A True Blue Printer
"I had the presence of mind to reach around the other side of the unit, which took a stretch...and I hit the jam switch and I cut the machine off," relates Bethel. His screams for help brought his boss, who was eventually able to free him.
"I wound up losing a couple fingers," Bethel says. It was a painful entry into the printing business. But where other 21-year-olds might have given up on printing, Bethel persevered. Today, he is manager of Digital Printing Services for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (BCBSLA), in Baton Rouge, a nine-employee, three-shift operation that produces directories, benefit books, forms, marketing collateral, checks and much more for the insurance giant.
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.
