Once their digital color presses are up and running, in-plants often discover a few things they wish they had known ahead of time.

By Bob Neubauer

Rigby: VDP did not go as planned. It was not HP software but our own limitations that held us back.

Smith: We have done variable data work since the press was first installed. We didn't expect to do so much variable data so early in the process. We sent personnel for training very early in the process, and we are glad we did. You need more than one person trained to prepare the data for the variable applications. It is difficult to calculate costs and know how to price variable data jobs.

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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.

Digital Color Presses: If Only They Had Known...