Brother, Can You Spare A Press

With student interest in offset and bindery taking a back seat to computers, in-plant managers must take a fresh look at the hiring process.

By MIKE LLEWELLYN

Students just aren't as interested in traditional printing skills as they used to be.

"Approximately 10 percent of my students go on to positions in a print shop," reveals Bill Johnson, a graphic communications instructor at Louisiana Technical College, in Shreveport. "Not too many years ago it would have been 50 percent."