Whether it was the lure of scenic Newfoundland or the magnetism of Frank Romano, the 39th annual CUPMAC conference drew an impressive crowd.

By Bob Neubauer

• “Analog copiers will disappear,” he said, as multifunction devices take off.

• The “transpromo” trend is growing: i.e. printing ads on bills and transactional statements.

Critical Issues on the Menu
At a lunch session, which was open to members of the local print community and drew 70 additional attendees, Romano noted some of the critical issues today’s printers are facing: price cutting, tighter production schedules, competition from the Internet and from international printers, demands for color and for targeted material, postal rates/regulations and the consolidation of clients.

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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.

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