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Manalapan, New Jersey · Established 1971
A lab run by photographers, for photographers.
El-Co Color Labs has been in business since 1971. Our staff carries 147 years of experience between them, and every one of us understands what you are expecting when you open the box.
The lab
- In business since
- 1971
- Collective experience
- 147 years
- Location
- Manalapan, New Jersey
- Serving
- Professionals & artists worldwide
- ICC profiles published
- 12, free
- Phone
- 732-536-1808
Our laboratory is unique in that it is operated by photographers, for photographers. Quality, attention to detail and color management are our highest priorities, because as photographers ourselves we know and understand what our clients expect.
El-Co has managed to evolve inside an industry that has changed constantly around us, and our longevity is the proof of it. The lab is currently the creative outlet for many professional and commercial photographers and artists worldwide, and the products we offer are of the highest quality with limitless variety available.
If you can imagine it, we can create it. Our personalized customer service makes every product unique to the artist or photographer behind it, and our goal each and every day is a completely satisfied client.
What we run
Silver halide
Durst Theta 76HS and Noritsu QSS printers on Fuji Professional Crystal Archive papers, processed in Fuji Professional RA-4 chemistry. Up to 30″ by 13 feet.
Fine art & fabric
A Canon iPF9000 12-color inkjet for Hahnemühle cotton rag, baryta, and our Print-n-Stick satin cloth.
Canvas & grand format
An HP 365 64″ Latex printer, with a Vutek GS3200 handling rolls wider than 60″.
Flatbed UV
A Canon / Océ 318GL flatbed printing direct to rigid media up to 4′ x 8′ and 1.8″ thick, plus roll media to 86.5″.