"Hi,
I have a crazy question for you". Something that we hear on a daily
basis by people who call our shop wondering if we can help them out with
printing with some random crazy idea that they have. Having worked in
the printing field for so many years, I understand how other screen
printing shops think and operate: They care nothing more than profits.
They want their days to be filled with the absolutely the most
productivity backed with money as possible, and the least amt of time
they can spend talking to someone about a job that they would never take
on, the better. (this mainly stems from them not branching out and
taking on odd jobs and thus, have no ability or skillset to do such
things).
At Print Renegades, we are very different. We see things
differently. We have a completely different outlook on business, our
clients and our workflow. First off, we love to take on odd jobs. When
we have the opportunity to accept a job that we have never done before,
we take it head on!! We have professionals that help us figure things
out that we can call if we have questions about ink types, mesh counts
or ways to do things: but more than anything, we, ourselves, have
amazingly creative minds to figure things out on our own: to take a
problem, then a solution and draw a line between the two.
Aside
from that, taking on jobs that are difficult and require extra work
might not make us the most money, but they definitely help in our
ability to be better printers and this is invaluable. We have had this
mindset for years and years now, and Im sure you can imagine how many
crazy odd jobs that we have had to force ourselves to figure out, how
much better of printers we are now, after the fact. (which is constantly
ongoing).
Here is an example of a job that we had to just figure
out: Hubble Studios located in Downtown LA, wanted some cocktail
napkins printed for an event they were having, and they only had a few
days until their event. We swooped in and helped save the day by
figuring out HOW and NAILING the production of these napkins. We were
able to print 12 at a time, and when printing 2500 pieces, it is indeed
time consuming but also leaves a great feeling that we were able to help
someone out in time for an important event they were having. (which is
kind of what we live for as workers in the service industry!)
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