ChristopherHaas
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Hello, my name is Christopher Haas and I work for a family owned printing company called Walter Haas Graphics. We are located in Hialeah, Florida (Miami). Im 25 and now in charge of our digital printing department. This was a huge jump for me. My uncle used to be in charge and was very good at what he did, but last year in august he passed away and I had to step up.
My grandfather started a sign making shop in 1962 and quickly grew. He is an account by trade with an amazing artistic ability. So he was a sign letterer. Quickly he bought a screen printing press and became a screen printing shop. We were very successful as a screen printing company, with customers like Burdines, Macys, 7-11, and Levitz. But now sadly those days are over. In 1992 we started our transition into the digital world with the purchase of an electrostatic printer(dont ask me what kind I was 6 years old). Now we have a Vutek PV 200, Roland XC-540 print and cut, a HP L25500, and a Graphtec FC5100-130. RIP software I have is versaworks V4.4.3 for my roland, Flexisign 8.6 Pro for my HP and Graphtec and Colorburst 7.4 for my PV 200. Slowly but surely I have been learning the ins and outs of each piece of equipment. I found this forum one day looking on the net for some info about the HP and saw it as a goldmine of information I could use.
At this point I want to learn everything I can about the equipment I have so this forum will be seeing a lot of me lol. Also I want to see whats out there, whats coming out, new technology and learn about it, since this day and age everything changes so fast
My grandfather started a sign making shop in 1962 and quickly grew. He is an account by trade with an amazing artistic ability. So he was a sign letterer. Quickly he bought a screen printing press and became a screen printing shop. We were very successful as a screen printing company, with customers like Burdines, Macys, 7-11, and Levitz. But now sadly those days are over. In 1992 we started our transition into the digital world with the purchase of an electrostatic printer(dont ask me what kind I was 6 years old). Now we have a Vutek PV 200, Roland XC-540 print and cut, a HP L25500, and a Graphtec FC5100-130. RIP software I have is versaworks V4.4.3 for my roland, Flexisign 8.6 Pro for my HP and Graphtec and Colorburst 7.4 for my PV 200. Slowly but surely I have been learning the ins and outs of each piece of equipment. I found this forum one day looking on the net for some info about the HP and saw it as a goldmine of information I could use.
At this point I want to learn everything I can about the equipment I have so this forum will be seeing a lot of me lol. Also I want to see whats out there, whats coming out, new technology and learn about it, since this day and age everything changes so fast
