In-plant Events

Frank Romano, professor emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology, made the following observations at the recent College and University Print Management Association of Canada (CUPMAC) conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland: • “Analog copiers will disappear,” he said, as multifunction devices take off. • The current growth market lies in the 40-ppm and higher color printers. • Four-up digital printers will increase in popularity, further eroding the litho market. • The “transpromo” trend is growing: printing ads on bills and transactional statements. “The next generation of digital devices will probably be ink-jet,” he speculated, noting their simplicity compared to toner devices. Watch for a full report on the CUPMAC conference in

Managers at college and university in-plants who missed May’s ACUP conference need not despair. This fall, two more popular conferences for higher-ed in-plants are taking place: The Big Ten Printing and Copyright Conference and (with perhaps the longest name in the record books) the Southeastern University Printing and Duplicating Managers Conference (easier to say SUPDMC). Both have popular followings and promise to provide excellent networking opportunities. Big Ten takes place September 26-29 and is hosted by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. For information call (217) 333-4656 or visit www.fs.uiuc.edu/printingconference. SUPDMC will be held in Memphis October 8-12, hosted by the University of

The state of Washington has selected a new state printer: Jean-Luc Devis, director of Printing & Mailing Services at Oregon State University and a member of IPG’s editorial advisory board. He replaces Larry Weber who recently retired from the position. A well-known face at ACUP and IPMA conferences, where he has led several presentations over the years on customer service issues, Devis has been at OSU since the fall of 2002. While there he successfully turned a five-year deficit trend into a profit mode, increased sales by more than $1 million and introduced a multi-function copier program to the campus, with 400+ installations. Under

The In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) is selecting speakers for its annual conference to be held June 6-9, 2007 in Oklahoma City. If you would like to be considered as a presenter or if you would like to see a specific program topic offered, contact Mike Loyd at mkloyd@lsu.edu or call IPMA headquarters at (816) 902-4762.

The In-plant Printing and Mailing Association has a new president. Michael K. Loyd, director of Procurement Auxiliary Services for Louisiana State University, recently stepped into the role, replacing John Hurt, who is now IPMA’s director of Development. Loyd, an IPG editorial advisory board member, joined IPMA in 1995 and has served as president-elect, secretary-treasurer and in several capacities for the Louisiana Bayou Chapter. IPMA is a professional organization dedicated exclusively to the needs of corporate publishing, printing, mailing and distribution professionals. Established in 1964, it is now headquartered in Kearney, MO.

THE COLLEGE and University Print Management Association of Canada (CUPMAC) scored something of a coup this year. It succeeded in convincing popular industry speaker Frank Romano, professor emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology, to address the group’s 39th annual conference, way up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the most eastern point in North America (unless you count Greenland). Actually, Romano did more than just “address” the 39 managers in attendance. He captivated and amused them as well, while leading four sessions over the conference’s three-day span. And when he wasn’t at the front of the room, he watched the other presenters (among them a

Your competition over the next five to 10 years will only get stronger. Without a solid financial foundation, your in-plant will be unable to fund the new investments necessary to compete. To help you survive and grow, xpedx has once again contracted with Prime Digital Printing to conduct free in-plant workshops in several cities. Called “MBA of Finance,” these are brand new workshops that go much deeper than the previous seminars. They will provide in-plants with strategies to help them get senior management to make the investments necessary to successfully take on the competition. The first three workshops in Chicago, Philadelphia and Charlotte went well. The

Though in-plants are sometimes overlooked when honors are doled out to printers, NAPL (“the trade association for excellence in graphic communications management”) has a category specifically for in-plants in its prestigious Management Plus program. Self-evaluation forms and awards applications have just become available for this year’s program, and in-plants are encouraged to participate. Past Gold Award winners include Allstate’s Print Communications Center, University of California-Berkeley Printing Services, CIGNA Printing and Distribution and the Nevada State Printing Division. Now in its 27th year, NAPL’s performance-assessment program helps graphic communications operations gain insights into their strengths and weaknesses and develop plans for improvement. The program consists of

The College and University Print Management Association of Canada (CUPMAC) kicks off this weekend in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Hosted by Memorial University of Newfoundland, the 39th annual conference will feature popular printing industry speaker Frank Romano. Bob Neubauer, editor of In-Plant Graphics, will also give two presentations to the group.

FOR THE first time since its initial meeting in 1964, the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP) returned to Massachusetts recently for its annual conference. And despite some stiff conference competition—ACUP kicked off just days after the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conference wrapped up in Las Vegas—ACUP 2006 was a smashing success, drawing 130 managers from around the world. A number of first-time attendees from the New England area joined conference regulars from as far away as Alaska, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. A large contingent from California was also on hand, building enthusiasm for ACUP 2007 in San Francisco—not