Hal Hinderliter

Andy Paparozzi, NAPL's Chief Economist, and Consultant Steven Schnoll will set the stage at the Executive Outlook Conference, which will precede Graph Expo, in Chicago. Taking place on Saturday, October 2, the conference will focus on "The Challenge of Change in the New Era of Print."

PEWAUKEE, WI—June 12, 2007—More than 100 members of Wisconsin’s printing and education communities were on hand during a sunny and pleasant midday dedication ceremony for the new Harry V. Quadracci Printing Education and Technology Center (HVQ PETC) in Pewaukee, WI. Located on the campus of the Waukesha County Technical College, this new facility represents a partnership between Wisconsin’s thriving printing community and the state’s technical college system. The 23,600 square foot facility (constructed at a cost of $3.5 million) contains fifteen offices, three lecture halls, two computer graphics classrooms, a digital photography studio, a color measurement lab, a bookstore and a 4,000 square foot

Don't send your plates out to be imaged; do it yourself. Find out how—and why—to invest in computer-to-plate technology. For Manager Pat McCord, going computer-to-plate (CTP) was an option that made sense. Before purchasing an A.B.Dick DPM 2000, his in-plant at Asgrow Seed Co., in Parkersburg, Ind., outsourced its negatives to make paper plates at $16 to $18 a pop—a pretty hefty price for a shop with only two full-time employees. By comparison, the DPM 2000 produces poly plates at $2 each, McCord says. And instead of sending out 200 to 300 negatives—and risking quality problems and decreased cycle time—the in-plant