Simon Printing Is True Calling

"Initially, I did estimating and production planning," Simon remarks. "I managed most of the front-end operations, the customer service department, prepress services and the sales effort. (Those departments) still report to me directly."

His father made a crucial decision for Publishers Press in the 1950s when he changed his company's focus to publication printing. Commercial jobs had been erratic and difficult to schedule, but magazines were as dependable as clocks, and they represented repeat business. Business picked up considerably for the printer in the 1970s, when the elder Simon made the transition of turning Publishers Press from a sheetfed to a web offset operation.