Tom Coker, Featured Panelist atNAPL Conference
Columbus, GA - June 18, 2005

Tom Coker, Senior Manager of Pre Press Operations with Communicorp, Inc. was a featured panelist at the National Association of Printing Leadership Conference. The GATF/PIA/NAPL Sheetfed Pressroom Conference drew over 350 printers and industry experts and was held June 1-3, 2005 in Chicago.

Valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities that sheetfed printers face today and are likely to encounter in the future were among the major outcomes of the annual conference. Tom Coker was asked to relate the benefits that Communicorp has experienced since adopting the computer to plate work flow. He also reported his experience with implementing digital workflow, choosing the right equipment, digital proofing and color management in the digital workflow.

About GATF/PIA: The Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) was established in 1924 to serve the graphic communications community as the leading resource for technical information and services through research and education. GATF consolidated with the Printing Industries of America, Inc. (PIA) in 1999. PIA, founded in 1887, is the world’s largest graphic arts trade association representing an industry with more than 1.2 million employees. Together GATF and PIA promote the interests of more than 13,000 member companies.

About NAPL: Chartered in 1933, the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) is a not-for-profit trade association representing the $88 billion commercial printing industry. NAPL’s mission is "To enable the printing community to profit from change" through a full range of management and education services to its members and the industry, including conferences, seminars, periodicals, books, consulting, and economic data and analysis.

Communicorp, Inc. is a strategic-marketing company specializing in print-collateral and merchandise programs. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aflac Incorporated based in Columbus, Georgia. Communicorp clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies and others requiring a strategic and coordinated marketing program. Offering a single source for conventional and digital printing, creative ideas, corporate merchandise and fulfillment services, Communicorp has the knowledge, skills and personnel to take a company’s product or service from conception to delivery.

To find out more about Communicorp, visit www.communicorp-inc.com.