A Visit to the University of Portland’s In-plant
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As the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP+) conference was winding down last week in Vancouver, Washington, IPI Editor Bob Neubauer and a small group of in-plant managers made the short trip to Portland, Oregon, to tour the University of Portland’s eight-employee Printing and Mailing Services operation. The scenic campus is located up on a bluff in a residential neighborhood overlooking the Willamette River with views of the Portland skyline.
Manager Mary Scroggins and Production Designer Renee Byrd proudly showed off their operation, which featured two Xerox Versant digital presses (a 180 and a 3100 with a Plockmatic Pro 50 bookletmaker), as well as three wide-format printers: two HPs and a Canon imagePROGRAF. The shop uses a Quadient DS-95i for folding and inserting mail. The in-plant sorts and delivers mail to campus locations and offers outgoing USPS and UPS mail and package services.
Scroggins said she and her staff are always looking for ways to make their operation more efficient. They recently rearranged their paper and package storage areas to bring packages closer to the pickup area where students come to retrieve them.
The in-plant prints a variety of items for the 4,000-student campus on its equipment: course packs, exams, lab manuals, programs, business cards, directional signs, and more. Lawn signs printed by the in-plant were visible on lawns all around the 108-acre campus.
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