Starting a printing business

Hinava — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:34:41 +0800

Hello LYN,

I want to start a printing business. I have a year experience in graphics design and web design. I can design some good cards, flyers, brochures etc.
But lately, I am thinking of doing more than just design, I want to do both design and printing. My clients always tell me that "Your design are nice, why don't you have printing service well?" then I will always tell them "It's on the way". So, I guess it's time.

Now, while this is a great idea and all... I have no leads on getting the proper materials and suppliers. I want to get myself a printer for brochures, business cards, invitation cards, flyers and other types of print services (t-shirt too in the future) with the materials like the paper type for each kind. This is because different type of print have different types of properties. For example, business cards are smaller in size and are more "glow-ish" and some business cards have round shapes and different textures.

To put it into simpler words..
tl;dr: Where to get suppliers for printing business?

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