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Boeing Printing and Micrographic Services Seattle, Wash. When an in-plant wins Best of Show in the annual IPG/IPMA In-Print contest, it's a sure sign of a top-notch, quality operation. But when a shop takes Best of Show four times in eight years, you know it's got to be one of the best in-plants in the country. That's certainly the truth about Boeing's 111-employee Printing and Micrographic Services department, which won its fourth Best of Show in 1997. Lead by Derek Budworth, the operation has the heavy responsibility of maintaining thousands of active manuals for the aerospace giant's numerous aircraft. It's 65,000-square-foot facility

Despite falling just a month after IPEX in England, this year's show drew more than 44,000 visitors—and the vendors didn't let them down. When graphic arts industry representatives from all over the world arrived in Chicago for Graph Expo recently, Xeikon decided to shock them a little bit. At a press conference, the Belgium-based digital color press manufacturer contended that digital color production costs are now comparable with offset at runs of 1,000 units or more. Based on a study Xeikon had commissioned, which used real costs and time factors in actual production environments, the company insisted that digital color presses have

From all over the South—and beyond—university printing managers came together to share ideas and learn from each other. With a large dose of Southern hospitality, Auburn University recently welcomed the 23rd annual Southeastern University Printing and Duplicating Managers Conference to its Auburn, Ala., campus. Despite his Midwestern roots, Auburn Printing Service Director Harv Dahl had no trouble providing a warm Southern welcome to the more than 40 attendees, whose ranks were slightly lower than expected due to the approach of Hurricane Georges, which kept almost a dozen managers home. One of the most helpful sessions featured a panel of managers discussing their

What types of hurdles might you face if you try to integrate with your data center? Find out from two managers in the midst of the process. Integrating your in-plant with your organization's data center/information systems department can not only save big money for your organization, but it can bring more equipment and support to your in-plant. In-Plant Graphics recently spoke with two university in-plant managers about the hurdles and benefits of merging with the data center. • Linda Grilz, director of printing services at Pittsburg State University, in Pittsburg, Kan., integrated with her university's data center a year ago.

Electronic forms can generate big savings for your organization. Find out how one in-plant is working to implement them. What do electronic forms have to do with an in-plant printing operation? Maybe very little today, but tomorrow you will either be producing forms electronically or be out of the forms printing business altogether—or so say most reliable indicators. The reason for the emergence of electronic forms in the in-plant community is their ability to generate significant cost savings, a fact that will become increasingly evident in most organizations once the proper software is developed and the price for implementation drops. This market is

Four-color jobs, both offset and digital, make up half of the Exxon in-plant's workload. AFTER THE Valdez oil spill leaked almost 11 million gallons of North Slope crude oil onto the Alaska coastline in early 1989, Exxon admirably wasted no time diving into the cleanup and recovery effort. During that process, communicating with government agencies and other outside interests was of crucial importance. Houston's Exxon Print Center was the ready for the task. Boasting 27 employees and a wealth of sheetfed presses, digital printers and bindery equipment, the in-plant printed manuals and brochures filled with four-color pictures chronicling the three-year

Looking for a way to increase services and business? Realize the benefits of printing large, high-quality color pieces. WHEN you want to grab someone's attention what do you use? Yes, color would be one solution, but even orange can look washed out if it's not big enough. So what's big enough? Try 36x48˝ on for size. Got your attention yet? Wide-format color printing is not a new phenomenon. But a lot of in-plants are catching on to the attractive format size used for big jobs like posters, banners or important charts, such as those used for congressional hearings. The latter is printed

Already one of the country's largest in-plants, Louisiana State University's Graphic and Mailing Services just got bigger, with a new facility and expanded capabilities. Louisiana State University's Graphic and Mailing Services never need worry about a shortage of customers. The Baton Rouge-based in-plant exists on a campus full of faculty and staff who are obligated to use its copying, printing and mailing services. Still, Michael K. Loyd, director, is not content with a captive customer base. He wants to be the university's preferred—not mandatory—printer. "Although departments must come to us, we would like to be their printer of choice," he says. "We want

The Sands Hotel and Casino in-plant plays a huge part in the organization's direct marketing efforts. A casino is a living, glittering dream world—a fantasy of flashing lights and free drinks; a place where mounds of money chips and jangling jackpots of coins seem within easy reach. Naturally, every casino wants you to pull its levers and toss money on its tables. So how do the successful ones get you in their doors? Direct marketing. At least that's the case at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. By mailing personalized statements out to frequent players, combined with coupons for free

Dallas was cold, but the topics were hot at Xplor's 18th annual document systems conference. Have you gotten any advertising postcards in the mail lately? Any brochures or newsletters? Bet you have. And I bet you tossed some of them with barely a glance. But what if, during that glance, you spotted your name? And what if, instead of useless, generic topics, the copy was about one of your main interests? You'd read it, wouldn't you? We're talking about targeted marketing, using variable data. It's nothing new. Nothing profound. But it may be something you hadn't thought your shop could provide.