ability to celloglaze printing upto 320mm wide by any length. We can apply the plastic coating finish in a gloss or matt finish on one or two sides and do it on short run amounts, even one copy!