Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
Hundreds of graphic arts journalists from all over the world converged on Tel Aviv, Israel, in mid March, to attend HP's Pre-drupa 2012 event. HP announced 10 new systems that it will introduce at drupa in May, including one that is reportedly the first offset-quality digital press in a B2 size format (29.5x20.9˝), the HP Indigo 10000.
Indigo's new digital presses directly challenge the mainstream commercial offset market and the domain of black-and-white xerography. In a swirl of colored lights and exotic music, Indigo N.V. Chairman and CEO Benny Landa unveiled several impressive digital printing devices at his company's headquarters in Nes Ziona, Israel, recently—devices sure to draw the attention of industry stalwarts like Heidelberg and Xerox. As a crowd of journalists and consultants from around the world took in the scene, Landa discussed the technologies Indigo plans to debut at DRUPA—technologies intended to bring digital offset color into the heart of the commercial printing market. New products include: • A
