Franklin University Brings Printing In-house
So Donahue wrote a business plan, presented it to Franklin's president and board of trustees, and last February received approval to begin building a new in-plant. Over the past year, Franklin University's printing operation has progressed from an idea to a reality. So far Donahue has added:
- A Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C8000 color printer
- A Konica Minolta bizhub Pro 1200 black-and-white printer
- A PSI LM 3655 envelope printer
- An HP Designjet T790 wide-format printer
- A Duplo DC-645 slitter/cutter/creaser
- An MBM Triumph cutter
The in-plant, called Franklin University Print Services, now has three employees, including Donahue, and produces work ranging from business cards, post cards and envelopes to brochures, posters and marketing pieces. Donahue is in the process of implementing Print Shop Pro job ordering software from EDU Business Solutions, and he is looking into PTI FusionPro variable data software to expand the shop's services even further.
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.
