PI's 45th ANNIVERSARY -- The Lighter Side

Here's a sampling of some of the unique fare we've presented to you over the past 45 years:

IT'S GETTING THERE: "Has Web Offset Come of Age?" blared a PI headline in 1963. There were signs that letterpress was beginning to yield to the new kid on the block, web offset. Bert Chapman, production operations manager for Time magazine, noted that "quality is the keynote to increased acceptance of web offset by magazine publishers...There is still some junk being delivered from web offset presses and this is enough to give the entire industry a bad name. Fortunately, there are many top quality offset printers, too."