April 2015

 

A Wild Wide-format Ride

Most in-plants’ print jobs center around the core business of their parent companies. But, on any given day, Brian Kniceley’s shop on the shores of Lake Erie could be producing a range of items including window décor for a donut shop, props for a magic show, vehicle decals, or informational signage about the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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An Educational Mission

“Just being in the room when decisions are being made, a lot of times, is the biggest challenge” for in-plants, declares Chuck Werninger, director of Administrative Services at the Houston Independent School District (HISD). “A lot of shops are deleted from the plan before they ever hear about the plan.”

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An Offset Upgrade at Texas DOT

Thirty years is a long time to keep a press running—even a Heidelberg. But over the past three decades, the folks at the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) did their best to take care of their four-color Heidelberg MOVP perfector, even if it did cost them an average of $60,000 a year for repairs.

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Augmented Reality: Printing Supercharged

Explaining the impact of augmented reality (AR) to someone is a remarkable experience—only surpassed by the enjoyment of hearing what that same person would do with these tools if given a chance to use them for an upcoming project.

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Challenging the ‘Go Paperless’ Ruse

Major global corporations are still using inaccurate and misleading environmental claims to encourage consumers to go paperless.

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Dwayne Magee: Continuous Improvement

When Dwayne Magee waxes nostalgic about his childhood, he paints a picture that some might interpret as “grim.”

“It was just like growing up in the 1800s,” recalls the director of Messiah College Press & Postal Services. “For the first year we lived there we used outhouses.”