IPI Editor Bob Neubauer toured the sign shop at American River College in Sacramento, California, and chatted with Supervisor Don Reid about how he uses the in-plant’s flatbed printer and automated cutter to repurpose old campus signage by printing over it, keeping that material out of the landfill and saving the college money.

His shop’s flatbed equipment has given him the confidence to approach campus departments with signage ideas, which has increased the in-plant’s value to the campus. And its focus on sustainability has only further endeared the in-plant to the California college.

“If we can keep it out of the landfill, that’s the goal,” Reid says.