Recent content by new2print

Thanks tommyboy! Glad to hear 1,000 sq ft can be a functional space. I would love to buy your business but the commute from Boston to Ontario each day might be a bit much..haha. I did actually look into just acquiring an existing company first. A local Minuteman Press was for sale and I went...

I had not been to the building in a while so I just stopped by. It is much smaller than I was picturing and seeing the size of some of the equipment I can certainly see it filling up quickly. I am thinking I can maybe make this the retail front with some basic equipment and then, if we grow...

Haha…I have been down that road with other companies I’ve started before. Hopefully not to repeat again.

Also thanks for the advice on the paper. I was afraid of that. I can still buy in bulk, I would just need to store at another building we own a quarter mile away.

I can relate to the service contracts. We currently lease a couple of office copiers as well as own some but all of them have some sort of contract for either service or supply. I have one Konica Minolta that I’ve had good experience with and just bought an office that was also running a Konica...

That actually brings up a question I forgot to ask. Where the space we have isn’t huge, I was thinking about storing all supplies in a storage pod outside. It would be weather tight but not a conditioned space. Would this be okay to do or am I risking ruining the paper? Ok. I will add that to...

I knew we would need a paper supplier but never thought it would be a challenge to get one. Is that an issue right now? Is it supply chain or just not taken on new clients? Where’s Michael Scott and Dundee Mifflin when you need them…haha.

Sorry, what does JA mean? I definitely understand the challenges of finding employees though. Thank you for the advice!

This is definitely something I think would help. I know salary is regional but do you have any idea on how much I might expect to need to offer for a salary to get an experienced print manager? We are in the Boston area. I know finding good help is tough right now so I don’t even know if people...

The $300k figure is probably realistic based off of some of the machine costs I have seen. I know there are other costs associated with printing (paper, ink, electricity, etc) but I was quoted $90k to just produce the booklets we need per year adding everything else to it I am guessing we would...

Thank you for the feedback and no offense taken…haha. I can definitely see why the term construction company would make someone nervous to work on a machine. It’s a little more diverse than you’re probably thinking but I do definitely agree that I don’t want someone tinkering with a machine and...

Thank you for some great feedback! I assumed automation would make the most sense but that’s why I wanted to come on here. You probably saved me a lot of money. I’ll check out the Ricoh printers. I read most people on here pushing Canon and Epson. Is Ricoh good? We are going to do a fair...

Thank you so much for the reply! I agree on the space not being a long term solution but I’m definitely open to expanding to a bigger space at some point. One of the businesses I own is a real estate company. it’s tough to know exactly what we would send out but based off of our projected...

Hey All! I am new to the print world as well this site. I’ve read through a lot of posts and look forward to talking with you all in the future. But I’m going to start by asking for some help/advice. I am looking to start a print business. At first, it will basically act as an in-house print...