When the Oblate Missionary Society Inc. (OMSI) installed a Ricoh Pro 900 digital color printer in 2008, the fund-raising arm of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate had no idea that it was the first installation in the country.
Mary Immaculate
Converting to electronic prepress is helping the Marians of the Immaculate Conception in-plant keep up with its ever-growing workload. Keeping up with the needs of some 600 priests and brothers would be difficult for even a large commercial printer. But for an in-plant with a staff of 12, meeting the print production demands of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception—one of the Catholic Church's most successful religious communities—presents a challenge of Biblical proportions. "We're getting busier and busier," remarks Charles Parise, manager of press operations. "The organization's growing." Print runs for the Congregation's religious materials have increased dramatically over the years as the