Allegra was the last field trip of the semester and it was a great one! I know I have said that about all of our trips, but I mean it every time. There is just so much to see when touring a print facility and I feel like I learn something new every time.
Todd Oates at Allegra was very cheerful and enthusiastic about our tour. He took us around to their various stations. We stopped first at the graphic design station. (Yes, Allegra can offer design services!) Next we got to see a printer that had become obsolete because of highest number of dpi possible has changed and they are about to replace it. We went from there out to the floor and saw comb binding in action.
Then we got to see a Heidelberg press in action. Looking at the dots it printed up close was also neat. Todd made sure we got to see everything demonstrated. We saw a scoring machine and a folding machine and the paddy wagon used to glue. We also saw a vinyl sign being adhered to a piece of metal.
After we had finished the tour Todd took us back to the conference room for some swag. I was expecting paper samples, but Todd had something instead of paper samples and we were all quite surprised! See?
Todd gave us coffee mugs, sharpies, ball point pens, two different size pads of paper and 2 gig usb drives, all emblazoned with Allegra’s logo. It was surprising and amazing, I still can not get over it! Thanks to Todd’s kindness I will definitely have Allegra in mind for future print projects!
photo by megan humble
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April 20, 2009 at 8:36 am |
Go Jesse! Your enthusiasm is contagious…Thanks for taking the time to write. I will definitely have to use the word “emblazoned” in a sentence today!
Have a great one!