A True Blue Printer
The First DocuTech
Then something happened that would change the direction of his career. The in-plant got a Xerox DocuTech.
"I wound up running the very first DocuTech they got here, and still doing prepress work," he says.
In 1997, Bethel was made supervisor of the prepress and digital printing department, and began slowly building it up. Over the years he upgraded the in-plant's digital equipment, adding a DocuColor 40, then a 6060, then an 8000AP, before finally installing a Color 1000 in 2011. He also oversaw two relocations into progressively larger areas.
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.
