June 2008 Issue

In-Plant Graphics - June 2008

Cover Story

New Strategy at Ole Miss - June 01, 2008
MAY DAY, observed as a holiday in his native England, proved to be a busy day for Tony Seaman. The director of Printing and Graphic Services at the University of Mississippi put the in-plant’s new five-color...

Current Features

From the Editor: A Hot Time at Drupa - June 01, 2008
I’M GETTING ready to leave Germany as I write this, having just completed a grueling four days at Drupa, the international print show held every four years in Düsseldorf. It was a hot time—and I mean...
ACUP in the Sunshine State - June 01, 2008
WHEN YOU combine a vibrant, amiable group like the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP) with a beautiful setting like Clearwater Beach, Fla., you have the recipe for an excellent event....
Web-to-print for In-plants - June 01, 2008
You probably don’t need to be convinced that it is important to offer your customers a way to do business with you using the Internet. After all, print e-commerce, commonly referred to as Web-to-print,...
The State of the In-plant Industry - June 01, 2008
EARLY THIS year, In-Plant Graphics completed a major survey of the in-plant market. We asked in-plant managers about the equipment they use, their purchasing plans, how much digital and four-color printing...
‘We Always Have To Be The Best’ - June 01, 2008
DUANE HUGHES has spent his entire career with a financial services company in St. Louis, but he’s had to “make change” recently due to shifts in employment and by his employer. Yet, despite a company...
Trivia Time - June 01, 2008
First the question: How many years has Editor Bob Neubauer been in that position? 11
DIGITAL FINISHING:  Go With the Flow - June 01, 2008
OPTIMAL WORKFLOW efficiency. It’s the ultimate goal in today’s cost-conscious graphic arts marketplace. Indeed, the ability to enhance the productivity and speed of book manufacturing while minimizing...
Time to Go Green With Your Plate Production? - May 01, 2008
ONE OF THE smartest things an in-plant can do to reduce production time and environmental impact is to go computer-to-plate (CTP), eliminating the entire film imaging and developing stage and all of the...
Amazon and You - May 01, 2008
ANYONE WHO strolled the exhibit floor at the On Demand show in March can attest to the popularity of on-demand book printing and binding. The ease with which single copies of books can now be produced...
In-plant Prepress Survey - March 01, 2008
IN-PLANT PREPRESS departments have changed a lot in the past decade—the equipment mix, the employee count, the responsibilities. To get a feel for what a modern prepress operation is like, we conducted...