Since installing a new 61˝ HP Designjet L26500 wide-format printer in July, Tiger Graphic Services, at the University of Memphis, has more than doubled its growth. While the 11-employee in-plant is still using its nine-year-old HP 5500PSUV printer, Manager Penni Istre says that the new device was necessary to produce the shop’s oversized and corrugated signage work, which makes up about 35 percent of its business.
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Julie Greenbaum is a contributor to Printing Impressions.
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.
Wow. It’s hard to believe I’m just sitting here, with no plans to travel anywhere. And having just completed a whirlwind, world-wide journey (capped with a stormy finish), I’m more than happy to stay put for a while. As you know, I was at Drupa, racing around that massive German trade show to see what the manufacturers have in store for you. I was back barely two days when I was on a plane again, headed for the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conference in Tunica, Miss. (Germany and Mississippi; there’s a combination you don’t see too often.) I rented a car in
An impressive crowd of in-plant managers gathered in Tunica, Miss., two weeks ago to attend the annual In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conference. Among the nearly 120 managers in attendance were large contingents from the University of Missouri-Columbia, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Hershey Co., American Electric Power, BYU and Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators. In addition to a vendor fair featuring 32 exhibitors, attendees got to hear from industry experts like Barb Pellow, of InfoTrends, whose keynote session detailed trends impacting in-plants. Also, IPG Editor Bob Neubauer, just back from Drupa, entertained attendees with a presentation and video from the
THE COUNTRY’S largest gathering of in-plant managers is about to assemble in Tunica, Miss., just south of Memphis. The In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) Conference will be taking place June 4-7 at the Veranda Hotel, part of the Grand Casino Resort, in Tunica. Any manager interested in improving his or her in-plant should make plans to attend. This will be the association’s 49th conference, and the agenda is packed with educational sessions that get right to the heart of the issues most important to in-plants. Topics include variable data, mail piece design, customer service, Web-based job submission, going green and much more.
Its name hasn’t gotten any shorter, but it sure is more up to date. SUPDMC has changed its name to the “Southeastern University Printers and Digital Managers Conference,” replacing the dated term “Duplicating” with the word “Digital.” The renaming took place at the business meeting on the final day of the 32nd annual conference. Held recently in Memphis, the conference was co-hosted by Penni Istre of the University of Memphis and Tony Seaman of the University of Mississippi, thus carrying the theme “UM².” The conference was kicked off in Memphis style with an appearance by Elvis Presley (actually an imitator) who shook away everyone’s morning
Managers at college and university in-plants who missed May’s ACUP conference need not despair. This fall, two more popular conferences for higher-ed in-plants are taking place: The Big Ten Printing and Copyright Conference and (with perhaps the longest name in the record books) the Southeastern University Printing and Duplicating Managers Conference (easier to say SUPDMC). Both have popular followings and promise to provide excellent networking opportunities. Big Ten takes place September 26-29 and is hosted by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. For information call (217) 333-4656 or visit www.fs.uiuc.edu/printingconference. SUPDMC will be held in Memphis October 8-12, hosted by the University of
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