Francis McMahon

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.

IPG recently visited Canon's impressive 18,000-square-foot Customer Experience Center, in Boca Raton, Fla. for a tour of the facility and a peek at Canon's new monochrome mid-production digital press, the Océ VarioPrint DP 135.

When HP announced it was going to start providing "managed print services" and "offering outsourced alternatives," the natural reaction in the in-plant world was a head-shaking "here we go again."

IN-PLANTS HAVE watched it happen for years: Some of the same vendors that sell them equipment are also trying to shut them down by pitching facilities management services to their bosses. So when HP announced it was going to start providing "managed print services" and "offering outsourced alternatives," the natural reaction in the in-plant world was a head-shaking "here we go again."

HP's announcement last week that it planned to start providing "managed print services" caused both confusion and concern in the printing industry. Printing Industries of America released a statement expressing its unease that HP was trying to compete with commercial printers. And in-plants, too, fretted that HP had facilities management on its mind.

Looking for a way to increase services and business? Realize the benefits of printing large, high-quality color pieces. WHEN you want to grab someone's attention what do you use? Yes, color would be one solution, but even orange can look washed out if it's not big enough. So what's big enough? Try 36x48˝ on for size. Got your attention yet? Wide-format color printing is not a new phenomenon. But a lot of in-plants are catching on to the attractive format size used for big jobs like posters, banners or important charts, such as those used for congressional hearings. The latter is printed

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