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Evansville School Teaches the Nuts, Bolts and Dots of Printing on a Printmaster PM 74 with Perfector
Printing instructor Dave Thomas wanted his students to learn perfecting on “the best equipment out there.” With this goal in mind, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation in Evansville, Indiana just installed a new 2-color Printmaster PM 74 with perfector. Twenty students are enrolled in the “Digital Media and Graphic Communication” course, which teaches prepress and offset lithography. So far, the high school seniors have printed school newspapers and curriculum guides. Thomas said he has been pleasantly surprised at how well the students have grasped the automation. Their next assignment: making plates. Thomas said the school believes it’s important to teach students on equipment that they will find in professional shops. A third of the program’s students will go on to a two- or four-year school, while the majority will go straight into the workforce. The printing class is taught at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center, which houses several Heidelberg presses, including two single-color Printmaster QM 46s, one 2-color Printmaster QM 46 and a KORD dating back to 1974.