Last year, I decided to hang up my seasoned way of life and start a new one in a beach town that is about three minutes from my home… I packed up my desk, threw out my plaques, awards and career clothing and headed off to a new adventure filled with sand, sun, tourists, and t-shirts, then that’s right! I went to the beach and opened a tourist t-shirt and trinket shop! I bought a vacant spot right across from the beach and close to the ice cream shop and found myself a commercial printing service, but without my commercial printer, I never would have been able to open! I got in touch with Arrow Systems Inc and got myself training on their tagless t-shirt digital printer; Now my patrons can say goodbye to itchy tags frustrating the backs of their necks and I can create tags as I need them instead of having a lot of waste.

I can charge more for my shirts because the t-shirt shop down the street still has tags sewn into their shirts, and they have to send their shirts out to be printed… My commercial printer can be used to create tagless t-shirts, and I also have the ability to print the front of my t-shirts without sending them out, too.

That means my shop can do custom orders! The ice cream shop owner contacted myself and others Last month and wants to think if I can print her menus and if I have a laminator so they can be laminated. This week, I am reaching out to Arrow Systems to see if they hook myself and others up with used unit to meet my needs. Maybe there is a used Epson printer and laminator that will do the trick… Or maybe they can recommend a better brand such as a Colordyne or Gerber.

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