"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
Frog, we never let the shirts fall in a box.
Frog, we never let the shirts fall in a box.Someone catches them, lays them flat if we are printing the other side or folds them in 10's for shipping.They get creased falling in a box, I also have the person at the back of the oven check the print and shirts.I'm just thinking that it doesn't help to print fast if the person at the back of the oven cannot keep up.Yesterday we printed 3000 shirts front 2 colors and back 5.Printing speed about 550-600 an hour, we had 2 printers, 2 people behind the oven, one person getting the shirts ready for printing and one checking inks etc.So 550 - 600 an hour sounds great, but with 6 people not very economical.I'm interested to know how other shops handle this?
Pierre, This thread is not about the economics of running a shop, we'd have to get into how long set up takes, also break down, how many hours a day we print, etc.I have worked for about 10 years with a manual and one automatic. Next week I'm getting a new oven and 12/14 S Type and I'm trying to work out how to staff 2 machines.Hopefully the person preparing screens and inks will be able to do this both machines.Each machine will need 2 printers if thy are working together but will one person behind the oven catch for both printers or will we now need two people behind the oven?I am interested in hearing about how other shops work.If the same people are printing and sorting the shirts behind the oven I can understand having them fall into a bath, if not I don't why you'd want to do that.