bannertime
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Small banner shop in DFW, TX. My parents own the company, founded in '93 and I now manage the front end. Grew up in the business, worked as a designer most the time. Left for the Army and when I came back, I took over as manager. Still only had the 24in GCC plotter w/ Flexi 7.5 Pro and broke down VE Prismjet and Graphtec print/cut, we've since added two new plotters, HP L330, Flexi 12 Pro, new computers, and still working on upgrades like a POS system for all our product inventory (any suggestions welcomed). Not to mention a website that was approximately 15+ years old. I hear that most the sign guys in my area are grumpy and talk too much. Don't think we're much different.
"We do everything except t-shirts," is a common saying here. We also handle balloon decor and other outdoor advertising like rooftop balloons and pennant displays through a sister company my dad has owned for 30 years.
Signs 101 has helped me out plenty of times over the years (many thanks!), figured being a member would help me learn a little more. We've never took any classes or anything, just learned from experience and employees that had been in the business. Wasn't recently we saw some videos from Arlon and 3M on installs and whatnot. Looks like we'd been doing it "right" all these years.
"We do everything except t-shirts," is a common saying here. We also handle balloon decor and other outdoor advertising like rooftop balloons and pennant displays through a sister company my dad has owned for 30 years.
Signs 101 has helped me out plenty of times over the years (many thanks!), figured being a member would help me learn a little more. We've never took any classes or anything, just learned from experience and employees that had been in the business. Wasn't recently we saw some videos from Arlon and 3M on installs and whatnot. Looks like we'd been doing it "right" all these years.
