IMAGE CORPORATION -- Color At its Core

Watson started the company as a one-man operation, by and large, although his brother also was involved on an informal basis. Steve Watson officially joined the staff about a year later. Both brothers had traditional stripping backgrounds, which was the initial business focus of the company.

In short order, the shop's volume of work justified installing a Screen SG 737 color drum scanner, rather than jobbing out its scans. Next came a high-end assembly station, and then a duplicate drum scanner. The equipment was used to produce films for packaging, publications and general commercial work.