In-plants Off The Beaten Path
Preventative Maintenance Crucial
These difficulties have forced remote in-plants to be more self-reliant and carry out frequent preventative maintenance.
"Down time is spent working on the machines," affirms Larsen.
Sometimes the difficulty of getting service affects what equipment an in-plant buys. Perched on the shores of Lake Superior, on Michigan's remote Upper Peninsula, Northern Michigan University Printing Services is a long way from the nearest big city. Manager John Keating says he tries to purchase better quality equipment that will not require much servicing. As a result, he says, his eight-employee shop is a little more sophisticated than the other printers in Marquette.
- Companies:
- Heidelberg
- Manroland
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.
