Full Version: Rubber Stamps?
From: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#13]
13 Apr 2005
To: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#12] 13 Apr 2005
I have a different POV. I think rubbers stamps with a laser are the pits.
It's incredibly smelly , incredibly messy , very slow and the problem is that it really is only useful for one offs or small qtys. You can make multiples far cheaper with polymers or systems where the captial expenditure is a fraction of a laser.
What we have found is this:
1) Artwork is NEVER normally supplied in a "print immediately" format (mostly scanned business cards or worse)
2) Smaller customers waste a huge amount of time selecting fonts etc.
3) Margins are not generally more than 100% and this never covers the time and effort put in
4) It encourages a huge amount of walk in customers who expect to be sorted out immediately in terms of desing and delivery - a major problem to any co that does production.
5) The Co's here , like Trotec , that sell lasers for stamp production make the money from selling the stamps etc and are not really concerned about the machinery but rather sales of consumables.
IMHO using a laser to make rubber stamps if that is not the core part of your business is an endeavour , albeit diversified, that is not at all cost effective.
Your mileage may vary.