Think small to earn big

As manufacturers of high volume equipment, we talk with many high volume producers of printed garments.  These companies employ hundreds to thousands of people so they can ship big volume very day.  However, we also talk with small to mid-size printers who are self employed or only have a small staff but they run profitable businesses and are often thinking of additional ways to expand their sales base.  The large companies often talk of prototype or sampling departments that would require small production units for multi-color screen printed goods.  This is the same type of machinery that small to mid-sized businesses look at for expansion.

What are the options?

CX-424R ClassicXprs

Small and mobile but still productive.  Those are the requirements we hear often.  The PonyXprs and the ClassicXprs answer all those needs.

The CX-424 offers a 4 color printer on a conveyor curing system that produces 36-48 pieces per hour.  It is on heavy duty casters and requires only 110V, 15A of power.  This is a small unit with great profit potential.  It has a minimal investment requirement and produces enough volume to quickly turn that into a daily profit.

PX-646 PonyXprs

The PX-646 is a 6-color, 4-station printer on a conveyor that produces 60 to 100 pieces per hour.  This unit requires 120V, 15A power times 2 for a total of 30 amps.  Easily obtained using household outlets.  The PonyXprs is volume  production for a single operator.  Again, this has a low investment requirement and a quick turn around to profits.

What do these offer for a large shop?

If a shop needs printed approval from their customer, they go through all the steps needed to take the job into production.  They create screens from separated art.  They custom mix ink colors.  They order a few of the exact shirt.  But is it cost effective to interrupt the production of the standard machines on the production floor to print 3 pieces for approval?  Many would prefer to print the samples on their direct to garment machines, but these are not accurate because they are not a screen print.  The accuracy and quick set-up of the Xprs systems make sampling quicker and more accurate.

What are the uses in a small shop?

The quick answer is EVERYTHING.  And in some cases that is true.  There are many of our customers who have these set up at their home business.  There are also many who use these as secondary stations in their shops.  This is where they send all the small stuff or the specialty items.  Any job that would require a change of platen would be printed on this system so that the standard production machines are not affected.  

Another option for the small to mid-sized shop is to take these machines on location.  Many companies service events that would profit from a quick, portable unit that can excite a crowd, limit inventory expenses and produce volume shirts on minimal power.  This is a quick cash business that expands the customer base of many community printers.

So why you?

In our daily rush to get orders in and out, we can often get wrapped up in the hurry and not take time to consider new options.  Running a high volume production floor, samples are a problem not a route to more profits.  However, they are what makes future sales and profits.  In a small shop, when you are chasing your existing customer base, the idea of collecting new contacts with on-site selling sounds exhausting.  However, if growth and profits are the goal, then new venues for selling are essential.

Check out the complete Xprs line of machinery and contact one of the Brown team members for more information.