The snowstorm that shut down the University of West Georgia (UWG) and much of nearby Atlanta in January was nothing compared to the gale that nearly blew away UWG's in-plant a few years ago. Back in 2009, UWG administration floated a plan to shutter the school's Department of Publications and Printing and reallocate funding. The idea was to begin contracting for printing services with outside vendors.
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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 170 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
Before adding its new Intoprint DP-100GA+ digital envelope printer, Columbus State University Printing Services handled envelope printing a bit differently. The minimum order size it could print on its two-color ABDick was 500, and the turnaround time was between three and five days. And four-color envelopes? Forget it.
Twenty-five years ago, Apple Inc. introduced the original Macintosh computer, Terms of Endearment took home the Oscar for Best Picture and the Colts departed Baltimore in the dead of night. It also was 25 years ago that Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses’ present identity was forged. Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses (MLP U.S.A., Inc.), the North American sales unit for printing presses manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., is celebrating a quarter of a century of innovations in 2009.
Yesterday’s mail piece automation and verification demonstration in Baltimore marked the first of six such events being presented by Buhrs and Lake Image Systems. The two companies are holding a six-city, cross country tour to demonstrate how mail piece processing, verification and job tracking solutions will reduce labor costs, improve productivity and reduce liability exposure. The next show in the series will take place this coming Thursday in Atlanta (3/13), and then continue in Dallas (3/27), Los Angeles (4/3), Chicago (4/10) and New York/New Jersey (4/17). These demonstrations are open house format and run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Find out more
Two upcoming SGIA Imaging Symposiums, one in Denver and one in Atlanta, will help you tackle the issues associated with growing a successful digital imaging operation. The Denver symposium will take place this coming Wednesday, April 25. A few weeks later it will move to Atlanta on Wednesday, May 16. Sessions will cover such topics as: • Opportunities in Established & Emerging Digital Imaging Markets • Adjusting Workflow & Job Management for Maximum Production Flexibility • How Companies Successfully Grasp New Opportunities • The Elegant Art of Digital Imaging Equipment Purchases • Maximizing Your Investment in Ink-jet Imaging
Xplor 2003 brought MICR and one-to-one marketing to the forefront in Atlanta. By Mike Llewellyn The exhibitors at Xplor 2003 were upbeat, talking about a market rebound and new ways for the printing industry to gain a foothold as new media proliferates. While attendee figures were down compared with past Xplor conferences, most exhibitors felt that those who had arrived were there to do business. Continuing the show's tradition of education, companies like IBM Printing Systems and Océ set up their booths more like learning centers than equipment showcases. And with a greater focus on transactional printing and variable data, many companies rolled
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