No Place Like Home
"I actually went for the photography, but I ended up liking the printing better," she reflects. "That letterpress hooked me."
It was there she learned to set type, shoot negatives and burn metal plates. Upon graduation, she took a job in the composition room of the Delaware State News. But she was itching to work on a press, so after nine months there, she applied for a job with the state Division of Research. She was hired as a part-time offset press operator, and was put to work on one of the AM Multigraphics 2650s—the same equipment the shop would use for the next three decades. After nine months, Messina was made a full-time employee.
- Companies:
- Xerox Corp.
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.
