Entering the Third Dimension
In Ames, Iowa, Printing & Copy Services at Iowa State University has already added a MakerBot Replicator 2 and is testing it out.
"We didn't want to be left behind," remarks Director Steve Weigel.
Other campus departments have added higher-end 3D printers, and Weigel feels the quality of his shop's printer pales by comparison, so the in-plant is not selling 3D printing right now but is using it for promotional purposes to get people into the in-plant. Though he feels the $2,500 his shop spent on the printer was well worth it for the learning experience, he advises other managers to invest more so they stand out from campus competition.
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.
