In-plant Events

The U.S. Army’s Deployable Print Production Center (DPPC) will be making a special demonstration appearance this October on the show floor at Graph Expo. The DPPC enables the Army to bring fast, high quality color printing practically to the front lines of military operations around the world, so it can communicate quickly with civilian populations in its areas of action. The DPPC has been deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia and other theaters. The print production center is equipped with a high speed PC-based graphics platform, high quality color scanner, color laser printers, a high speed color duplicator, paper cutter, and related systems. It can

Kodak is promoting its unified workflow solution with a series of Unified Workflow Roadshows. They will take place in the following cities: • Dallas, Mon., Sept. 25 • Irvine, Calif, Sept. 27 • Toronto, Oct. 5. Kodak Unified Workflow solutions provide an end-to-end digital infrastructure for printing that integrates business, production, color and data workflows, using software tools, open standards and intelligent automation. A Unified Workflow enables printers to streamline processes for efficiency, optimize resources and maximize production capabilities. The roadshows will cover Kodak’s vision for a unified workflow and the business value of establishing a unified workflow. Other focuses include color management and proofing, customized direct mail

The Electronic Document Systems Foundation (EDSF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the document management and communications marketplace, will present a free webinar, ”Tracking Trends: EDSF Industry Expert Forum,” on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. EDT. This one-hour session will highlight the dramatic changes within the world of document management and communications, and focus on the key challenges organizations face as they incorporate the latest technology. To register for the EDSF webinar, visit www.edsf.org/webinars.cfm

Frank Romano, professor emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology, made the following observations at the recent College and University Print Management Association of Canada (CUPMAC) conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland: • “Analog copiers will disappear,” he said, as multifunction devices take off. • The current growth market lies in the 40-ppm and higher color printers. • Four-up digital printers will increase in popularity, further eroding the litho market. • The “transpromo” trend is growing: printing ads on bills and transactional statements. “The next generation of digital devices will probably be ink-jet,” he speculated, noting their simplicity compared to toner devices. Watch for a full report on the CUPMAC conference in

Managers at college and university in-plants who missed May’s ACUP conference need not despair. This fall, two more popular conferences for higher-ed in-plants are taking place: The Big Ten Printing and Copyright Conference and (with perhaps the longest name in the record books) the Southeastern University Printing and Duplicating Managers Conference (easier to say SUPDMC). Both have popular followings and promise to provide excellent networking opportunities. Big Ten takes place September 26-29 and is hosted by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. For information call (217) 333-4656 or visit www.fs.uiuc.edu/printingconference. SUPDMC will be held in Memphis October 8-12, hosted by the University of

The state of Washington has selected a new state printer: Jean-Luc Devis, director of Printing & Mailing Services at Oregon State University and a member of IPG’s editorial advisory board. He replaces Larry Weber who recently retired from the position. A well-known face at ACUP and IPMA conferences, where he has led several presentations over the years on customer service issues, Devis has been at OSU since the fall of 2002. While there he successfully turned a five-year deficit trend into a profit mode, increased sales by more than $1 million and introduced a multi-function copier program to the campus, with 400+ installations. Under

The In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) is selecting speakers for its annual conference to be held June 6-9, 2007 in Oklahoma City. If you would like to be considered as a presenter or if you would like to see a specific program topic offered, contact Mike Loyd at mkloyd@lsu.edu or call IPMA headquarters at (816) 902-4762.

The In-plant Printing and Mailing Association has a new president. Michael K. Loyd, director of Procurement Auxiliary Services for Louisiana State University, recently stepped into the role, replacing John Hurt, who is now IPMA’s director of Development. Loyd, an IPG editorial advisory board member, joined IPMA in 1995 and has served as president-elect, secretary-treasurer and in several capacities for the Louisiana Bayou Chapter. IPMA is a professional organization dedicated exclusively to the needs of corporate publishing, printing, mailing and distribution professionals. Established in 1964, it is now headquartered in Kearney, MO.

THE COLLEGE and University Print Management Association of Canada (CUPMAC) scored something of a coup this year. It succeeded in convincing popular industry speaker Frank Romano, professor emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology, to address the group’s 39th annual conference, way up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the most eastern point in North America (unless you count Greenland). Actually, Romano did more than just “address” the 39 managers in attendance. He captivated and amused them as well, while leading four sessions over the conference’s three-day span. And when he wasn’t at the front of the room, he watched the other presenters (among them a

Your competition over the next five to 10 years will only get stronger. Without a solid financial foundation, your in-plant will be unable to fund the new investments necessary to compete. To help you survive and grow, xpedx has once again contracted with Prime Digital Printing to conduct free in-plant workshops in several cities. Called “MBA of Finance,” these are brand new workshops that go much deeper than the previous seminars. They will provide in-plants with strategies to help them get senior management to make the investments necessary to successfully take on the competition. The first three workshops in Chicago, Philadelphia and Charlotte went well. The