Though certainly unintended, the absence of the big offset vendors sent a message to attendees about offset's place in the industry—a message amplified by the increased presence of digital print vendors like Xerox, HP, Kodak and Ricoh, all of whom had prominent booth locations.
What's more, offset's diminished presence coincided with the first U.S. showing of several large inkjet presses from Kodak, Fuji and Screen U.S.A., making this show worthy of the title "The Inkjet Graph Expo." (HP's much touted T350 Color Inkjet Web Press appeared only on video.)
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.