Automatic or Manual Press Help

By BlueStarScreenP... on Feb. 21, 2011
United States

Hi. I have a small shop and am looking into upgrading to a small automatic.
The problem is i would only have room for one press.
I dont know much about the autos so i am wondering anyone could give me any
advise if i can just have an automatic and no manual.
I do many small orders less than 48, but i am starting to get more orders
in the hundreds.
Thanks for any help anyone can give me
Bob

Screen Printing

There are 3 Comments

Submitted by BlueStarScreenP... on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 11:48

Thanks for everyones help so far but
my real concern is if having an automatic press only
is a mistake or an asset to have. Comparing set up and cleanup.
Keep the other info comming though i need all the help i can
get
thanks
bob

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Submitted by srimonogramming on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 11:55

You can survive with an auto only. We do about 99% of everything on our auto, and when we do print on the manual, it's mainly out of convienience instead of necessity. It's definately nice to have the manual press there for printing on weird things like double sided shorts and if you have to print on jackets with a hold down system, but if the question is which one would be better to have on your shop floor, it's the auto and it's not a close fight. True, there are some things you can't print on the auto and the manual is your only option, but the instances of that coming up will be overshadowed greatly by the benefits of having the auto. I'd rather turn down a PITA job on nylon jackets than turn down numerous jobs simply because you can't handle the workload or print 2K pieces by Friday.

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