Lee Christiansen, of Hemet Unified School District, talked with In-plant Impressions Editor Bob Neubauer at the Inkjet Summit about his in-plant’s booming wide-format printing business and how production inkjet has lowered costs for the school district, allowing color to be added to educational materials.
Bob Neubauer
At the Inkjet Summit, IPI talked with Sylvia Palmer of Jurupa Unified School District, whose in-plant has been printing curriculum materials with an inkjet press for three years and is looking to expand with a second press. “It’s the way of the future,” she said.
In March, nearly 30 in-plant managers from around the country gathered in San Diego for the 11th annual Print Shop Pro user group meeting.
While in Rochester and Orlando recently, I made time to visit four in-plants at Lockheed Martin, Rochester and Osceola School Districts, and RIT to see what was happening in their shops.
Xerox iGen and Nuvera digital presses have produced billions of pages for in-plants over the past two decades. But this summer, the company that brought us xerography and fueled the rise of digital printing will stop making its iGen5 and Nuvera digital presses.
Adding an inkjet press has given Modern Woodmen of America’s in-plant a well-rounded selection of equipment to better serve the nation’s third-largest fraternal benefit society.
Dylan Turner, assistant director of Printing Services at Northern Arizona University, has wanted a wide-format flatbed printer for a long time. To fund the purchase, he tapped into NAU’s strong focus on sustainability.
While K-12 in-plants got a jump on production inkjet, the higher-ed community is starting to catch up. Next week’s Inkjet Summit will bring both groups together to compare notes.
IPI Editor Bob Neubauer was taken by surprise Wednesday night during the ACUP+ Awards ceremony when he was called to the stage to join the prestigious ACUP Hall of Fame. He has covered the association’s conferences for 30 years.
At Wednesday night’s ACUP+ Awards ceremony, Yale University and Bucknell University were the top winners, with Iowa State and Oregon State close behind.
The variable data printing market is on an upward trend, notes Consultant Howie Fenton in a new blog, with predictions indicating substantial growth. How can your in-plant do more of it?
After returning home from the pre-drupa conference in Düsseldorf, Germany, Bob Neubauer highlights what is to come at the international trade show. He also returned to a bittersweet task of wrapping up 30 years' of In-plant Impressions magazines.
This week in Rochester, New York, more than 80 higher-ed in-plant managers from 52 institutions have been gathered for the ACUP+ Conference. Numerous sessions on wide-format printing are giving managers in-depth information.
On Sunday evening, more than 80 college, university, and K-12 in-plants will gather in Rochester, New York, for the opening reception of the Association of College & University Printers conference.
Oregon State University Printing & Mailing Services recently held an open house that brought about 250 faculty and staff into the in-plant. The event included a guided tour, a look at the new inkjet press, food, giveaways, and prize drawings.
