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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.
Thanks to the recent addition of a Xerox Color 1000 Press with in-line trimming and booklet making, Delta Dental of Michigan Corporate Services produces full-bleed booklets on demand, reducing waste and saving time for the dental health plan administrator.
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"I wanted to be a graphic designer when I started out," reflects Karen Meyers, business manager of Printing Services at Michigan Farm Bureau. Enthralled by a high school graphic arts course, the Grand Rapids, Mich., native enrolled at Central Michigan University, where she majored in industrial supervision and management with a graphics concentration. While at CMU, Meyers took an internship with The Planning and Zoning Center where she helped lay out newsletters during school breaks.
Avanti Computer Systems held its 19th annual user’s conference in Washington, D.C., in June, bringing together a mix of both in-plant and commercial printers. During the three-day event, attendees networked with their peers, swapped ideas and attended numerous sessions on industry topics.
Michigan Farm Bureau Printing Services has replaced its four-year-old Xerox DocuColor 8000 with a new Kodak NexPress 2500—a big change for the long-time Xerox shop. “One of the things we loved about it was the Dimensional Printing,” remarks Meyers. “No one in our marketplace can offer that.”
The final edition of The Ann Arbor News hit the streets on Thursday, ending its 174-year run of delivering the news to Michigan's fifth-largest city. The News employed 272 when its closing was announced earlier this year; roughly 60 remained when it was put to bed for the final time.
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