I'm Jill and have run a business specializing in horses, dogs and cats over the past 30 years. (Giving my age away). My main specialty right now are purebred dogs and I attend a lot of dog shows and pet expos flogging my wares.
About 8 years or so ago I got into sublimation. Purchased designs, bought an ET-15000 and printed and made a lot of my own products for dogs. As it got busier, I upgraded to an Epson SC-F570 Sublimation printer and use the EcoTank for smaller jobs. I now design all my own work plus print and manufacture myself. Custom is a big part of my work and I get most of my business from word of mouth.
Many of my customers wanted decals so I began like most. I originally bought a GCC cutter, but found it was too big for doing custom jobs of one or two items so added a Cricut and a Silhouette Cameo to the family. I tried doing decals and stickers with the two small cutters, but wasn't really pleased with the quality of the print since it was from pigment ink. They sold however, so I thought it was time to upgrade to a dedicated decal machine. I have purchased the Roland BN20A as a starter (like many before me) and I pick it up on Monday. I feasted on a bucket load of videos on YouTube which helped me decide to avoid the BN20 as many seemed to have issues with the white ink, and since I would be doing smaller production, the extra maintenance and clogging issues weren't worth the extra I could make using clear window cling for some projects. The fact that it is slow is not a big deal for me as my production will never be huge orders of a thousand decals.
I think I have made the right choice, but hey, you never know. Maybe I'll get so busy I'll be upgrading again.
Hope to learn lots here,
Jill
https://jkmorganpets.com
About 8 years or so ago I got into sublimation. Purchased designs, bought an ET-15000 and printed and made a lot of my own products for dogs. As it got busier, I upgraded to an Epson SC-F570 Sublimation printer and use the EcoTank for smaller jobs. I now design all my own work plus print and manufacture myself. Custom is a big part of my work and I get most of my business from word of mouth.
Many of my customers wanted decals so I began like most. I originally bought a GCC cutter, but found it was too big for doing custom jobs of one or two items so added a Cricut and a Silhouette Cameo to the family. I tried doing decals and stickers with the two small cutters, but wasn't really pleased with the quality of the print since it was from pigment ink. They sold however, so I thought it was time to upgrade to a dedicated decal machine. I have purchased the Roland BN20A as a starter (like many before me) and I pick it up on Monday. I feasted on a bucket load of videos on YouTube which helped me decide to avoid the BN20 as many seemed to have issues with the white ink, and since I would be doing smaller production, the extra maintenance and clogging issues weren't worth the extra I could make using clear window cling for some projects. The fact that it is slow is not a big deal for me as my production will never be huge orders of a thousand decals.
I think I have made the right choice, but hey, you never know. Maybe I'll get so busy I'll be upgrading again.
Hope to learn lots here,
Jill
https://jkmorganpets.com
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