A Lifelong Printer
He started as a flyboy, taking books off the web press and packing them on skids. From there he became a feeder operator, then a second pressman. He says the mechanical aspect of printing appealed to him.
"I liked to work with my hands," he says.
After four years there, Neff joined the Marine Corps. Following his service there, he enrolled at Montgomery College, in Rockville, Md. There, he did so well in computer science, that IBM offered him a job. But it wasn't the right fit for him, he says.
- Companies:
- Xerox Corp.
- People:
- Bill Neff
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.
