Meet Tray, Print Production Associate
Tray is one of the people who helps keep real print work moving through the shop with care, patience, and practical production sense.
He came to Lawton through our acquisition of Repro Consultants, and over the last few years he has become one of those steady people you want near a complicated job. If something came out crisp, clean, on time, and exactly how the customer pictured it, there is a good chance Tray had a hand in it.
This feature is less about listing everything he does and more about showing the kind of person behind the work. Tray understands how the file, material, machine, finish, and deadline all connect.
The guy we check with when the job gets specific
Tray is the kind of production person who understands more than one piece of the process.
If a customer has a question about a material, a finishing style, or whether an oddly shaped idea can actually be produced, Tray is often part of that conversation. He knows what works, what needs to be adjusted, and what should be checked before the job gets too far down the line.
That matters because most print problems do not start at the printer. They start with a file, a measurement, a material choice, a rushed proof, or a detail that nobody noticed early enough.
Tray helps close that gap. He brings a calm, practical eye to the work, and that helps projects move cleaner from setup to finished piece.
A few looks from around the shop
Even photo tiles, clean layout, and lightbox ready for Elementor.
What Tray brings to the work
The best production people are not just running equipment. They are paying attention to how the whole job comes together.
He understands more than one step
Tray moves through the practical parts of production with a wide view of the job. That helps him catch file, material, sizing, and finishing issues before they slow the project down.
He notices the details
Good print work depends on judgment. Tray brings an eye for clean output, proper finishing, and the small adjustments that make the final piece feel right.
He keeps moving under deadline
Production does not always happen in perfect conditions. Tray helps keep work moving when the timeline is tight, the file is tricky, or the job needs one more check.
Every time I see Tray, he is doing something different. Cutting vinyl for storefront lettering, printing long sponsor banners, checking a file, helping finish a rush job, or crawling under a machine with a flashlight and a wrench.
That is the kind of behind the scenes work customers rarely see, but it is a big part of why projects get finished correctly.
Outside of work, he is an artist too
That creative side shows up in the way he looks at production.
Outside of Lawton, Tray is an artist and a gamer, and he makes some seriously cool work. That creative side fits the job because print production is not only technical. It also takes taste, patience, and a feel for how something should look when it is finished.
While he is working, there is usually a podcast playing somewhere nearby. True crime, gaming, comedy, whatever is good that day.
When production people understand the full job, customers get fewer surprises. Files are checked more carefully, materials are handled with more context, and deadlines are treated like part of the work instead of an afterthought.
Need help with a print or graphics project?
Talk to production, send the file, or ask us to take a quick look before the job gets moving. No pressure, just support from a North Texas team that has handled this work for more than 40 years.
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