Lehigh University Printing and Mailing Services opens full-service post office, adds four-color offset press, implements other innovative services

By Dawn Greenlaw-Scully

The Mountaintop facility is home to all of the in-plant's offset presses, the majority of its digital printing systems, and a full-service bindery and mailroom. It serves as warehouse for all stock and inventory, including about 150,000 lbs. of paper, and as a terminal for three delivery vehicles.

Strause is in the process of upgrading two high-speed, black-and-white production machines to a Ricoh 1107 and Ricoh 1357. For high-quality digital color production, the plant operates a Ricoh PRO C900, and Strause plans to upgrade that unit next year. Currently, the in-plant uses a Canon imagePROGRAF 8000 for wide-format printing up to 42˝.