Mechanical skills learned on the farm have paid off in the print shop. We do all of the minor work ourselves. Sometimes we have to design our own repairs. It isn't uncommon for Brothers to leave for a Denver salvage company at 1 a.m., take out parts, and arrive home in time to have the press running for the 8 a.m. crew. A major change in printing has been competition from copy machines.
Customers walk in with orders and out with finished products in an hour.
To compete, Brothers added a digital press for short, fast runs and takes advantage of fax and e-mail to speed up service. Three carriers handle deliveries when his own trucks can't keep up. Complaints from farmers over the loss of machinery dealers and higher prices for repairs are common. Brothers said higher costs for printing supplies are the results of mergers. At one time we could buy from eight wholesale companies.