Inkjet: 'The Next Big Game Changer'
"The real cost in this is in the time," noted Boer, meaning the learning curve and the process of figuring out how to get additional value out of the press by offering new products that currently can't be done.
Current inkjet users warned that black-and-white shops that move into color inkjet will need to hire people who understand color. They will also need to teach clients how to prepare color jobs for inkjet. Designers must produce inkjet-friendly designs and set up files correctly for the presses.
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.