So this week I’m going first to Athens, Georgia–which is a little ways outside of Atlanta–and then to San Dimas, California, which is somewhere in the midst of the LA sprawl.

And what’s kind of interesting to me is the similarity of the two projects.

Now, one of the questions I get asked occasionally, or one of the considerations I hear voiced goes something like: Do you work with little guys like me, or is it worth it for a little guy like me to use your servlce?

Well, I don’t think either of the guys I’m going to see would classify their operation as big.

Each is an operation with one Roland printer.

In Georgia, Z Decals is running a VersaArt 64, and in California, Fineline Signs is running an SC 540.

Z Decals is running VersaWorks, and Fineline is running ColoRip.

And the issue bedeviling both of them is neutrals.

Each project is only going to take a day. And both of these guys are existing in today’s economy just like the big guys, just like me, just like you, and just like everyone else. Yet these guys are serious enough about what they do to invest in making how they do what they do as good as it can possibly be. And in the end I guarantee you, it’s going to save them more money than they spend.

Anyway, I thought I’d bring a Flip video camera with me, take this blog on the road, and do a little documenting.

It’s gonna be fun, fun, fun.