Sue2

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  8. Posted

    Recently I had a local Computer Business build a computer tower to my requirements...

    he did it at half the price of an online offer...check around!  It may work for you.  I already had keyboard & 

    monitor.

    Sue

  9. Posted

    Yes...there were a bunch that look very similar to this one...

    I think we are our own worst enemies ... we try to make designs/text exactly like the original...

    when in truth, our customers wouldn't usually notice the "fine points" we obsess over!!!701746466_MusicinthePark_Take-2.jpg.b85a9a681dbe3bd6434661c0b1189edb.jpg

    LOL

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  10. Posted

    Even closer is Buttercup....I thought maybe just taking the letters that didn't look altered may work....the  "u, i, c, a, r, k"...

    Lesson learned... the other letters were altered and Find My Font couldn't find a good match.

    Sue

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  15. Posted

    HTV or Screen Printing for work shirts?   It's a hard one to answer now with today's improved vinyls. 

    "How does HTV hold up to washing? Is it durable?  Will the letters peel?  Which would last longer"

    I had a new customer ask this recently. I told them I thought HTV & Screen Printing would hold up about equal.

    We don't offer screen printing so I just gave them our HTV price.

    They needed 20 shirts so either method would be practical.  The attached photo is what they were replacing and it was screen printed.

    Considering the wear on the shirt, I would say that screen printing held up really well and I told them that.

    They were checking around because the screen printer who made those had doubled the cost.....and they were looking for less expensive alternatives.

    Never heard back from them so I guess they went the screen printing route again or found someone cheaper.

    What do you all think?

    Thanks!   Sue2

     

     

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  16. Posted

    52 minutes ago, mabscotthandyman said:

    I have a Stalhs heattronic  11x15 I bought 5-6 years ago that’s still in the box.....I am probably going to start using it soon to add to the services offered I am probably going to retire because of my knees and ankles are shot so I will offer signs ready to install and possibly decals, license plates and shirts and screen printed and printed services from my vendor. Getting old sucks and I can’t do what I need to do in the contracting business or the sign installation business.

    Get that press out of the box!   Heat press is really fun.

    ...and here are your first two shirts for yourself...I personally have one of each!

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  19. Posted

    59 minutes ago, skarekrow said:

    Yup... Adding an inner stroke to Dimitri in Photoshop gets you pretty close to the example;

    Dimitri.png.4bb2545f97c82faf068e349aae27a380.png

    Good find!  I saw it was similar to Dimitri Swank......but didn't pursue it.

    Still very ugly though!

     

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  20. Posted

    I would guess it's hand made...there is no consistency on the width of the strokes.

    The top and bottom angles of the  "D" aren't the same.

    The angles on the "A" are all over the place...not at all even.

    The width of the top of the "D", "G", "A" & "F" are all different.

    Just trace it........

     

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  23. Posted

    I always consider the return on investment of the equipment....how long after purchase will you make PROFIT dollar #1.

    More equipment means: 

    >>> More production space needed

    >>> More labor...you or someone else has to run the equipment

    >>> More maintenance... both in time and $

    >>> More raw material costs

    >>> More material waste...not all jobs print like you imagined

    >>> More time not selling & fulfilling

    Although you will improve job turn-around time with in-house equipment, you will lose your own personal time.    Is it worth it?

    Will the home produced product be of the quality you are currently receiving?

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  24. Posted

    I need to vent!  I made a two sided 2' x 3' coroplast sign to encourage residents & passersby in this corona virus pandemic.  I put it out in front of our business yesterday at 2 PM and it was stolen during the night!  REALLY PEOPLE????  Hard to believe someone would be so crass as to steal this attitude lifter.

    So, now I am printing window signs that will be mounted inside . . . it's not the same visually but it will have to do...I don't have extra cash to waste on another outside sign.

    Sue2

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  25. Posted

    On 3/22/2020 at 5:51 PM, slice&dice said:

    OK, since it sure seems like everyone is exhausted with the crisis already (and this shutdown is gonna be going on for WEEKS ahead), I figured this hat would be fun to wear !!

     

     

    And thanks for the idea...here are my new t-shirts!

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