Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Who we are
Fine Print Imaging had its humble beginnings in a garage located in central Fort Collins, Colorado. In 1975, two English and journalism teachers, Mark Lukes and Carl Sever, pooled their resources to build a color print lab. Their original intention was to just print for themselves, but word quickly spread throughout the Colorado art show community that these guys in Fort Collins were doing some pretty amazing photo printing. And in the fall of 1975, Fine Print opened its (garage) doors to business. The 70s and 80s took a lot of twists and turns, with the two founders doing anything that could make money in photography. Old time portrait studios, forming the first full color MLS book for the real estate industry, creating a wholesale framed photo outlet selling our artists’ and photographers’ prints in major department and furniture stores in cities like New York, Minneapolis, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco. But all the while, Fine Print Imaging kept attracting new customers. By 1990, we had 26 employees and over 3000 customers coming from all 50 states. In 1991, Carl left the business, making Mark and his wife, Linda, the sole owners. Today we still have customers in all 50 states – and many countries around the world. With the advent of digital imaging in the mid to late 90s, Fine Print once again began the process of reinventing itself, becoming the second lab world-wide to purchase and install the Chromira digital photo printer. Fine Print continues to use the Chromira – albeit a new generation model – for its Lumira digital photo prints. In addition, Fine Print has a complete lineup of ink printers, scanning equipment and canvas stretching equipment.
Fine Print has always been active in the conservation movement.
In 2015, Fine Print Imaging transferred ownership of Colorado Frames to its frame shop employees. Colorado Frames is still in it’s same location – right next door to Fine Print – and offers the same great services and pricing to artists across North America. CF began in Fort Collins in 1979 and remains one of the premier wholesale custom frame shops in the US.
Fine Print’s conservation legacy continues with the evolution of its Art for Conservation program and web site www.artforconservation.org. Through Art for Conservation, we nurture the careers of hundreds of conservation artists and photographers and support numerous conservation organizations with our Art for Conservation printing program. We practice what we preach and have been making strong strides in creating one of the greenest labs in the country.
