"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
I saw the difference in Danny's prints between the Lawson and the M&R (heck I may have seen his old lawson as well) I will say that there seems to be a big step up between prints that were generated on the old unit to the new unit. Plus, I believe that Danny wrote on the note to Rich that he set the print up that I saw without touching a single micro. -- Nice print BTW, I love your use of the white stripe around the art to make it look 3d. (and the US/14 on the bouy) I'm preparing to write the check on one for our shop... here's several things that have gone through our heads:1. setups will be MUCH faster...2. film takes a long time to print, then move, then image, etc.3. if we use permanently blocked out screens, and don't need to micro much if at all, I bet we can get away with never using registration marks or anything else to tape. So we save the $$$ in tape cost.4. Film does cost money... I figured out the other day that we go through rougly $150-$200 in film and ink EVERY month.5. even if you're fast, registering a film onto the screen takes additional time.on a 4 or 5 color tight registration job, today it takes us 40-50 minutes to set that job up on press. if I can set that same job up in 5 or 10 minutes max, now we can print that many more jobs.PLUS, less training for the screen room operator.I'm sure there's other benefits that I'll realize once we start using it, but those are my thoughts right now.
3. if we use permanently blocked out screens, and don't need to micro much if at all, I bet we can get away with never using registration marks or anything else to tape. So we save the $$$ in tape cost.
Quote from: jvanick on September 05, 2014, 10:21:34 AM3. if we use permanently blocked out screens, and don't need to micro much if at all, I bet we can get away with never using registration marks or anything else to tape. So we save the $$$ in tape cost.haha oh no you didn't....
Quote from: jvanick on September 05, 2014, 10:21:34 AMI saw the difference in Danny's prints between the Lawson and the M&R (heck I may have seen his old lawson as well) I will say that there seems to be a big step up between prints that were generated on the old unit to the new unit. Plus, I believe that Danny wrote on the note to Rich that he set the print up that I saw without touching a single micro. -- Nice print BTW, I love your use of the white stripe around the art to make it look 3d. (and the US/14 on the bouy) I'm preparing to write the check on one for our shop... here's several things that have gone through our heads:1. setups will be MUCH faster...2. film takes a long time to print, then move, then image, etc.3. if we use permanently blocked out screens, and don't need to micro much if at all, I bet we can get away with never using registration marks or anything else to tape. So we save the $$$ in tape cost.4. Film does cost money... I figured out the other day that we go through rougly $150-$200 in film and ink EVERY month.5. even if you're fast, registering a film onto the screen takes additional time.on a 4 or 5 color tight registration job, today it takes us 40-50 minutes to set that job up on press. if I can set that same job up in 5 or 10 minutes max, now we can print that many more jobs.PLUS, less training for the screen room operator.I'm sure there's other benefits that I'll realize once we start using it, but those are my thoughts right now.#4...I know you'll save money on film. But wouldn't you use roughly the same amount of ink? Or whatever the I-Image uses...I'm assuming that is some sort of special ink. What does that cost?
I bought a helicopter with cash and it gets me to my shop 20min faster each day. It was a no brainer, I just did it, wouldn't ever go back to driving!
Quote from: IntegrityShirts on September 05, 2014, 10:57:50 AMI bought a helicopter with cash and it gets me to my shop 20min faster each day. It was a no brainer, I just did it, wouldn't ever go back to driving!I was thinking the EXACT same thing.Brandt, you should buy all of your guys sports cars... the drive to work would then put them in a better mood and they would be more productive for you. No brainer!Also Brandt... do we really want to talk about "letting go of the past"... I mean you are STILL on DS running your keyboard about fat bob anytime you can. Don't get me wrong, people need to be warned, but you are certainly not one to suggest that someone "let go" of something with that crusade you have going on there.
please sort your personal issues via PM's. Voicing your disparagement once is enough, move on from there. I will start cutting stuff if things don't get better.pierre