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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.

Two years ago, University of Iowa Printing and Mailing Services jumped into short-run digital color with a new HP Indigo 5000. Now the 44-employee in-plant is moving into four-color offset as well.  The Iowa City-based shop just installed a four-color Komori Spica 29P perfector press. Since it went in, the press has been busy printing brochures, posters, newsletters and lots of perfecting work, says Steve Wilson, printing manager.

There were 88 winners in the In-Print 2007 competition. Here they are, listed by category. Offset, Flexo & Silkscreen ______________________ Stationery (Fewer than 5 employees) Gold Berea College Berea, KY Letterhead ______________________ Brochures (Fewer than 5 employees) Gold The University of West Alabama Livingston, AL Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition ______________________ Silver Chilton Memorial Hospital Pompton Plains, NJ Fashion Show Order Form ______________________ Flyers (Fewer than 5 employees) Gold Moorpark Community College Moorpark, CA Back to Before Flyer ______________________ Stationery Gold University of Iowa Printing Department Iowa City, IA Hawkeye Field Hockey Letterhead ______________________

More than 500 entries came in for In-Print 2004, sponsored by IPG and the International Publishing Management Association. After examining them for two days in IPMA's Liberty, Mo., headquarters, judges selected 92 winners, 44 of which won first place prizes. Some of the top winners were: Brigham Young University: 8 Awards University of Oklahoma: 7 Awards Louisiana State University: 7 Awards Briggs & Stratton: 6 Awards University of Delaware: 6 Awards All prizes were presented during an awards banquet at the recent IPMA conference in Philadelphia. For more information on the contest and tips on how to win next year, visit http://www.ipgonline.com/doc/in_print.html. Here

At these in-plants, combining the print and mail departments has not only reduced costs but streamlined operations and allowed more cross-training. By W. Eric Martin When you manage an in-plant, you have a boatload of responsibilities—which is why it may seem strange to hear you should take on one more, specifically, the mail operation."Combining the manufacture of printed documents with their distribution is the most logical of efficient processes," says John Eichmann, the Central Services Division manager for the City of Boise, Idaho, which combined print, mail and office supplies procurement in the 1970s, and has been going strong ever since. Your customers obviously

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