Six Colors, No Debts

And he doesn't owe anyone a cent.

"In the last four years we have managed to save enough money to buy it outright," reveals Merritt, director of Printing Services. The shop's savings, he added, were about $2 million.

It helps that Printing Services is not budgeted by the University but must support itself on its own profits. Last year, Merritt says, the 103-employee shop brought in $8.5 million in printing and copying sales. The new press will allow the in-plant to handle that business much more efficiently, he says, chiefly because of its speed and automation.