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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.

Colorquick LLC, of Pennsauken, N.J., has filed suit against both Hamilton, Bermuda-based VistaPrint and OfficeMax Inc. of Naperville, IL, claiming the companies have infringed upon a ColorQuick patent. According to Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, the suit was filed in U.S. District Court for East Texas.

Henry Roy was working at a shoe store in Worcester, Mass., in 1950 when he got a call that would change his life. A friend of his ran the print shop at the nearby College of the Holy Cross, and he needed some help. He asked Roy if he'd like to give it a shot. "I said, 'sure, I'd be glad to,' " he recalls. So the 20-year-old Roy gave up a future in footwear and embarked on a career that would span almost six decades. Now approaching his 59th year at New England's oldest Catholic college, Henry Roy likely holds the record for the longest tenure as an in-plant manager.

NRF Distributors' Graphics & Printing Department has moved into a new and larger facility in Augusta, Maine. By Bob Neubauer NRF Distributors didn't become New England's largest flooring distributor by being slow. When its suppliers decide to have a sale, NRF needs to get that information to its customers before its competitors—somewhat of a challenge for a company tucked away in chilly Augusta, Maine, far from many of its clients. The family-owned company has long relied on its four-employee in-plant to print the sales announcements and other customer communications that keep NRF competitive. "I can get a mailing out in one day," boasts

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