Hall of Fame--Dedication in Many Forms

He helped lead the web cover printing revolution in the late 1970s. The guinea pig was a Schriber-Harris forms press; Frautschi had the manufacturer add a fourth ink form roller. Another printing unit was added to print covers two-up.

"That was the first time we'd ever been involved in a concept with the manufacturer, changing it from one type of press to another," Frautschi explains. "An additional printing unit was added to the press so that we could print alternate covers and let the ink recharge itself in between. We got in-line UV coating in 1979, and there were a lot of challenges getting the UV to adhere to the oil-based heatset inks."