6/7/2023 0 Comments Dapper inkORGANIZATION TIPS I wish we had some organization secrets. SOLVENT OF CHOICE I just started using Easy Street for cleanup this year, and it’s a real game changer. PLATE AND BASE OF CHOICE We have a standard 6×9 Boxcar Base that we’ve used from the beginning, but I’m thinking it’s time to upgrade to the 9×12. I use it for press setup, and we seem always need it for something. MOST VALUABLE SHOP TOOL We went through a mile of double sided tape in the span of about a year. We have a rotation of five or six food trucks that setup for lunch and dinner outside of Community Tap. THE LOCATION We are in the Stone’s Point shopping center that includes a dry cleaner, custom denim shop called Billiam, a home goods/gift shop called Urban Digs, and a craft beer and wine bar Community Tap. There is currently a crossfit gym, a paddle board company, and a brewery operating in the other spaces. It’s a warehouse facility that is being converted into shops and green space. The large space is in a new development called Hampton Station. We also have a secondary space that is about 6000 square feet and we originally planned to move the business there, but it filled up too quickly so now we have both spaces. SIZE OF PRINT SHOP Our main shop is about 1500 square feet. The designers here do everything from helping people refine their t-shirt or business card designs to full branding for new companies as well as creating designs for our own Dapper Ink retail line. We have between 15-20 full time and part time employees between the two companies. NUMBER OF PRINTERS IN THE SPACE We currently have two full time designers and two design interns, and Matt, the owner, now focuses on designing for our sister company The Landmark Project. We also facilitate digital, offset, and anything else our customers can think up. We have two automatic screen presses, three manual screen presses, a wide format printer for fine art prints, a Chandler & Price, 2 table top clamshell letterpresses, and a hot foil machine. TYPE OF SHOP We are a full service print and design shop. They brought me on as the full time letterpress printer about a year and a half ago. I started learning on the C&P when I interned for Dapper during college. Matt started building a letterpress client base, and would print whenever he had some time to spare. Our first letterpress machine, a Chandler and Price, came from a local printshop that had closed its doors. Matt Moreau and his wife Jen started screen printing t-shirts out of their house in 2007, and now employ a full team of printers and designers. PRINTING BEGINNINGS We are a custom print and design shop, primarily focused on screen printed apparel. The bright & light-hearted Virginia gave us a tour of her studio to talk shop, expanding to a new location, where to grab a great bite to eat, and of course… letterpress. The down-south shop boasts expertly printed pieces, a great design staff, and a penchant for perfecting the right amount of ink (whether it’s on a tee shirt or cotton rag paper stock). In the beautiful rolling landscape of Greenville, South Carolina you’ll find the versatile Dapper Ink letterpress and silkscreen print shop. What you need to print well on your L Letterpress Machine.How to build the ideal letterpress shop.
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