Jay Printer

We are tucked away in Phase 2 of the G.I.D.C. area in Dediyasan, specifically on the Manpharma Line. If you know this part of town, you know it is mostly industrial and can get pretty loud during the day. Our shop, Jay Printer, has been running out of unit 267 for a while now. The air inside usually smells like fresh ink and paper dust, which is something you just get used to after working here for a week. We spend a lot of our time tinkering with the printing machines when they decide to be temperamental, which seems to happen more often than we would like. This isn’t a fancy corporate office with glass walls; it is a workshop with some stains on the floor and stacks of paper piled up against the walls. Most of the people who drop by are local business owners who need a job done quickly. We handle the print runs, check the alignments, and try to make sure the cutters are actually sharp. Sometimes the heat in the industrial estate gets to be a bit much during the summer months, but we just keep the fans going and keep working. It is a busy life here in the G.I.D.C. We don’t do much talking, mostly just listening to the rhythmic thumping of the presses. It is a simple operation. We open up the shutters early, get the orders lined up, and stay until the last job is boxed up.