Recent content by caribmike

After 50 years of having a shop in the same location, we semi-retired and went home-based with website last year. I've never been happier... no more having to deal with the walk-ins! The smallest customers are always the most time consuming.

My quotes are only valid for 30 days!!!!

I bought a print shop from a old timer who, at 70, had had enough after 30 years in the business. He had no kids and just wanted to get rid of it. My wife and I bought his business for about $100K twenty years ago. We've never once regretted it and continue to profit from it everyday. Today...

Great info...I did not know this.

I'm set up with Firespirit and like what they offer, but, they don't ship to the islands either so it really limits what I can buy. I want to try them but only orders where the end-user can wait 3 to 4 weeks are suitable for them.

In my case, B2Sign would not ship directly to me in the US Virgin Islands. All my orders had to go through my freight forwarder in Miami which adds 1 to 3 weeks to the shipping time plus shipping costs. The vendor in India happily ships right to my door by Fedex (or blind ship anywhere) with 7...

I buy from trade printers everyday. I used to use B2Sign extensively but now, I buy most of my large format from a company in India. They're cheaper, faster and better. However, I'm always interested in a US source if I can find a good one.

I've had good results with Polar Grip from DryTac on Porta Potty decals.

Defender is the only anti-virus software I've had for as long as I can remember and I run it on all my business and personal PC's. I can honestly say that I have not had a virus or malware for many years.

My Ooma voip phone system redirects calls to my cell phone if I don't answer them on the office phone. It sends a digital transcription to my email too.

We've been huge DFS dealers for a long time and we really enjoy working with them, so I definitely recommend them as a trade printer. They are in Canada with a plant in Midland, ON so no worries there. www.dfsonline.ca We also use Navitor.com and Ennis.com and then a slew of smaller printers...

Welcome fellow Canadian! I'm an ex-Torontonian living in the Caribbean for the past 20 years. Presently semi-retired having closed our commercial print and sign shop earlier this year. Now working from my home shop/office making signs and outsourcing print.

I never had heard of a Colex until this thread. Wow.

I have never once promised a customer a color match even after printing a swatch for review. Everyone sees color differently. On every invoice or estimate, I put the following disclaimer: We calibrate our printers on a regular basis, however, we can not guarantee an exact color match under any...

Has anyone had experience with a "professional" head cleaning service like https://www.globalgarage.com/pages/printhead-cleaning