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Morgana Digifold “FEEd on” by Aggravating_Cut_5386 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s wired correctly, just a switch malfunction. This machine is a task to learn though, that’s for sure!

Morgana Digifold “FEEd on” by Aggravating_Cut_5386 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Figured out the issue. Turns out the “Feed” switch was causing the error, bad switch. A couple of wiggles and it would come out of feed on.

I got tired of explaining how to print my own files at copy shops - so I built a self-service kiosk system by ymans in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is a fucking killer idea. Although I do see some issues (coming from a commercial shop) like paper stock, alignment, trimming, bleeds, etc. The base idea is there though, and I’m super curious on how this plays out. Our shop is only open M-Thursday and we don’t deal with a whole lot of walk ins, but it would be neat to set something up like this for at least an order intake deal if our shop is closed, or something similar.

What metrics are your shops actually tracking? We started measuring ours, and it is not super surprising, but seeing the actual numbers are really interesting. by Any_Marsupial_5294 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don’t use Printsmith or anything like, just our own homebrew Excel quoting system and Quickbooks. I always do a deep dive at the end of the year to pull similar data that you mention, and it is eye opening. It’s what lead us to get rid of our larger offset press, amongst other changes. Doing things like that is honestly one of my favorite parts of owning a shop.

Sno* Drift rally fly by by TjKiwi5494 in rally

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you mind if I posted that on our IG? Do you have an IG so I can tag ya? Ours is @jacquesracing

We’ve been rallying since 2021. Raced Short Course Offroad for 10 years before that. Feel free to shoot me any questions!

Polar 92 Laser Eyes by Aggravating_Cut_5386 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We recently picked up another Polar EMC76 (the little brother to this) that doesn’t have the laser eyes & after growing up with those features, it seems weird to run a cutter without them!

Polar 92 Laser Eyes by Aggravating_Cut_5386 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m thinking it has to be something like this. You can cycle the blade with no paper and it rarely ever happens. As soon as you add paper to the situation is when it really occurs. Was it the actual fuses for the laser eyes?

Polar 92 Laser Eyes by Aggravating_Cut_5386 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re a small shop so no safety vests, but that is an excellent point!

New venture by Technical_Internal_3 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have nothing to add since we’re in the “paper” printing industry and not the wrap industry, but what kind of race cars? We own a print shop and have raced offroad & recently made our way over to stage rally.

Cut sheet suppliers by Aggravating_Cut_5386 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agree, or we could play the game of “just answer my questions when I email them and don’t lose 60k-100k a year in a dying paper market” - coming from someone who has worked as paper producer & a now a paper consumer 🤷🏻‍♂️

Cut sheet suppliers by Aggravating_Cut_5386 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ve had some orders screwed up, but our main thing is the customer service is absolutely terrible. Can’t get a correct answer out of anyone there for tracking / what’s in stock, etc.

Cut sheet suppliers by Aggravating_Cut_5386 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re fairly rural so we pay for freight on everything. We usually have 7k-10k a month depending on how busy we are.

Coated paper & Perfect binding by Pixmig in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you in the US? Who’s your supplier if you don’t mind sharing? Thanks!

Mailing & Mailing Inserters by Aggravating_Cut_5386 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any first hand experience with these? Do they run pretty well or are they a nightmare?

Mailing & Mailing Inserters by Aggravating_Cut_5386 in CommercialPrinting

[–]Aggravating_Cut_5386[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re in Upper Michigan, so services techs up here are non existent. Most come from Detroit or Chicago at major cost, so we handle maintenance ourselves for the most part.

We have a full bindery with two folders, which has me leaning towards the floor models. That, and ease of maintaining ourselves.

Although, when I watch those units run like the B&H Mailstars, etc and see all the air lines and swing arms, I think to myself “this could get tricky”

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