Lorraine Press: Printing by the Numbers

"After our ink manufacturer closed its local facility, I had to buy our ink out of Denver. It had to be shipped over the mountain every time I wanted to get it, so I needed to plan ahead all the time," Brinker recalls. "This also meant keeping a higher inventory than I wanted to in case we had a big job or something that required a rush, and I didn't have enough on the floor. I try to do just-in-time if I can. So, that meant a pretty small window of error, because turnaround times can often be pretty narrow."