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 From:  Becky (KIAIJANE)
 To:  Stunt Engraver (DGL) 
5583.6 In reply to 5583.5 

Dave-
Well here is why I am inquiring (other than just being curious) I recently had to refer a job to a screen printer because I couldn't do sublimation on the colored shirts they wanted. Don't know if I would have been able to do it anyway with the time frame and budget they wanted. But it was the first time I have had to tell someone flat out "no I can't do it" Granted, though it was the first, I'm sure it won't be the last.
I was at the NBM show in Baltimore and saw the Powerful Papers booth. It certainly seems as though their products add a lot more possibilities if you have the right kind of printer. I have a Dell 3100cn so I have no clue if that would work or not.
I am going to keep searching. Thank you all for the help!!
55 days and counting!!!! Woo Hoo!!
Becky

 

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 From:  UncleSteve
 To:  Becky (KIAIJANE) 
5583.7 In reply to 5583.6 
Becky,

Why not "search" for a screen printer to farm out the work to instead of just turning over the customer to them?

There are also companies like Ace Transfer ( www.acetransco.com ) that will print the transfers for you. You keep the customer AND most of the profits... :D

"Don't believe everything you think!"

 

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 From:  Becky (KIAIJANE)
 To:  UncleSteve 
5583.8 In reply to 5583.7 

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.

 

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 From:  UncleSteve
 To:  Becky (KIAIJANE) 
5583.9 In reply to 5583.8 
Excellent! Win, win, win!

I love stories with happy, happy, happy endings!

:-)

"Don't believe everything you think!"

 

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 From:  Stunt Engraver (DGL)
 To:  Becky (KIAIJANE) 
5583.10 In reply to 5583.6 
Becky,

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.

David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA

 
 
     
 

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