hello starting home business

[rawdg]

Just wanted to say hello and I'm glad i found this site. I posted a wanted ad under sale/wanted. This looks like a great site. Wife & I are starting our own home print shop. I found great deal on a Chief and am looking for a cutter and platemaker now. I've been printing for about 20 years, so this is an exciting step for us. Please let me know if you have any advise on finding used platemakers and cutters.
Thanks,
rawdg

 

[VanQuill-Printing]

Ebay is the place to go these days for that kind of stuff.

 

[rawdg]

Thank you for the advice. I have been looking. I wish some of the ones for sale were closer to us. Most have pick up only, in Indiana or New York. We're on the other side of the country. Although a road trip could be cheaper than shipping and for the prices listed, not a bad idea. Thanks again.
RawDg

 

[jameswaugh8]

Best of luck for your print shop.

 

[niklaus]

Goodluck to your business and I hope that it will be successful best regards! =)

 

[Ben Printing]

I would have to agree on Ebay for the necessary tools, just be careful though as these machines can be quite fickle if they are old and they can also be expensive to fix. Even the slightest glitch in hardware can ruin an entire project.

That said, there are also a variety of online distributors who resell print supplies. Explore your options and also see what other users are saying about the products and sites in question.

Depending on your workload, you will need to purchase a certain type of product, and it is likely that you will be able to find a used unit for a drastically lower price than buying retail.

Good luck!