No Rest For The Best

In prepress, Loyd upgraded to a Dolev 400 and added a new file server for FTP files. He also acquired a Kodak/Danka IS-110 and a networked Savin 206 color copier/printer with a Fiery RIP. All told, the installations cost more than $1 million.

Loyd's success, however, has not come from the way he's spent university money, but rather from the way he's saved it. In one instance, he negotiated a contract with a single vendor for all departmental copiers, saving the school about $200,000 annually. Then he changed the university's policy for printing letterhead, choosing generic "shells" rather than emblems that varied by department. The print shop now prints the main letterhead in runs of 100,000 rather than runs of 500 for each department. The university saves about $70,000 as a result.