According to the latest report from In-plant Impressions, 67% of in-plants with vacancies say they haven’t filled those roles due to a hiring freeze or lack of budget to hire. Our new research report sheds some light on the challenges in-plants are facing trying to meet deadlines without enough employees.

During the recent Association of College and University Printers (ACUP+) conference, we talked with several in-plant managers to find out how they have improved their in-plants over the past year.

Ashley Roberts sat down the four industry leaders to talk about the lessons they’ve learned about inkjet.

The 2026 Inkjet Summit is packed with in-plant managers. IPI Editor Bob Neubauer caught up with one of them, Bret Johnson of Mayo Clinic, to learn how inkjet has transformed his in-plant, taking turnaround times down from two weeks to five days and allowing the shop to reduce its toner footprint from 10 devices to five. 

We investigated which bindery solutions in-plants like best, then asked users why they prefer them.