In business for more than 150 years, the Kansas Division of Printing has been upgrading its equipment over the past few years.

By Bob Neubauer

One of the in-plant’s first purchases was a 32˝ Herzog + Heymann M7 folder, which gave the Division of Printing the ability to fold the 28x40˝ state map accordion style, a job that was previously outsourced. The shop also purchased a used four-color 28x40˝ Heidelberg Speedmaster 102VP 4 perfecting press, which allowed it to keep more four-color work in-house, while cutting run times, reducing spoilage, decreasing overtime and increasing revenues. Last fall the in-plant acquired a Xerox Nuvera 288, which it uses to print legislative session work. It also added a Perfecta SD75F three-knife trimmer, which has improved turnaround time on perfect-bound jobs.

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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.

Modernizing An Age-old In-plant