Baltimore Mavens...of Print
"We're good at putting ink on paper; that's what we specialize in. So give it to the specialists," he reasoned.
His logic, though sound, didn't sway the IT director right away.
"It took a lot of convincing because a lot of people didn't think we could do it," Cooper says. Eventually, though, after upgrading his shop's Xerox DocuTech 180s to highlight color versions and putting security procedures in place, Cooper was able to bring all of Baltimore's IT printing into his in-plant. This included not only vendor checks but water bills, tax bills, ambulance bills, parking fines, reports and more. It was a major coup for the in-plant—one that improved its visibility and its importance to the city.
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 180 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.