Day with a Pro: Dick Marsel, Printing Manager, Quad/Graphics

The rooms smell strongly of ink, and paper dust covers the steps that scaffold the presses.

At a company where every employee wears a blue uniform, a pressman with blond hair seems to be making a fashion statement with a lock of shocking pink over his right temple. Upon closer inspection: It’s ink.

The first pressman, leaning his weight to one side, appears to be perusing the catalog that’s being printed, doing a little shopping. He’s actually checking the registration on this form (a portion of the finished book).