Full Version: OEM..What is it?
From: Becky (KIAIJANE) [#8]
26 Dec 2006
To: UncleSteve [#7] 26 Dec 2006
Well, for several reasons.
#1, the customer is a small non-profit group that needed them in a hurry and had a tiny tiny budget...2 things that mix like oil and water. So, I knew the only way for them to get the price they wanted at the speed they wanted was to deal directly with the screen printer.
#2, the screen printer to which I referred them is a customer of mine. We are "strategic allies" with one another so it was not a big deal. I may have lost that transaction but have still retained the original customer and kept my alliance in tact.
From: UncleSteve [#9]
26 Dec 2006
To: Becky (KIAIJANE) [#8] 26 Dec 2006
I love stories with happy, happy, happy endings!
:-)
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#10]
26 Dec 2006
To: Becky (KIAIJANE) [#6] 26 Dec 2006
From what you've said in the ensuing posts, I think you made the right call.
There was no money to be had in the job and you made a customer happy.
Besides, at this point, you have no experience with the OEM laser toner process, which means you may have opened up a can of worms, that you may have regretted.
I don't know if your Dell printer would be compatible with the special transfer papers. If it is a compatible printer, I'd suggest getting some of the transfer paper and experimenting.
That way, printing to fabric won't be a mystery and you'll be able to decide if taking on that type of work is desireable.