NGPA Goes Right to the Source
GPO, Wash said, is moving from a “print-centric” to a “content-centric” model, where content is put into a form that can be managed and rendered into different formats for printing, for the Web or for recording onto digital media, like CDs.
Retiring U.S. Public Printer Bruce James was in the room for Wash’s session. When an NGPA member asked him how state printers could work with GPO to print some of the documents it outsources, James noted that GPO’s procurement process allows it to buy printing for a third less than it would cost to print in-house. Aggressive competition in the commercial industry, he said, would make it hard for a state printer to compete.
- Companies:
- Eastman Kodak Co.
- Heidelberg
- Xerox Corp.
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.
