U. S. Government Printing Office Joins RIT’s Printing Industry Center

The Printing Industry Center at Rochester Institute of Technology announces the addition of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) as an industry partner.

Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Printing Industry Center at RIT is dedicated to the growth and profitability of the printing field. The center, a non-profit organization, addresses industry concerns through research initiatives and educational outreach programs.

GPO is responsible for the printing, publishing and distribution of government documents for all three branches of the government. Bruce James ’64, a graduate of RIT’s School of Printing Management and Sciences, is Public Printer of the United States and chief executive officer of the GPO.

“The GPO is required to do many things by law that demand novel approaches that will eventually become standard practice for other players in the industry,” says Frank Cost, associate dean of RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and co-director of the Printing Industry Center. “Having the GPO as a partner will enable the center to get involved early in pioneering work that is highly relevant to the future needs of print media users.”

Industry partners advise RIT’s researchers on topics critical to the printing industry. The center’s other industry partners are Adobe Systems Inc., Baldwin Technology CompanyInc., Creo Inc., RR Donnelley, Heidelberg, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Printing Systems, MeadWestvaco Corp., NexPress Solutions Inc., NPES, Standard Register, Vertis, VIGC, Weyerhaeuser and Xerox Corp.

The Printing Industry Center at RIT is a joint program of the School of Print Media and RIT’s College of Business. For more information on the Printing Industry Center, visit http://print.rit.edu.

NOTE: Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Print Media, considered among the best of its kind in the world, offers undergraduate programs in graphic media and new media publishing, and a graduate program in print media.

RIT is also internationally recognized as a leader in computing, imaging technology, fine and applied arts, and education of the deaf, enrolling 15,300 full- and part-time students in more than 340 career-oriented and professional programs.

For well over a decade, U.S. News and World Report has ranked RIT as one of the nation’s leading comprehensive universities. RIT is also included in The Fiske Guide to Colleges and Barron’s Best Buys in Education.

About the GPO:

The GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government. More than 286,000 Federal Government document titles are available to the public via www.gpoaccess.gov. Printed copies of many of those documents may also be ordered through the GPO's Web site. The GPO, through partnership with more than 1,250 libraries participating in the Federal Depository Library Program, provides personal assistance in locating and using government information. For more information about the GPO, please visit www.gpo.gov.