Government Printing, Alaska Style

Since the closure of the Department of Administration Printshop, Pence has seen a dramatic increase in the volume of work and revenue to his in-plant. Revenue started out at around $40,000 and is now averaging $125,000 per year, with page volume at one million copies annually.

The print shop handles strictly black-and-white work because color is not necessary in its daily operation. Adding color was considered at one point, but they did not want to be in competition with commercial or quick copy shops, according to Pence. The shop has five Ricoh Aficio 1105s, with three of them networked. State agencies' jobs are sent directly to the Printshop and are then assigned by Pence to the appropriate machine.