So setting up a screen printing business at home doesn’t have to be a difficult or daunting task for you. There are questions to be asked and answers to be found like: Why screen-printing? Where to put a shop? For who and ‘on what’ to invest? Here are some things to think about when setting up a screen printing business.
What’s Your Drive?
What is the motivation? Is there already interest, knowledge? Do you have a market already in mind and ready? Is it just about making money or is their love for printing with a drive to making it into the screen printing business?
There’s no such thing as easy money. Running a screen printing business is physical hard work and needs a keen eye for detail. So familiarity with the printing process and a love for creating designs will be great assets when starting up first. The more you know and the more experience we have in using the equipment, the easier it will be to make the right decisions. This in turn influences the printing method we choose.
What Machinery Do You Need To Create The Prints?
When not that interested in creating multicolor designs for big runs, maybe a digital printer connected to your computer suffices our printing needs. However if you are interested in creating your own designs and printing them, as well as maybe other peoples’ designs and designs from local bands or groups and so forth, then we need an actual space. A four color workhorse press, a point exposure system, a plug-and-go quartz flash and a conveyor dryer should be the right stuff to get you started..
Where Are You Going To Work From? Are You Printing What’s Wanted Or What’s In Demand?
This affects marketing which in turn affects your profitibility. When you print T-shirts for a personal market or friends, you’ve got an audience, if you’re printing your own thing, make sure that your thing is appreciated in the market place. Which in turn has an impact on the machinery you need to fulfill your possible orders, a single screen or a four color workhorse press?
Where Do You Want Your Business?
You will also need to address the where of everything. Where will equipment be housed and is there enough space? If you are having trouble finding the right space then measure everything out once more and ask for help.