Ball State Adds CTP, Four-color Press

"It will allow us to go to some of the other colleges and non-profit organizations in the area and let them know what our capabilities are and see if we can do some more insourcing," says Johnson.

Unique Double Upgrade

The near simultaneous addition of both CTP and a four-color press is a rarity among in-plants, but Johnson felt the timing was right for a couple of reasons. Budgets at universities have been getting tighter, and he thought it was best to use his shop's equipment reserve fund before the university considered tapping into it for other purposes. Also, the shop's 14-year-old two-color Heidelberg GTO 52 was wearing out and could no longer produce high-quality four-color work. The in-plant will now transfer work from its Ryobi 3200 to the GTO and move the GTO's work to the new press, along with some work from its two-color Heidelberg MOZP.