Small Town Ink
Small Town Ink is all about a print shop in a small town in rural North Carolina that produces print marketing materials, large format banners and vinyl, rigid signs, screen printed apparel, sublimation, laser engraving, and any other service I can bring in-house to serve my local community. Follow along for the journey as we grow this business.
The ideal hours for a print shop?
Koozies (or “Can Coolers”): Screenprinting vs DTF
Fixed the Mimaki JV100-160 with a new Damper!
Print Shop Math Ain’t Mathin’
Trying Out a New Canvas Stretching System
Changing the Blade on our Antique Polar Mohr Guillotine Cutter
Our Screen Printing Process
🚧 From Parade Floats to Law Offices to Custom Hats – A Week in the Shop! ⚡️👷♂️🎩
Mimaki JFX200-2513 SYSTEM HALT (6) 637: INK LEAK Error! How We Got It Running Again
Double Trouble! Our Sign Shop Van Got STUCK… Then Our Rescuer Did Too! 😬🚐💨
Printing PVC Easel Signs on Our Mimaki JFX200-2513 Flatbed Printer
January 2025 Financial Breakdown – More Quotes, More Orders, but Lower Averages
2024 Financial Review of the Print Shop
Our fist try at stud-mounted acrylic letters
Our most EPIC Window Perf Job
Damaged Print Head on our Mimaki Flatbed Printer!
Back after Print Shop Business Struggles and Successes
Custom Table Covers, Hand Fans on the Laser, and Translucent Vinyl “Stained Glass”
Last week before school starts means an abundance of printing emergencies!
Back to School Printing Season is Here!
Making a Metal Business Card Jig for the Fiber Laser
Surviving Debby at the Print Shop
AC Broken! And fun with Brick Vinyl!
Painting the Print Shop and Wrapping Carnival Rides!
Teachers might be the perfect summer help for your print shop.
Installing a Post and Rail Sign with Foam in Lieu of Concrete
Moving our Digital Press for Print Shop Better Efficiency
Cutting Big Heads with a C02 Laser???? CJ Ezell is a Genius!
Our First 1,000 Shirt Screen Printing Order.
Adding to my Sign Shop Samples with the Firesprint.com Sample Kit