A familiar name in the industry has returned.

Hall Photographic started as a small camera shop in Toronto in 1957, but many will remember the business as Treck Hall after it merged with Treck Photographic in the 1980s.

With the photographic industry taking a hit in the following years, the business merged with Mondrian to form Mondrian-Hall, and not long after was bought by Unisource and operated as a division of that company.

John Hall — the third generation of Halls in the business, has now relaunched under the Hall family name as Treck Hall Wide Format.

With four employees and warehousing in Toronto and Vancouver, along with customer service/sales reps in both cities, the business has moved away from hardware and concentrates its efforts on wide format media. Product lines include HP, Epson, Ilford (Omnijet), and others, and the company is about to launch Ritrama, a vinyl substrate line.

Treck Hall Wide Format has a booth at the upcoming Print World show in Toronto. "That'll be my welcome back party," he said.