Computing Expertise in Your In-plant

Rick Wise, director of Printing Services at the University of Missouri-Columbia, shares his thoughts on the importance of having someone on staff who is well versed in both computer and print technologies.

“You have to have computing expertise on your staff,” says Wise. “Trying to share such personnel with a campus IT Department is the road to ruin. The subtleties and nuances of printing are numerous. Industry specific software; huge file sizes; RIPing complex color jobs; and unique networking applications (to name a few) require your computing person to have a thorough knowledge of printing, in addition to considerable computing skills.”