I alway come back to this video after a while. It motivates me and I like the way he says "I'm small..." and here I am trying hard to get close to where you are. Currently running c3070 and a DC260.
It has been three years since you made your video, and even though I have been a subscriber for two years or more, this is my first time watching this particular video. I am starting an ERP business, publishing my own books from raw materials to POS walking out the door of my store. I will span from Epson desktop printer to print shop level to production level. My business advisor told me people do things backwards, that the first thing to set up is the shipping department, so seeing that you have set up boxes in strategic places makes sense to me. I appreciate that you are sharing your expertise with your subscribers. Thank you!
One of my first jobs in high school was in a print shop that printed wedding invitations. I remember working on an old folder that seemed to be the size of a VW. No experience will ever go unused.
Linotype machine, Went to Indiana State there was two of these monsters still being used (back in the late 80's) i stood in amazement of these and how they worked.
Dan.!! Can you walk us through your process for perfect binding.?? From formatting the book covers both soft and hard bound including margins so final trim can be done. Talk about final cutting with 3 knife machine vs guilotine. Paper gsm weight for standard paperbacks interior and covers. Doing prescoring spine for hinge and text block, preferred glue (PUR-EVA-PVA). Your perfect binding ensemble. (My dream setup too!) The unit, the auto feeds, the trimmer. Gluepot management, machine costs, operating expense and typical repairs you can expect. I’m in the Philippines binding by hand. Using fine scroll saw to score spine. Brushing 3 coats of PVA before covering. Then trimming out with an A3 manual guilotine ream cutter. Thoughts on tabletop perfect binding machines. Can’t send you pics of what’s available here through this but, anyway. I’d really appreciate you showing us your how you do it from start to finish. I’m having issues with aligning covers. Only can do my setup through my little Brother A4 monochrome’s booklet software so I run two books at a time. I’m outsourcing my color covers since we don’t have a color printer yet. Do have a laminator. Single side Cold lam on the covers. 70gsm text blocks when I can’t find 80gsm precut. Wish we could buy bulk and have it cut down. Later, after we’ve grown hopefully.
Awesome! Thanks for the comment and great idea on start to finish, detailed perfect binding video. I will certainly do that in the future. Sounds like you are building the foundation for a great book printing and binding business!
My cousin ran a print shop for many years and also had a newspaper. I worked for him part-time as a kid---I mean 12 years old and up---and loved the printing business. Learned a lot that has served me well over the years. Started out using an old letterpress to do perforations and print post cards and business cards---setting the type myself. And then I started doing the set-ups and layouts using Varitype machines and big books of printed images, the light table doing composing and corrections, the darkroom making plates, and running the offset presses. It was so much fun, yet I loved radio. OH---I have to guess---had to come back and edit my post, but as one of the other posters said, that's a linotype. I just couldn't remember what it was called. Used type set in one many times in that old letterpress. My cousin wouldn't let me use the linotype because it was a little bit finicky, but I watched many a time!! I enjoyed the trip thru the printing plant immensely as I am also a self-published author with five books on the market and several more slated to be published this year. Thank you for the trip down memory lane and for the overview of how the industry has changed. The church I pastor was given a like-new Canon C5235 Image-Runner and it does so much it is amazing to even me, an electronics engineer. The industry has changed so very much!! Again, thanks for your video. I enjoyed it. If you still have an old letterpress around, it would be interesting to see a video on how they worked. THAT would bring back some memories for sure and educate today's generations on how we used to do things in the old days.
This chanel is the best of the best. Thank you and good luck bro. I'm from Uzbekistan and really interested in printing but here we can't buy such machines. But I beleive once I'll own such an interesting business. 😊😊
@@justaprinter We have two Linotypes upstairs that my grandparents ran together. Our last client that ordered lead slugs quit buying them in the 2000s. I remember sitting there watching my grandpa run his and being so excited when he would cast the slugs. I loved all the moving wheels and sounds.
Great Equipment List. I used to work a Model 8 Lino manual lead ingot feed, single font magazine and a Model 48 Lino with auto quadder. Nowadays we are all Digital. We have KM C1085, Roland 540i VS, Epson 9880, small auto guillotine and all associated machines to make a small Digital and Wide Format print shop down in Tasmania.
Love the channel! I'm really impressed about your comments and tips. They are gold info for me. I'm starting in the business here in Paraguay, and found you while looking for clicks costs and if using generic consumables are a good idea. Thank you very much for these videos! Keep going! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We bought the same Martin Yale tabber several years ago brand new. It always seemed to need new clear bands to turn the rollers. I finally picked up a nice dual tabbing Seacap 2020 on eBay, which has been discontinued, but it is amazing. It cut the tabbing time down to nothing. Not only does it do both tabs in one pass, but it runs so much faster.
I work for the University of SC in house print shop as a bindery machine operator, watching your videos to learn some tricks of the trade. We often cross the new digital printing processes with the old ways of production and finishing, your videos seem to be a great tool for helping learn some of the digital ways. Thanks for the great information.
I subscribed to this channel a couple days ago because I love how informative and hands-on it is. I was thinking of starting a really small and simple printery, but I have never had any experience in the business at all. Would I really need the experience and business know-how to start, even if that means watching videos similar to yours?
just wanted to say i love this channel - I have recently subscribed as I run a very tiny print business from home and looking to expand and I love seeing how others run a successful business in this area! keep up the amazing work and will be binge watching the videos :)
I absolutely love your videos. I have been in the business myself for 29 years. And I am still learning some things.. You have helped to motivate me to continue my journey...
First. I was so excited when I saw this video. I really enjoy watching your content. I'm probably going to have a few comments on this video because I'm going to ask as I watch. With the DK laminator. I want to offer my customers a "glossy" option and all the thick stock looks more dull/silk/etc to me. Would you recommend a laminator or a UV coater? I know most trade printers are doing UV, just curious on what you'd recommend.
UV is cheaper per sheet, but durability is less than a laminate. I wanted the best durability for book covers. Also the ability to do a dull/velvet laminate or gloss laminate.
Great video. My parents owned a printshop for 25yr. I have been in the industry for 30yrs. The machine at the end of the video is a linotype. I work at a printshop in charleston sc. If your in the area please stop by.
we have the same setup with the bourg and cmt.... How fast are you doing your softcover books? rabbit oder turtle mode? We only use the turtle mode and do ca 200-250 books / hour. Think it is much better for the bourg.
You mention around the 26:00 mark you had a 3404 DI press! I bought one last year and have been in the process of setting it up and trouble shooting it back to running spec. Managed to get the service tech from Ryobi out for free to set it up for me, and got it to power. Now going through the motions of replacing blankets/washup blades/fluids(chiller/oils)/and ordering press supplies. I grew up around my dads Akiyama B2 press back in the late 90's and when I found this 3404di press for a bargain, I had to get my hands on it haha. I know you say the digital presses outperform the 3404di now, but still the allure of having my own small footprint offset got me good. I'm thinking of starting my own youtube channel showing the journey of my new business venture. Your channel has inspired me over the past few months, so thank you!!
@@justaprinter That's fair bro! I definitely going to upload some content, I'll do a shout out ahaha. Also, this is a ridiculous buy for someone in the states (I'm in Sydney, Aus): www.ebay.com/itm/193777244813
Love this channel. I'm an EMT not a printer but I used to have a friend that worked in a printshop and I used to go in there and hang out when he was working. I was always fascinated by the old offset printing machine that they had. That and the manual guillotine. The modern stuff is awesome, but there is something cool about seeing an old offset press running. Keep up the good work.
This was a really great tour. I liked the stories behind some of your equipment, especially that 20-hour drive! And appreciate all the detail you go into on cost/benefit and best practices, your experience and advice are worth their weight in gold. Do you have any equipment recommendations for making hardcover books in the vein of what you'd see on the bestseller aisle, without having to go manual? Mostly wondering about small-scale (semi)automation for the covers, but maybe also the hybrid glue/woven binding. I work in software engineering but this is the dream - oh and if there's ever any part of your digital pre-print processes that's taking up a lot of your time (e.g. automating gutter width based on page count and paper stock) I'd love to help out with a script or some other way to make life easier!
Hard cover manufacturing is a big venture if you don't want to make them by hand. Equipment is very expensive and still require a bit of time. You would need a casemaking machine, casing in equipment, sewing or gluing your book blocks. I should make a video on hard cover production.
Loved the “10 cent” tour... it is fortunate that you are comfortable with purchasing 2nd hand equipment, sight unseen.. I would hate to think of the cost if you ran a printing business and had no mechanically appittude and having to get a service man in for every breakdown!! I fully agree with you comments about simple machines... the latest “whizz bang” computer controlled machine maybe faster etc, but a machine with belts, cogs, rollers and levers and simple limit / position switches is easier to fix, or at least see what is wrong..... also a machine that you know and see how it does it job is so much more satifiying to run than a “black box” that you feed paper in one end and hope like hell it comes out the other end glued & folded... I started my life installing and fixing / keeping running of electromechanical telephone exchanges... if you like relays this is the job for you... the whole room of chattering relays and mechanical switches made a lovely sound, and after a few years of hearing this sound you could easily hear a single bit of equipment malfunctioning.. Keep up the good work... cheers
Hi Dan, I have some 3/4 size magazines with matts They are yours if you want them for your Intertype Machine. Let me know if you want them. I also have a rack to hold the magizines one has the clear top. I don't have the top half But they can be found Steve Brown / Dove Printing.
I've been looking at getting a digifold, but didn't realize it couldn't do text weight. Is there a machine that you know of that handles both cover and text weight well?
Hi Dan really enjoyed your videos. Wished that these video’s were available when I purchased my print shop in August 2016. Our main press is a Konica Minolta 1070 C Along with a B&W Konica Minolta 951 Biz Hub Pro as well as a new Xerox C 60. I am really impressed with the efficiency of your setup. I am also impressed with your production throughput for a one man operation. I wish I had as vast a knowledge base on digital presses as you do. My background is in rotogravure, and offset at a metropolitan newspaper. All in all over 40 years in the printing industry the last 23 as a production manager.I am picking up a lot of tips from your videos which are priceless as far as I am concerned as there is definitely a large learning curve going from Goss Metro’s to Konica digital presses. Anyway keep the videos coming. Greatly appreciated.
Thank you for sharing information in detail about all the machines. This video was very informative. My husband has been working as a Print Manager for someone for close to 30 years. He wants to open his own and wants to start from home. What type of printer would you recommend to start printing business from home that is cost effective?
I love your videos, would love them to be longer with less time lapses. Please show us a mail tab. Also the sorting machine. Keep them coming and I'll keep watching.
We used to crease everything on our Rosback perforator or on our Heidelberg cylinder, but I talked my father into buying tri-creasers for our MBO folder. They work very well for 100# text up to 100# cover. On another note, that yellow belt on the back of the folder is a real bear. We had ours disintegrate and we just barely made it through a large rush job. We ended up having service replace it, because it was pretty involved. Oh, and we had a Baum folder before our MBO too. lol
Good to know. I considered getting something like that but would almost rather have a separate machine so I don't need to break down the right angle each time I want to perf or crease a quick job... I'm sure either situation would work.
Oooh. So you're gonna get into type casting and letterpress printing? Neat! I love the sounds the individual characters of type make, when they drop down the chutes in the linotype/monotype/whatever machine it is.
Maybe the first with the correct answer for that Machine at the end @the 1hr 21 mark on the vid, did not check the other comments, but is that a Linotype machine?? Uses Molten "Lead", never used a Lino when I was an apprentice, but I did use a Ludlow machine, that was my machine in an 85% Offset Company. After leaving the company to further my knowledge, 2 Little Pigs came into my Comp Room and basically Destroyed my Ludlow with No maintenance for 3 years until my return. Basically had to throw out a Great piece of Machinery because of those Lazy Pigs. They were NOT Tradesmen, they were just Lazy Pigs.
Your videos are very informative and fun to watch. I run a very small print shop for a college district and one issue I am having it taking a adhesive print done on our large format printer and sticking it smoothly to a foam board backing. I was wondering if you had any advise or even a piece of equipment that would handle the job neatly.
It is tricky to apply adhesive prints. I have rolled them up and started at one corner and slowly press about 1-3 inches at a time until you get the entire thing applied. Its a mess though!
This is some of the equipment I have. AGFA imagesetter. AB dick 9985 twin tower offset press. Baumcut 31.5 programmable hydraulic cutter. Accufast k2 dual tabber. Horizon 10 bin stitcher. Konica Minolta Accurio 2060. Biz hub 6501. Neopost envelope inserter. Okidata color envelope printer. Bryce address imprinter. Graphic whizard that has 2 numbering heads and perfs or scores.The list goes on. I do like your perfect binder and 3 knife trimmer but I just don’t do enough book printing to justify putting one on the floor. I agree with you, if the equipment on the floor doesn’t make money then it doesn’t make sense to have it taking up valuable real estate in the shop. Thanks for the tour Dan 👍
My first job in printing was in a small shop like yours. Now work in a shop that runs over 10mil images a month on a fleet of Nuveras and various color platforms. The last press we bought was over a million bucks. There's always some salesperson trying to sell the latest thing. But sometimes what has worked for years is all you need. Go with your gut. Not your wallet.
Did you ever get your Intertype machine cleaned up. I see it has a Star Parts justifier on It. That's a nice machine for letterpress line casting. I am always impressed with your shop. I wish I was 50 years younger when I look at what you are doing. I just got my first digital press but I now wish is was a Canon machine by your reviews. I'd like if you would post a current picture with your kiddos. By now they're probably helping you fold on the AB Dick folder. Steve / Dove Printing
Got a couple personal rules when buying used machines. 1: it needs to pay for itself in 6 months, a year tops. 2: look at getting a parts machine for certain things (photo processing equipment for instance) 3: make sure you can find a service manual and a user group (Facebook has saved me more than once)
@@justaprinter there's actually a konica Minolta FB group with almost 2000 members. Don't work on those machines myself but might be of interest to you
Love these videos. I am trying to cut our office print costs. Right now, I think for our volume; we aren't getting best execution on toner, service, and paper costs. Do you have recommended vendors that you have had good service and pricing from? Where do you stand on "compatible" toners vs OEM?
I have a qtn though, if I had a budget of about $20k to start digital printing in a small way, what machines would you think would be a must to get. I have an old Baumfolder 714, & a 24 inch wide electric cutter. My Konica C452 broke last week & technician said "not worth it". What would you advice?
All you need is a printer. Ask your technician/salesperson if they have a used machine you could purchase. You should be able to find a Koncia 1060 or 2060 for around $15K. Then you can print, cut and fold all day long.
I love your videos. Do you accept print job of 20 journals with specifications? I have been doing a lot of research concerning this and it seems all printing companies only accept a minimum of 500 copies.
I do use the Konica if I am stitching a small amount of black and white booklets that don't have bleed. If your doing any type of volume offline equipment is faster.
Love your channel!! I was excited to hear your comments on your digi fold. I have been eyeing them for the past several months through ebay and other auctions and now realize it will not work for me. I primarily run 57# cardstock and 100# gloss text through a Ricoh 751pro. I am very impressed with the quality and lack of service calls on this machine. I use a Baum 714 tabletop folder and it works good enough for my cardstock but my gloss cracks even when I score them through my Rollem Auto 4. I need an additional folder...do you have any recommendations that you feel would fit my needs?
Hmm, thats a tricky one. I don't have a solution for scoring and folding text weight. I will often encourage people to use a heavier cover so I can use my Morgana. I am wondering if the newer machines will handle text weight paper.
You should be able to see somewhat how it was cared for my looking at the counters. Personally I don;t care about the logs if it was professionally maintained. I care more about the current consumables that are in the machine.
Hello friend where is your location which country are you be doing this work I am also one technician of photocopy machine from India now I am in Dubai how you start of this business guidance for me
Word of mouth and google searches. There are also many books out there with my information printed in them. No eCommerce site, just emails, phone calls, drop-in customers and letters.
Great video! Hello from Russia:) Do you work alone? Isn't printing quality of 10 years Konica with 23 million copies bad/ pure (OMG, 23 millions, I need 3 lifes to print this quantity)) ? Have no bugs, no lines/ stripes (you understand), no problems with colors?
I work alone in the print shop. Print quality is great on my press. This is because all the image quality parts get replaced on a regular basis. They are good little machines when maintained.
I am in the digital printing and quick printing industry in China. Welcome everyone to follow me and learn about the digital printing industry in China.
I remember seeing something in one of your videos awhile back, but for some reason I can’t seem to locate the information about what a good first printer should be. I’m completely new to any of this but it intrigues me a lot. What would you recommend (for someone new to printing) for double sided printing like flyers and business cards? Like, a entry level printer to get started. Something you can run 500-1000 double sided prints, business cards, just plain copies? I own my own business, and I’ve figured I’d start printing my own stuff just because I’ve always took interest in print shop stuff. Love your videos ever sense I discovered them. Probably went back and watched 70% of them. Keep up the great work.
A c6500 or 1070 would be a great machine. Even the small office copiers would probably work. I'd suggest you verify print quality before you buy one of those. I started with a xerox 3535 but quickly wanted a production machine for lower operating costs, faster speed and ability to print heavier papers.
@@justaprinter Thank you so much for the reply. I knew I remembered you saying something about those, I just couldn’t remember the exact ones. I know someone with a canon c250if with these specs “Canon C250iF Multifunction printer/copier/fax/scan send Color 25 pages per minute Under 75,000 copies Rated at 30,000 copies per month “ for $400. Thoughts? I’m not sure where to find a 6500 or 1070 locally, but if I do (I know there’s a ton of factors but), what should a good price for one run? I know you’re super busy and I truly appreciate you taking time out of your schedule to reply to someone with zero knowledge of all this! Thank you!
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From one printing family to another, I love your shop! The cleanliness, the workflow, top-notch.
Thanks so much!
I alway come back to this video after a while. It motivates me and I like the way he says "I'm small..." and here I am trying hard to get close to where you are. Currently running c3070 and a DC260.
Ive told every printing friend I have about your you tube site. You're a treasure and, you have helped me so much. Thanks!!!!
It has been three years since you made your video, and even though I have been a subscriber for two years or more, this is my first time watching this particular video. I am starting an ERP business, publishing my own books from raw materials to POS walking out the door of my store. I will span from Epson desktop printer to print shop level to production level. My business advisor told me people do things backwards, that the first thing to set up is the shipping department, so seeing that you have set up boxes in strategic places makes sense to me. I appreciate that you are sharing your expertise with your subscribers. Thank you!
One of my first jobs in high school was in a print shop that printed wedding invitations. I remember working on an old folder that seemed to be the size of a VW. No experience will ever go unused.
I have never seen such big and sophisticated print shop Dear Sir❤️😀
Linotype machine, Went to Indiana State there was two of these monsters still being used (back in the late 80's) i stood in amazement of these and how they worked.
They are magnificent. I'm looking forward to getting mine under power and hopefully running it for fun.
Dan.!! Can you walk us through your process for perfect binding.?? From formatting the book covers both soft and hard bound including margins so final trim can be done. Talk about final cutting with 3 knife machine vs guilotine. Paper gsm weight for standard paperbacks interior and covers. Doing prescoring spine for hinge and text block, preferred glue (PUR-EVA-PVA). Your perfect binding ensemble. (My dream setup too!) The unit, the auto feeds, the trimmer. Gluepot management, machine costs, operating expense and typical repairs you can expect. I’m in the Philippines binding by hand. Using fine scroll saw to score spine. Brushing 3 coats of PVA before covering. Then trimming out with an A3 manual guilotine ream cutter. Thoughts on tabletop perfect binding machines. Can’t send you pics of what’s available here through this but, anyway. I’d really appreciate you showing us your how you do it from start to finish. I’m having issues with aligning covers. Only can do my setup through my little Brother A4 monochrome’s booklet software so I run two books at a time. I’m outsourcing my color covers since we don’t have a color printer yet. Do have a laminator. Single side Cold lam on the covers. 70gsm text blocks when I can’t find 80gsm precut. Wish we could buy bulk and have it cut down. Later, after we’ve grown hopefully.
Awesome! Thanks for the comment and great idea on start to finish, detailed perfect binding video. I will certainly do that in the future. Sounds like you are building the foundation for a great book printing and binding business!
My cousin ran a print shop for many years and also had a newspaper. I worked for him part-time as a kid---I mean 12 years old and up---and loved the printing business. Learned a lot that has served me well over the years. Started out using an old letterpress to do perforations and print post cards and business cards---setting the type myself. And then I started doing the set-ups and layouts using Varitype machines and big books of printed images, the light table doing composing and corrections, the darkroom making plates, and running the offset presses. It was so much fun, yet I loved radio.
OH---I have to guess---had to come back and edit my post, but as one of the other posters said, that's a linotype. I just couldn't remember what it was called. Used type set in one many times in that old letterpress. My cousin wouldn't let me use the linotype because it was a little bit finicky, but I watched many a time!!
I enjoyed the trip thru the printing plant immensely as I am also a self-published author with five books on the market and several more slated to be published this year.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane and for the overview of how the industry has changed. The church I pastor was given a like-new Canon C5235 Image-Runner and it does so much it is amazing to even me, an electronics engineer. The industry has changed so very much!!
Again, thanks for your video. I enjoyed it.
If you still have an old letterpress around, it would be interesting to see a video on how they worked. THAT would bring back some memories for sure and educate today's generations on how we used to do things in the old days.
It is more than good to find someone like Dan who gives his experience to other without returns
Thats what its all about!
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I have a printing project and i want to improve it can I contact to u directly
This chanel is the best of the best. Thank you and good luck bro. I'm from Uzbekistan and really interested in printing but here we can't buy such machines. But I beleive once I'll own such an interesting business. 😊😊
You can do it, I wish you the best!
Linotype...lead type machine. If you get that running I will declare you a genius!
It will run some day, although I don't know too much about it. I'll be bringing you all along for that adventure.
@@justaprinter I've seen them run... Incredible piece of engineering. A company in the city I am in still uses one.
@@justaprinter We have two Linotypes upstairs that my grandparents ran together. Our last client that ordered lead slugs quit buying them in the 2000s. I remember sitting there watching my grandpa run his and being so excited when he would cast the slugs. I loved all the moving wheels and sounds.
@@kdw75 Awesome! They are mesmerizing to watch. I just need to find time to clean it off and fire it up.
@@justaprinter Linotype. Usually used for letterpress. It is install into a case then ready to print.
you covered everything...Your workflow is absolutely above....
Thank you!
I also run a digital print shop in Nigeria and your videos have been helpful especially with the Konica Minolta. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Great Equipment List. I used to work a Model 8 Lino manual lead ingot feed, single font magazine and a Model 48 Lino with auto quadder. Nowadays we are all Digital. We have KM C1085, Roland 540i VS, Epson 9880, small auto guillotine and all associated machines to make a small Digital and Wide Format print shop down in Tasmania.
Very interesting! Welcome to the channel!
Love the channel! I'm really impressed about your comments and tips. They are gold info for me.
I'm starting in the business here in Paraguay, and found you while looking for clicks costs and if using generic consumables are a good idea.
Thank you very much for these videos! Keep going! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Glad to help. Good luck and have fun!
Hello from Paraguay!
Another paraguayan printer here!
Thank you for sharing your space, really like the idea how you keep boxes at different sectors. Very smart and efficient.
You are so welcome! Glad you liked it!
love the channel, really appreciate the tour. I always was born & raise in a offset printshop
Glad you like the channel!
Any RUclips channel like this with offset press???
We bought the same Martin Yale tabber several years ago brand new. It always seemed to need new clear bands to turn the rollers. I finally picked up a nice dual tabbing Seacap 2020 on eBay, which has been discontinued, but it is amazing. It cut the tabbing time down to nothing. Not only does it do both tabs in one pass, but it runs so much faster.
Noted. I have eyed those units up too. Thanks for the recommendation!
I work for the University of SC in house print shop as a bindery machine operator, watching your videos to learn some tricks of the trade. We often cross the new digital printing processes with the old ways of production and finishing, your videos seem to be a great tool for helping learn some of the digital ways. Thanks for the great information.
Glad you found the channel! Yes, we do combine old school and new school! Feel free to inject some of your knowledge into the comments!
I subscribed to this channel a couple days ago because I love how informative and hands-on it is. I was thinking of starting a really small and simple printery, but I have never had any experience in the business at all. Would I really need the experience and business know-how to start, even if that means watching videos similar to yours?
just wanted to say i love this channel - I have recently subscribed as I run a very tiny print business from home and looking to expand and I love seeing how others run a successful business in this area! keep up the amazing work and will be binge watching the videos :)
Glad to hear it! Welcome!
I absolutely love your videos. I have been in the business myself for 29 years. And I am still learning some things.. You have helped to motivate me to continue my journey...
Great to hear! Glad you enjoy my videos. I hope to say some day that I have been in the business for 29 years.
Linotype, brings back memories of hot lead and handset...
The videos with the most likes and channels with the most subscribers never beg viewers for either.
Good point!
First. I was so excited when I saw this video. I really enjoy watching your content. I'm probably going to have a few comments on this video because I'm going to ask as I watch. With the DK laminator. I want to offer my customers a "glossy" option and all the thick stock looks more dull/silk/etc to me. Would you recommend a laminator or a UV coater? I know most trade printers are doing UV, just curious on what you'd recommend.
UV is cheaper per sheet, but durability is less than a laminate. I wanted the best durability for book covers. Also the ability to do a dull/velvet laminate or gloss laminate.
Great video, thanks for sharing!!! My question is, do you do Laminated/gloss coated business cards? And if you do, what machine do you use?
You inspired me to finish writing my book!
So cool & informative - a world built to your taste, pleasure & above all still productive. I just feel like you're my future journey.
If you want it bad enough, you'll make it happen. You can do it!
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how can i contact you at watsap
Great video. My parents owned a printshop for 25yr. I have been in the industry for 30yrs. The machine at the end of the video is a linotype. I work at a printshop in charleston sc. If your in the area please stop by.
Awesome! Will do.
we have the same setup with the bourg and cmt.... How fast are you doing your softcover books? rabbit oder turtle mode? We only use the turtle mode and do ca 200-250 books / hour. Think it is much better for the bourg.
This was a really good shot tour loved every moment of it keep up the good work🔥🔥🔥
Awesome! Thanks!
You mention around the 26:00 mark you had a 3404 DI press!
I bought one last year and have been in the process of setting it up and trouble shooting it back to running spec.
Managed to get the service tech from Ryobi out for free to set it up for me, and got it to power. Now going through the motions of replacing blankets/washup blades/fluids(chiller/oils)/and ordering press supplies.
I grew up around my dads Akiyama B2 press back in the late 90's and when I found this 3404di press for a bargain, I had to get my hands on it haha.
I know you say the digital presses outperform the 3404di now, but still the allure of having my own small footprint offset got me good.
I'm thinking of starting my own youtube channel showing the journey of my new business venture. Your channel has inspired me over the past few months, so thank you!!
You should start a channel. I miss the offset but it just didn't make sense for my shop.
@@justaprinter That's fair bro! I definitely going to upload some content, I'll do a shout out ahaha.
Also, this is a ridiculous buy for someone in the states (I'm in Sydney, Aus):
www.ebay.com/itm/193777244813
Love this channel. I'm an EMT not a printer but I used to have a friend that worked in a printshop and I used to go in there and hang out when he was working. I was always fascinated by the old offset printing machine that they had. That and the manual guillotine. The modern stuff is awesome, but there is something cool about seeing an old offset press running. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for sharing!
This was a really great tour. I liked the stories behind some of your equipment, especially that 20-hour drive! And appreciate all the detail you go into on cost/benefit and best practices, your experience and advice are worth their weight in gold. Do you have any equipment recommendations for making hardcover books in the vein of what you'd see on the bestseller aisle, without having to go manual? Mostly wondering about small-scale (semi)automation for the covers, but maybe also the hybrid glue/woven binding. I work in software engineering but this is the dream - oh and if there's ever any part of your digital pre-print processes that's taking up a lot of your time (e.g. automating gutter width based on page count and paper stock) I'd love to help out with a script or some other way to make life easier!
Hard cover manufacturing is a big venture if you don't want to make them by hand. Equipment is very expensive and still require a bit of time. You would need a casemaking machine, casing in equipment, sewing or gluing your book blocks. I should make a video on hard cover production.
That would be a fascinating video! Thanks for your reply.
You have to cut the top and bottom bleed of the brochure manually before putting it in the horizon, right?
Loved the “10 cent” tour... it is fortunate that you are comfortable with purchasing 2nd hand equipment, sight unseen.. I would hate to think of the cost if you ran a printing business and had no mechanically appittude and having to get a service man in for every breakdown!!
I fully agree with you comments about simple machines... the latest “whizz bang” computer controlled machine maybe faster etc, but a machine with belts, cogs, rollers and levers and simple limit / position switches is easier to fix, or at least see what is wrong..... also a machine that you know and see how it does it job is so much more satifiying to run than a “black box” that you feed paper in one end and hope like hell it comes out the other end glued & folded... I started my life installing and fixing / keeping running of electromechanical telephone exchanges... if you like relays this is the job for you... the whole room of chattering relays and mechanical switches made a lovely sound, and after a few years of hearing this sound you could easily hear a single bit of equipment malfunctioning..
Keep up the good work... cheers
Very interesting, I'm sure I would be fascinated by a room of clicking relays. Glad you enjoyed the tour, I enjoyed giving it! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing ur experience
My pleasure!
When you're running the old digital printing machine for self service what was mostly cause a problem?
Corona Wires or drums or dirt. In no particular order. :)
I don't remember seeing the postage bagger being in a video.
I thought I did. Don't worry, I'll be using it next week. I got you covered.
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That looks nice!
Hi Dan, I have some 3/4 size magazines with matts They are yours if you want them for your Intertype Machine. Let me know if you want them. I also have a rack to hold the magizines one has the clear top. I don't have the top half But they can be found
Steve Brown / Dove Printing.
Congratulations for your video, so interesting!
I am big fan we have our printer too. You help us a lot.
I've been looking at getting a digifold, but didn't realize it couldn't do text weight. Is there a machine that you know of that handles both cover and text weight well?
No, I don't. Their faster newer machine probably handles text weight. I think you can perf on the newer ones too.
Nice video, I really enjoyed! Learned a lot.
Keep up the good work, greetings from Brazil.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Dan really enjoyed your videos. Wished that these video’s were available when I purchased my print shop in August 2016. Our main press is a Konica Minolta 1070 C Along with a B&W Konica Minolta 951 Biz Hub Pro as well as a new Xerox C 60. I am really impressed with the efficiency of your setup. I am also impressed with your production throughput for a one man operation. I wish I had as vast a knowledge base on digital presses as you do. My background is in rotogravure, and offset at a metropolitan newspaper. All in all over 40 years in the printing industry the last 23 as a production manager.I am picking up a lot of tips from your videos which are priceless as far as I am concerned as there is definitely a large learning curve going from Goss Metro’s to Konica digital presses. Anyway keep the videos coming. Greatly appreciated.
Linotype machine. Lead Type and plates
Glad you like the videos and happy that you are learning new things! Keep it up!
Thank you for sharing information in detail about all the machines. This video was very informative. My husband has been working as a Print Manager for someone for close to 30 years. He wants to open his own and wants to start from home. What type of printer would you recommend to start printing business from home that is cost effective?
Whatever you can gets parts and supplies for.
I love your videos, would love them to be longer with less time lapses. Please show us a mail tab.
Also the sorting machine. Keep them coming and I'll keep watching.
Glad you like them!
We used to crease everything on our Rosback perforator or on our Heidelberg cylinder, but I talked my father into buying tri-creasers for our MBO folder. They work very well for 100# text up to 100# cover.
On another note, that yellow belt on the back of the folder is a real bear. We had ours disintegrate and we just barely made it through a large rush job. We ended up having service replace it, because it was pretty involved. Oh, and we had a Baum folder before our MBO too. lol
Good to know. I considered getting something like that but would almost rather have a separate machine so I don't need to break down the right angle each time I want to perf or crease a quick job... I'm sure either situation would work.
$1100 for that MBO folder - You know how to find Bargains, that folder looks clean, no need to replace any of the Rollers.
Oooh. So you're gonna get into type casting and letterpress printing? Neat!
I love the sounds the individual characters of type make, when they drop down the chutes in the linotype/monotype/whatever machine it is.
I doubt I'll ever use it for printing. But the machine is very interesting and I got it cheap!
I noticed the drawers at 22:17. If you want the drawers to not interfere, you can probably fix it just by swapping the top and bottom drawer.
Good point. I haven't actually used that envelope printer in months.
Maybe the first with the correct answer for that Machine at the end @the 1hr 21 mark on the vid, did not check the other comments, but is that a Linotype machine?? Uses Molten "Lead", never used a Lino when I was an apprentice, but I did use a Ludlow machine, that was my machine in an 85% Offset Company. After leaving the company to further my knowledge, 2 Little Pigs came into my Comp Room and basically Destroyed my Ludlow with No maintenance for 3 years until my return. Basically had to throw out a Great piece of Machinery because of those Lazy Pigs. They were NOT Tradesmen, they were just Lazy Pigs.
Your videos are very informative and fun to watch. I run a very small print shop for a college district and one issue I am having it taking a adhesive print done on our large format printer and sticking it smoothly to a foam board backing. I was wondering if you had any advise or even a piece of equipment that would handle the job neatly.
It is tricky to apply adhesive prints. I have rolled them up and started at one corner and slowly press about 1-3 inches at a time until you get the entire thing applied. Its a mess though!
Try using a laminator to sheet your prints.
great video! i want to print my own comic books and i want to know what machines would i need to accomplish this? thanks
Start out with an inexpensive copier that can produce stapled booklets. There are many options out there.
This is some of the equipment I have. AGFA imagesetter. AB dick 9985 twin tower offset press. Baumcut 31.5 programmable hydraulic cutter. Accufast k2 dual tabber. Horizon 10 bin stitcher. Konica Minolta Accurio 2060. Biz hub 6501. Neopost envelope inserter. Okidata color envelope printer. Bryce address imprinter. Graphic whizard that has 2 numbering heads and perfs or scores.The list goes on. I do like your perfect binder and 3 knife trimmer but I just don’t do enough book printing to justify putting one on the floor. I agree with you, if the equipment on the floor doesn’t make money then it doesn’t make sense to have it taking up valuable real estate in the shop. Thanks for the tour Dan 👍
Sounds like a fun shop! I would like it! Thank you for watching.
My first job in printing was in a small shop like yours. Now work in a shop that runs over 10mil images a month on a fleet of Nuveras and various color platforms. The last press we bought was over a million bucks. There's always some salesperson trying to sell the latest thing. But sometimes what has worked for years is all you need. Go with your gut. Not your wallet.
Wow! Thats a lot of printers. Sounds like fun. I'm sure salespeople are good folks, but they rarely have your interests above their own.
Did you ever get your Intertype machine cleaned up. I see it has a Star Parts justifier on It. That's a nice machine for letterpress line casting. I am always impressed with your shop. I wish I was 50 years younger when I look at what you are doing. I just got my first digital press but I now wish is was a Canon machine by your reviews. I'd like if you would post a current picture with your kiddos. By now they're probably helping you fold on the AB Dick folder.
Steve / Dove Printing
Got a couple personal rules when buying used machines.
1: it needs to pay for itself in 6 months, a year tops.
2: look at getting a parts machine for certain things (photo processing equipment for instance)
3: make sure you can find a service manual and a user group (Facebook has saved me more than once)
Great idea on the facebook group. I agree with the rest of your statements too!
@@justaprinter there's actually a konica Minolta FB group with almost 2000 members. Don't work on those machines myself but might be of interest to you
Do you do diecutting services. Used to be a diecutter operator for a screen printing company.
No I don't. Not yet anyway.
Thanks for this video! Great and insightful
You bet!
Could we have an updated shop tour with the new machines that your have gotten.
Good Idea! I'll write that down. Thanks Micah.
Have a Kip 7170k and xerox versalink b7035. Great channel
Nice, thanks for watching!
Awesome video. 👍👍
Thanks!
That Linotype is a beast.
Yes, still looking forward to getting it under power some day!
Love these videos. I am trying to cut our office print costs. Right now, I think for our volume; we aren't getting best execution on toner, service, and paper costs. Do you have recommended vendors that you have had good service and pricing from? Where do you stand on "compatible" toners vs OEM?
I use compatible toner for my HP office printers. Other than that I strictly use OEM consumables. I have HP 402 printes for office stuff.
@@justaprinter Thank you for the fast reply. Print-on!
I have a qtn though, if I had a budget of about $20k to start digital printing in a small way, what machines would you think would be a must to get. I have an old Baumfolder 714, & a 24 inch wide electric cutter. My Konica C452 broke last week & technician said "not worth it". What would you advice?
All you need is a printer. Ask your technician/salesperson if they have a used machine you could purchase. You should be able to find a Koncia 1060 or 2060 for around $15K. Then you can print, cut and fold all day long.
@@justaprinter Thank you si much. Unto researching it sharp!
I love your videos. Do you accept print job of 20 journals with specifications? I have been doing a lot of research concerning this and it seems all printing companies only accept a minimum of 500 copies.
Sure, I'll give you a price, email me specs at justaprinterman@gmail.com
Would love to get that laminator for my shop. Really great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Why don't you bind books in Konica 1200 ? You have the book binder i believe?
Just curious ...!
I do use the Konica if I am stitching a small amount of black and white booklets that don't have bleed. If your doing any type of volume offline equipment is faster.
Love your channel!! I was excited to hear your comments on your digi fold. I have been eyeing them for the past several months through ebay and other auctions and now realize it will not work for me. I primarily run 57# cardstock and 100# gloss text through a Ricoh 751pro. I am very impressed with the quality and lack of service calls on this machine. I use a Baum 714 tabletop folder and it works good enough for my cardstock but my gloss cracks even when I score them through my Rollem Auto 4. I need an additional folder...do you have any recommendations that you feel would fit my needs?
Hmm, thats a tricky one. I don't have a solution for scoring and folding text weight. I will often encourage people to use a heavier cover so I can use my Morgana. I am wondering if the newer machines will handle text weight paper.
a guy has a Konica 1070c for sale that I had a look at, but no maintenance logs. What can go wrong if you don't have logs?
You should be able to see somewhat how it was cared for my looking at the counters. Personally I don;t care about the logs if it was professionally maintained. I care more about the current consumables that are in the machine.
@@justaprinter I agree.
The maintenance log showed an HP 5500 UV. Is it still in use? 👀
Nope. I wasn't using it much so I sold it.
Can you tell what machine are you using? To print? To bind ? To laminate and others ...
They are all listed in the description.
At the end . . . . .Old Linotype. You need to find yourself a Hiedleberg Windmill next.
You know it! That would be a fun combination!
Hello friend where is your location which country are you be doing this work I am also one technician of photocopy machine from India now I am in Dubai how you start of this business guidance for me
Cannot find your company listed on website.
How big is your shop in footage?
I'm just starting out in a print shop with slot of disorganized any advice
Baby steps, organize/clean/fix one thing at a time and over time it will be good.
Pretty impressive
Thank you!
Do you think any of these machines could print on Napkins?
No, they cannot.
good stuff man.. i rarely subscribe. but I'm your subscriber.
Wonderful!
good morning, how do you get book orders on demand so often? do you have an e-commerce site? do you have sales agents? Thank you
Word of mouth and google searches. There are also many books out there with my information printed in them. No eCommerce site, just emails, phone calls, drop-in customers and letters.
Do you have service on any equipment
What is a mail tab? Thanks for the intresting videos!
Its a pressure sensitive lablel used to hold a folded piece of mail shut.
Which gsm paper do you use for printing books
I think the text is 89 gsm.
Have you tried printing sequential numbering on invoice with your digital machine?
Yes, I do it all the time. Its just like printing a book and keeping the pages in order.
Your workspace is very clean. how to keep it clean. so many job, turn to rubbish in my place
Thank you. I just keep cleaning a little bit all the time and it stays pretty good. It can get messy when I'm busy though. :)
Great video! Hello from Russia:)
Do you work alone?
Isn't printing quality of 10 years Konica with 23 million copies bad/ pure (OMG, 23 millions, I need 3 lifes to print this quantity)) ? Have no bugs, no lines/ stripes (you understand), no problems with colors?
I work alone in the print shop. Print quality is great on my press. This is because all the image quality parts get replaced on a regular basis. They are good little machines when maintained.
linoptype machine - makes moveable lead type for letterpress operations.
You got it!
wah... nice video yeah.... can u make a video on your whole building tour? it will be very nice. Iam waiting to watch that video
I'll have to work on that.
hi, I'm from the Russia. My name is Fred, I do
the same thing as you, I print books. I have 6100, 1051. good job
Cool! Glad to hear there are many others like me all around the world. Very cool!
I am in the digital printing and quick printing industry in China. Welcome everyone to follow me and learn about the digital printing industry in China.
Check him out!
Can you give us an updated tour of the shop
Sure, I'll do that sooner or later.
I remember seeing something in one of your videos awhile back, but for some reason I can’t seem to locate the information about what a good first printer should be. I’m completely new to any of this but it intrigues me a lot. What would you recommend (for someone new to printing) for double sided printing like flyers and business cards? Like, a entry level printer to get started. Something you can run 500-1000 double sided prints, business cards, just plain copies? I own my own business, and I’ve figured I’d start printing my own stuff just because I’ve always took interest in print shop stuff. Love your videos ever sense I discovered them. Probably went back and watched 70% of them. Keep up the great work.
A c6500 or 1070 would be a great machine. Even the small office copiers would probably work. I'd suggest you verify print quality before you buy one of those. I started with a xerox 3535 but quickly wanted a production machine for lower operating costs, faster speed and ability to print heavier papers.
@@justaprinter Thank you so much for the reply. I knew I remembered you saying something about those, I just couldn’t remember the exact ones. I know someone with a canon c250if with these specs “Canon C250iF
Multifunction printer/copier/fax/scan send
Color 25 pages per minute
Under 75,000 copies
Rated at 30,000 copies per month “ for $400. Thoughts?
I’m not sure where to find a 6500 or 1070 locally, but if I do (I know there’s a ton of factors but), what should a good price for one run?
I know you’re super busy and I truly appreciate you taking time out of your schedule to reply to someone with zero knowledge of all this!
Thank you!
What type of trash delivery is on your 3 way cutter?
Scraps just drop down into three bins.
how come you do not have a business card cutting machine. Something like Aerocut.
I don't do a whole lot of business cards, so I cut them with guillotine.
@@justaprinter Yes sir, makes sense. Your workflow and the way is amazing. Perfect Production setting.
so good, printer share, like and stay connected
Thanks for watching!
Where did you buy your Tonner from pls
Whatever is cheapest on google.