Inkjet to the Rescue
Paper has provided challenges as well. The in-plant tests substrates constantly. Its initial strategy was to lay down a bonding agent at the precise locations where ink was to be applied, a process that allowed the press to print on papers that weren't made for inkjet. Recently, though, the shop discovered a new inkjet grade from Rolland called Enviro Jet, made from 100 percent recycled content. It has worked great, Vainstein says, without the need for the bonding agent or for designers to alter their designs.
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.
