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Originally Posted by GregWeld
Yeah Tonnes... I have a buddy here with a print shop - business isn't exactly "robust" right now that's for sure.
He's also had to reinvest heavily into new capabilities -- some big azz machine that does "giclees" or something like that? It can print big "banners" that are more like real oil paintings... anyway - that's a whole new biz opportunity over the fliers he was doing...
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Yeah, times are tough everywhere, not just the print shops unfortunately. But, I hope things turn around for your friend. I hate to see anyone lose their job/livelihood because of the this mess. How big is his shop?
Yeah, they have a new "technology" now with digital printing or called large format printing. We had a separate department for that where I had worked.
It's just a shame. To think that I actually
LOVED going to work, didn't mind getting up @ 5 AM every morning to get there @ 6:30 AM, work all day and have fun with the other guys while getting paid for it all and be out of there around 3 PM!!
(The shop was making a million dollars in sales some months last year!! We were only a shop of about 90 employees. I think we were rated like # 279 out of the 500 top print shops in the US.)