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Offline 3Deep

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Know it All's
« on: November 10, 2017, 01:28:24 PM »
Having a nice slow day and putting some finish touches on art to email out, and I got to thinking (you all know I'm dangerous when I think LOL), but any how many of us that own a shop could walk in and do the art, color sep the art, burn the correct screens, setup the press and go to town printing?  I do it every day because of the size of my shop, maybe not the top notch level art that wins awards, but could still hang in there with many other shops, so are you just a owner or a know it all  ;D
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Offline DannyGruninger

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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2017, 01:35:07 PM »
My shop isn't small but isn't that big either...... I will say I still do everything, clean screens, do art, seps, run a press, mix ink, deal with upset clients, cut the checks, wipe the floors, clean the crap off the toilets, etc

this will all be changing for me very soon though  ;)
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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2017, 01:36:34 PM »
My shop isn't small but isn't that big either...... I will say I still do everything, clean screens, do art, seps, run a press, mix ink, deal with upset clients, cut the checks, wipe the floors, clean the crap off the toilets, etc

this will all be changing for me very soon though  ;)

better than what I had to clean out of the bathroom a few weeks ago...go ahead and use your imagination, because your probably right.

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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2017, 02:07:40 PM »
I do all of the above - but I have a small shop (despite the two autos). The sooner I relinquish any of these responsibilities the better!

As I'm sure those of you with smaller shops possibly feel the same - it's hard to run the business when you're making the business run!

I'm still trying to figure out whether I lack the staff willing to match my standards or lack the teaching skills necessary to train them...



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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2017, 02:37:51 PM »
Except for the voices in my head I am flying solo and handle everything from a commercial location.
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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2017, 02:50:01 PM »
I am a certified Know-It-All and have a hoodie to prove it!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaF4qA77ABc

Don't do much on daily bases any more, but have to jump in here and there. We are setting up the new exposure unit and washout system so I've been in the back last few days (building cabinets and running electrical). Then next week I'll play the maintenance guy some more and fix the copier, two computers and backup software.
If everything goes OK, two weeks from now I should be able to go back to business planning and marketing. . .

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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2017, 03:12:58 PM »
I can do all that, though I don't run the MHM hardly ever and would have to refamiliarize myself with it. A manual? Sure, easy peasy. I started as a printer, moved to screen making, which got me involved with the process camera and darkroom work. As time goes on, you learn or develop what you need to learn, then train others. Once I started making screens, I needed to know it all... fast forward from '72 to '90, and I change to digital, Illustrator 88, Photoshop 2.0, Freehand 2.0

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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2017, 03:15:49 PM »
Except for the voices in my head I am flying solo and handle everything from a commercial location.
mooseman

A funny shirt I saw once, "Even though the voices in my head aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas!"

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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2017, 03:22:38 PM »
I gotta say, that being a language 'know it all", I have to suggest substituting the term "do it all" because of the negative connotation of the former.
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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2017, 03:37:47 PM »
I gotta say, that being a language 'know it all", I have to suggest substituting the term "do it all" because of the negative connotation of the former.

HA HA HA...I'm sticking with Know it all!!!!!  ;)
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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2017, 10:51:57 AM »
I gotta say, that being a language 'know it all", I have to suggest substituting the term "do it all" because of the negative connotation of the former.

Negative connotation? I gotta tell Bullwinkle...

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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2017, 11:04:14 AM »
I needed to know it all... fast forward from '72 to '90, and I change to digital, Illustrator 88, Photoshop 2.0, Freehand 2.0

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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2017, 11:15:57 AM »
The longer ago one started, and the smaller the operation both greatly increase the need to know it all to be able to do it all.

Young 'uns got it too easy!
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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2017, 11:39:51 AM »
Only time I outsource seps is with sim process type art, but I rarely do that. Otherwise I do everything start to finish.

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Re: Know it All's
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2017, 11:41:17 AM »
I’ve been called a know it all before..  ;D

I can run a shop top to bottom if needed, just prefer to watch other people who are good at what they do, do it for me.
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