WHAT!!!!!!!!!!

[jason-23]

http://youtu.be/cJEUYpHjrQM

[Mr Tees!!]

...wow, whatta racket! At that rate, he stands to make upward of nickels an hour!

[stitches4815]

Matt, aka Balloonguy has a much better setup than this guy does.  This cheap old bastard should pop for an air compressor, it would make things go a little faster.  I know, it is probably a third world country that doesn't have any electricity to run the compressor.

[balloonguy]

Yeah! Mine is way cooler.
This vid is poor quality but you get the idea.
http://www.balloonprinting.com/video.htm

[sportsshoppe]

we do what we can to make a living. I am impressed at his detail that he holds.

[royster13]

Nickels per hour?

I sell printed 1,000 balloons for 280.00.....Without looking very hard I can buy blank balloons for 6 or 7 cents.....But say 8 cents each with shipping...Looks like he can print 2 per minute....So 120 per hour....So probably 8 hours to print 1,000..Another couple hours to set-up and clean up....15.00 for materials?....I think that leaves him with 15.00+ an hour....I bet some printers on here have a tough time making that at times...

[Gilligan]

Granted, he could probably double that with a small compressor.

[Denis Kolar]

Nickels per hour?

I sell printed 1,000 balloons for 280.00.....Without looking very hard I can buy blank balloons for 6 or 7 cents.....But say 8 cents each with shipping...Looks like he can print 2 per minute....So 120 per hour....So probably 8 hours to print 1,000..Another couple hours to set-up and clean up....15.00 for materials?....I think that leaves him with 15.00+ an hour....I bet some printers on here have a tough time making that at times...

Blank balloons in Mexico are cheaper, so he'll even have the better margin

[Gilligan]

As is his cost of living, so base that $15 bucks on that sliding scale and he's doing ok.

Then again, he might not be selling them for the same price due to same factors.

[Shawn (EIP)]

I think it's cool for down times, small runs or for ones own family without a large investment.  It's almost like saying manual printers are stupid for not buying an auto. Theres always quicker and better ways to do things if you have the money to invest.

[3Deep]

I,m not going to knock the cat, hell when I first started printing I dried my shirts in our kitchen oven.  You would be surprise at what some people turn out with there odd homemake equipment...heck some of them do better printing manually than some us can on our auto...I might be speaking for myself here LOL.

Darryl

[Shawn (EIP)]

I,m not going to knock the cat, hell when I first started printing I dried my shirts in our kitchen oven.  You would be surprise at what some people turn out with there odd homemake equipment...heck some of them do better printing manually than some us can on our auto...I might be speaking for myself here LOL.

Darryl

Not to brag but my manual printing far exceeds the work I've seen come out of some local shops with autos. I think this has a lot to do with the the shops not knowing how to or care enough to run and set up their equipment properly but mostly because us manual printers are able to pay more attention to detail.

[Gilligan]

I'm certain if that same care went into auto printing you would get just as good and probably better (read: more consistent) prints.

[Mr Tees!!]

...what has two thumbs and looks like the a$$hole in the room? THIS GUY RIGHT HERE!!

...I didnt really mean the comment to be as snarky as it came off, sorry. I guess my point was that likely none of us here could even imagine working at a pace like this, what with real overhead, employees etc.  Especially on such a low-cost item like this. Not to mention, he looks like hes gonna run out of clothesline pretty quick and hafta spend time taking them down and packing them away.

...And yes, actually, the main thing I DID notice was how detailed that print is. I didnt see any halftone dots on there at all, did you?

[Shawn (EIP)]

...what has two thumbs and looks like the a$$hole in the room? THIS GUY RIGHT HERE!!

...I didnt really mean the comment to be as snarky as it came off, sorry. I guess my point was that likely none of us here could even imagine working at a pace like this, what with real overhead, employees etc.  Especially on such a low-cost item like this. Not to mention, he looks like hes gonna run out of clothesline pretty quick and hafta spend time taking them down and packing them away.

...And yes, actually, the main thing I DID notice was how detailed that print is. I didnt see any halftone dots on there at all, did you?

You shouldnt be able to see 1/2 tone dots in a photo or film from a short distance.