A Quarter Century of Superb Service

"I would still be working in a darkroom, with halftones and negatives," she recalls. "Plus, I liked the idea of designing and typesetting."

While Karl was still a student, her instructors tapped her to assist in the production of printed course materials for the institute. After graduation in 1977, she took a job with a local forms business, and then was recruited by a large forms shop in Sparks, Nev. (where she worked two jobs simultaneously—the second with a full-service printer). When she returned to Washington, she gained additional experience at a high-end, design-oriented shop.