The Drawing Centre

Established 1956
  • X-Press RK512 UV Printer

    CET's X-Press Roll-to-Roll UV Printer delivers speed and quality at a price competitive to similar sized solvent printers. The instant curing of the UV curable ink system is both eco-friendly - producing low VOCs - and because there is instant drying with the cool UV curing, this printer is able to print on virtually any media such as fabric, vinyl and PVC. Ideal for indoor & outdoor signage, vehicle graphics, and POP displays.

    • Maximum resolution: 1440 x 720 dpi
    • 120" maximum print width

  • $100K Print & Cut System

    CET's special $100K Print & Cut System brings an incredible bundle offer that makes it possible for small to medium sign businesses and digital service bureaus to join the big league of large format printers. This offer bundles together CET's versatile X-Press UV Flatbed and the X-Press CNC Router for a print-to-final-product capability all for under $100KUS!

  • Teriostar LP-1020MF Printer/Scanner

    Seiko Teriostar plotters and copiers have the smallest footprint in the industry, utilize parallel-processing which can actually double productivity by being able to process an incoming file while another one prints. Teriostar plotters and copiers are designed specifically for the high-speed workflow of today’s CAD, AEC and reprographic businesses.

  • Seiko V-64s Solvent Printer

    The V-64s offers the fastest true 720 dpi printing speeds of any printer in this price class. So your turnaround times are lower, and your volume capability is maximized. With 6 colors, it is the perfect printer configuration for producing outdoor signs and banners. You can do a lot more in less time, on a wider range of substrates.

  • Seiko H-74s Solvent Printer

    Introducing the NEW 74" printer from Seiko. Utilizing the New Seiko piezo inkjet heads that jet at very high frequencies, but with single head reliability. More productivity per head means less complexity in the electronics and fluid systems, delivering better long-term reliability than other designs. It maintains color density and offers speeds of up to 2x faster, at lower resolutions.

  • Seiko H-104s Solvent Printer

    Introducing the NEW 104" printer from Seiko. Utilizing the New Seiko piezo inkjet heads that jet at very high frequencies, but with single head reliability. More productivity per head means less complexity in the electronics and fluid systems, delivering better long-term reliability than other designs. It maintains color density and offers speeds of up to 2x faster, at lower resolutions.

The History of The Drawing Centre

Founded in 1956 by George Alexander Leask

The Drawing Centre opened in 1956 as a print shop located in a garage off an alley at Bay Street & King Street in Toronto.  The garage was 1,000 square feet and the business provided blueprint services to business in the downtown core.  Within its first 5 years of operation it became a major provider of blue printing services in Toronto, purchasing so much diazo paper that suppliers had difficulty keeping up.  Because of stock issues, the company decided to set up their own coating line so they would not have to rely on outside manufacturers.  The Drawing Centre built their own coating equipment and soon manufactured so much diazo that the excess was sold to other print shops.  In 1962 The Drawing Centre became a Clearprint dealer and within one year they became their largest reseller in Canada.   The business grew quickly forcing a move to Racine Road in Etobicoke and the addition of a delivery fleet.

The Drawing Centre was the first company in Canada to use the Volkswagon Van for their delivery fleet.

It quickly outstripped the location at Racine Road and moved to a facility that was twice as big on Vulcan Street in Etobicoke.  Around 1975 another move to 80 RoyalCrest Road was necessary.  The Drawing Centre began selling Neolt Super Diazo printers, trimmers, drafting machines and tables as well as diazo products to the graphics industry.  A coating machine was added to provide sepia line materials.

1979-80 a wholly owned subsidiary was set up to produce a computer aided drafting system CADAR Computer Aided Design And Research.  The first computer system able to transition from manual drafting to computer based drafting was designed and manufactured by Mr. Leask working in conjunction with a company out of Ottawa.  A pen plotter was also designed which was eventually sold to the design industry for mass manufacturing. 

The 1980’s saw the introduction of water based ink jet printers to which The Drawing Centre was authorized by Encad to sell their printers.  Today The Drawing Center is still Canadian company owned & operated by the same family, now in the 3rd generation and located at 1821 Albion Road #1-2 in Etobicoke.

 

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