Danka Office Imaging

The California Office of State Publishing (OSP) opened a new Digital Print Center last week, consolidating its digital printing and inserting equipment into a 40,000-square-foot facility in Sacramento. The new center became necessary, according to State Printer Geoff Brandt, because of a new $63 million, five-year contract that is bringing in a lot of digital work. The new Digital Print Center will now house the in-plant’s Kodak NexPress 2100 digital color pres, two Océ Variostream 7650 printers, two new Danka 150s and three high-speed Pitney Bowes and Böwe Bell + Howell inserters. Watch for a full story on OSP in the October issue

FOR THE first time since its initial meeting in 1964, the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP) returned to Massachusetts recently for its annual conference. And despite some stiff conference competition—ACUP kicked off just days after the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conference wrapped up in Las Vegas—ACUP 2006 was a smashing success, drawing 130 managers from around the world. A number of first-time attendees from the New England area joined conference regulars from as far away as Alaska, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. A large contingent from California was also on hand, building enthusiasm for ACUP 2007 in San Francisco—not