For 28 years now, David Estes has been producing top quality printing for East Kentucky Power Cooperative.

By Chris Bauer

"The printer that was here when I was hired moved into another position within the company," Estes says. "So now I am the only printer here." East Kentucky Power Cooperative does employ a graphic designer, but Estes handles all of the company's in-house printing needs.

The in-plant utilizes ABDick and Ryobi presses, a Duplo digital duplicator, and color copiers to produce letterhead, business cards, forms, signs, banners and member bylaws for EKPC's 16 cooperatives. Getting new equipment is not easy, he says, and requires detailed cost justification. That said, Estes was recently able to replace an older Canon copier with a new Ricoh 700 digital color copier.