Director of LA’s In-plant Passes Away
Mr. Leighton and his in-plant were the subject of IPG’s September 2007 cover story, which profiled the in-plant on its 100th anniversary. The son of a linotype operator for the LA Times, he had more than 35 years of graphic arts experience.
“I learned linotype when I was 12,” he told IPG in 2007.
Though he previously served as chief of reprographics for the County of Orange and reprographics specialist for the City of Beverly Hills, Mr. Leighton’s most interesting job may have been his time serving as the ship’s printer aboard various cruise ships for Princess Cruises.
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.
