Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Definitely won't be our only auto...we'll be keeping the beater Javelin around just for kicks, at least until we are running both presses flat out and need to upgrade that one as well...remember tho, that with our growth curve, I hope to be adding another new auto 12-18 months down the line... so I could always do a 10 color later...how about if I ask it this way:would I be better with a 8 color press AND a DTSor a 10 color press and no DTS.
is it worth getting a 20x20 or larger max print area?
Quote from: jvanick on August 26, 2014, 03:21:05 PMis it worth getting a 20x20 or larger max print area?The way I see it, if it was, you'd know it. When I was looking at a press, it was one of the main things I was looking for as we do a lot of fashion printing and are currently running oversized prints manually, but I've seen shops do 5x the amount of work we do on a standard print stroke. It's all about your market.On the other hand, you never know when you'll be asked to run an oversized print or something like a large towel print, so it never hurts to have the extra print size as a backup. But if the extra cost doesn't add up for the amount of times that can happen, I wouldn't spend the extra money just to have it. Edit: Another thing to keep in mind is that big prints = big pallets = big investment
Quote from: sqslabs on August 26, 2014, 03:46:51 PMQuote from: jvanick on August 26, 2014, 03:21:05 PMis it worth getting a 20x20 or larger max print area?Don't you know it! Plus scoop coaters squeegees and sinks and exposure units and film output...........I've seen some fairly large and successful companies fall into this money pit. (BTW I saw the movie last weekend on TBS or whatever. Great Tom Hanks pic)One of the best laughing scenes ever (when the tub goes through the floor/ceiling)Steve
Quote from: jvanick on August 26, 2014, 03:21:05 PMis it worth getting a 20x20 or larger max print area?Don't you know it! Plus scoop coaters squeegees and sinks and exposure units and film output...........I've seen some fairly large and successful companies fall into this money pit. (BTW I saw the movie last weekend on TBS or whatever. Great Tom Hanks pic)
A little birdie told me the Sabre has maintenance prompts based on impression count that will pop up on screen, and then WALK YOU THROUGH how to perform the maintenance yourself! (it wasn't a birdie it was a texsource rep)
I can't wait to start the whole process on buying our next auto. I don't know when that will be though. I thought that 5 years ago when we reached the point we are at now in sales and volume that we'd definitely need 2 autos but now I think we could be at double that till we need the 2nd one.