I'm just a guy making videos that I wish someone would have made for me. I run a small print and promotional business. I have a bunch of equipment in house and I outsource what I don't have. I try to be an open book for questions. I talk about: Embroidery, Screen Printing, Heat Transfer (HTV), Pad Printing, Vinyl, Signs, Printing, Promotional Products, Production Printing, White Toner, and so much more.
Website - TimeToMakeSomething.com My Tools - TimeToMakeSomething.com/tools
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Great video! I’m a sticker cut line designer and have created over 5000 stickers for Roland machines. I have a client who needs the same artwork adapted for an HP machine. Could you guide me on how to change the sticker cut lines in one go to support the HP machine? Any tips or best practices would be greatly appreciated!
Hi there I'm currently experiencing a similar issue with HP latex 370 .... Tried pulling the carriage to back centre like you did initially but it has not worked
What a fantastic video! I’d love to know where you sourced your fiber lasers for the pen and tumbler. Did you also purchase the pen jig from the same place? Also i when to your website and didnt find link for private community.
Question for you, you mentioned the holographic…couple of questions: PRINTING: When we loaded the holographic substrate onto our HP Latex 360, it loaded fine but later we noticed the material started rolling off of the spool. Printer told us that it was loose or that it came off its spool (keep in mind this was a brand new roll) and we looked under and sure enough, it was. Any ideas on how to coarse correct that? CUTTING: do you cut holographic on the Graphtec? We have the 8600, and we had issues with it cutting correctly. We cut plenty of 3.4 and 6mil matte vinyl with no prob. As soon as we get the holographic in the cutter, it’s like the reflectiveness is messing with the sensors in seeing the registration marks so when it started cutting the stickers the cut was like 1/4 to 1/2 inch off from the actual design. As soon as we printed onto a matte 3.4mil, it was fine. Any thoughts or tips on that? Your input is appreciated.
Hi I would like to talk to you about sales and what you would recommend. I’m trying g to build the other side of my business the stickers, promo item, signs . Thank you In advance
Hey, at least you know how to keep the shop running when your employees are out sick or on vacation. I've worked for a few places now that when someone is out, the place just comes to a grinding halt because they have no backup.
I'm nowhere near your size, we just started. But rule has been on delivery. But now anything over $100 (pennies to you) pay half up fromt. Then rest on delivery.
It's seems your business has changed a huge amount over the last little bit. It'd be great to get an understanding of the scale and organisational structure now. Having been following since you were in your garage I find it super interesting.
Upfront or C.O.D at worst, I have been going since 2009 and I started demanding that two years ago. Best choice I ever made. I may have a lost a few clients but I am not a bank and it takes too much time chasing people up who dont want to pay on time. I am not as big as you but its all relative, I used to do work for a local Union who I did $6k a month with but they paid on 60 days. I cut them loose it got too hard waiting for their payment.
I definitely feel the cash flow pains, we had our best month yet in July and when I set down at the end of the month and saw we lost money - I was/am pretty deflated. We are 14 months into this and have lost money on every month, something has to change. Not sure the answer yet, but I do know my pricing process is likely part of the problem.
I think from a financial standpoint, the hardest part of this industry is cash flow. A lot of customers want Net 15 or Net 30 terms, but at the same time, a lot of vendors want their money up front. Hard to schedule jobs when you can't order paper, ink or shipping supplies, while you're waiting for the money to come in. Hopefully cash flow will even out for you soon enough.
@@ttms Nor should you be. For some reason the print industry is just a shit show when it comes to the way cash flow works. The print providers are always the ones that get stuck, while the customers and the paper and supply vendors make out.
Totally agree regarding shipping, you have to make sure its DDP. You may have to ask different manufacturers because most of them only do bulk or CIP shipping. They don't want to bother with small orders that won't fill the container. I ordered a relatively large passenger enclosed tricycle. I live in California though and am relatively close to the port. Price of my unit was around $1200 with DDP shipping around $2300 for a total of $3500 to my door. No need for a customs broker or freight forwarder, they handled everything, I just had to wait for it to be delivered. For me it was worth it as golf carts new are around $6k to $10k in my area.
hi Daron, you have come a long way since your days in your garage at home, i have been inspired by your videos and run a latex 360 from my home, congrats on your success sir!
