A Look Inside Canon
Katayama explained the quality assurance testing his facility conducts of the final products, which includes listening to them for "irregular sounds." No defective products are allowed to leave the plant, he insisted. All told, the plant produces between 700 and 1,000 units a day, he said—models such as the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051, C2030, C9075 and 8105. They are then shipped all over the world.
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.
