Print On Grafix

If you come down to Alummoodu Jn in Mannar, you’ll find us working away at Print On Grafix. We do a lot of printing here. The machines are almost always running, so there’s a constant humming sound in the shop. We deal with a lot of paper and ink. Sometimes our hands are stained blue or black by the end of the day. It’s just part of the job. We started this in Alappuzha because we saw that people needed stuff printed without having to go too far. We do small jobs and some bigger ones too. We don't have a big office with air conditioning. It can get pretty hot in here with the machines running all day. We use fans to try and stay cool. We handle everything from the design on the computer to the actual printing. It’s a lot of sitting and then a lot of standing. Sometimes the power goes out and we have to wait around until it comes back on. That’s frustrating but we can’t do much about it. We’ve known the people around Alummoodu for a long time. They trust us to get their stuff done. We don’t use any fancy sales talk. We just tell people when it will be ready and try to stick to that. It’s a simple way to run a shop. The floor is usually covered in scrap paper by the time we close up and we have to sweep it all out every single night.