Expanding on his previous speech about sustainable printing at the GPO, Public Printer Robert C. Tapella gave a presentation at the Drupa printing exhibition that covered the organization’s past, present and future. Security challenges, public access and environmental sustainability were among the topics Tapella addressed. “At drupa 2008, we’re looking at chemistry-free plates—plates that do not require cleaning, baking or gumming—to see if they can meet our production needs, as well as other eco-friendly consumables and coatings. While I would like to reduce our carbon footprint, any decisions surrounding such changes would be made because they were sound business decisions,” he reported. Tapella also
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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.
Public Printer Robert C. Tapella met with representatives from paper companies and associations on Monday in a two-hour open forum designed to educate GPO staff about paper sustainability. Paper industry leaders brought products and explained the challenges facing their industry in creating more sustainable paper. GPO wanted to learn what those challenges are so it can provide its customers with green paper options. “Our federal customers have asked for more sustainable paper choices,” said Tapella. “GPO is one of the largest providers of copier paper to federal agencies in the National Capital Region. I believe GPO has the obligation to be good stewards of
HANDS DOWN, GPO topped our tallies of the largest in-plants last month. But the Government Printing Office has moved far beyond its middle name, putting it in a much different league than other in-plants. IPG editor Bob Neubauer recently talked with new U.S. Public Printer Robert C. Tapella about the future of GPO’s in-house printing operation and of the new ways GPO is handling the digital information it is charged with collecting and making available. >>> Offset vs. Digital Printing at GPO Robert Tapella: “Even though we’re making significant increases in what we’re doing digitally, we are still a majority offset factory. We
Eight leading national corporations and Cal Poly’s College of Liberal Arts have signed on as initial sponsors of the university’s Sustainability Conference, “The Business of Green Media,” set for Jan. 24. “Sustainability is a very important issue and will be so for the foreseeable future,” says Harvey Levenson, head of the Graphic Communication Department at Cal Poly. The conference is intended to provide thought-provoking information about the challenges of sustainability and climate change and to deliver practical steps that can be taken immediately. It will feature GPO Public Printer Robert C. Tapella, who will speak at a Sustainability Banquet at the end of
Public Printer Robert C. Tapella has appointed Maria S. Lefevre as chief of staff for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). The chief of staff is the principal advisor to the Public Printer on overall management of the agency. Lefevre will be responsible for formulation and coordination of all internal and external agency policies. Lefevre arrived at GPO in 2004 as deputy chief of staff. Among her duties during the last three years have been overseeing the day-to-day operations, budgets and oversight of executive offices. Lefevre also coordinates Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) requests, along with other agency publications and communications with the U.S.
Robert C. Tapella, the newly appointed Public Printer, will provide the keynote address at the second annual “Digital Printing in Government” forum, taking place in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 28, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hosted by INTERQUEST, a market and technology research and consulting firm, the event will feature key results from INTERQUEST’s new study “Digital Printing in Government: Perspectives of Print Buyers and Outsourcing Providers.” Joining Tapella will be Gilles Biscos, president of INTERQUEST, who will analyze key trends in the publishing, print-on-demand, transactional and direct mail markets. Other forum speakers will include Michael Bearden, chief of Data Services Division, Defense Intelligence
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