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Ok here is something always good to talk about your very first print job that you made money on or didn't.  Some of you have to think back so far I think they were still doing cave paintings LOL  Killer, P , Sbrem

Darryl

My first paying job was for a painter that had his logo on his shirt that was faded out bad, I asked him where he got it done and he said Vistaprint so from what I know is that it was a bad DTG print. I sold him a dozen shirts and he has been back over a half dozen times over the past 2 years. The print was tough without micros and burning screens with to low of a mesh on a 500 watt halogen light, It is soooo much easier now.

500 watt halogen bulb at 18 inches. Thats like what, 22 minutes? Done it. My first job was that way

Still not as old as Johnny, Steve or Preston

My first was a little one color job on stone.

I was printing a job for free for a charity, and the second time they ordered I charged just a little bit. The dude seemed a little irked, probably because white on black should have looked better!

Aug.1, 1975, a 2 color for a HVAC company, dark green and black on white Healthknit t's. (they were 3 packs, with tape on the shoulders and cardboard inserts). I got a day's pay, I don't know what my boss made... One of my lasting memories from back then was you had to buy a dozen of a color of a size from the wholesalers. Then one day, Eisner Bros. in NYC came up with the idea of case, dozens and singles. Within month, all the wholesalers were doing it.
At least that's how I remember it, it was almost 37 years ago, I was 23.

Steve

and, multi-filament mesh, stapled, on frames that couldn't handle any tension, Vastex 4/4 manual