Tim Blackburn

Experience

1. President

   Foster Printing

   Jan 1996 — Present

   If you have traveled the 5 Freeway in Southern California, not far from Disneyland, you have passed us many times over the years. Yes, we were the group of buildings that have displayed the Walter Foster Art Books sign at the interchange of the (5) and (55) Freeways. Since 1922, Walter Foster has published the widely recognized and treasured instructional art books. During those years, the presses were dedicated solely to printing the Art Books.In 1988, seeing the growing need by the trade for Large Format capability, we purchased the printing assets and restructured the plant to meet the needs of the expanding marketplace. Today we spend our time making great impressions for our trade customers (printers / designers / corrugators / distributors), in addition to printing those great Walter Foster Art Books. The majority of our printing for the trade is in the color packaging, P.O.P. displays, signage and poster niches.In November 2008, we enhanced our operation by installing a new KBA 162a press. This addition was necessary due to the demands of our trade customer base for large format, multi-color printing with in-line UV on various substrates. In December 2010 we purchased and moved into a new sq. ft. facility and added another new KBA 162a press. In 2012 we purchased the LARGEST offset press in the world, the KBA 205. We also increased our throughput by adding a new 110” Sabre automated cutting system as well as a Screen PlateRite Ultima platesetting system.Ink on paper is our heritage, thanks to Walter Foster, we continue to build on that heritage and at the same time meet the demands of our environment. We are currently printing on a variety of substrates from 50# to 48pt. and from paper to plastics. We feature a special blend of experience and large press technology, while providing innovative solutions for even the most difficult projects.

Skills

• Finish
• Graphic Arts
• Plastics
• Posters
• Ink
• Print Management
• Color Management
• Graphics
• Manufacturing
• Packaging
• Print on Demand
• Offset Printing
• Wide Format Printing
• Bindery
• Printers
• Trade Shows
• Purchasing
• Screen Printing
• Large Format Printing
• B2b
• Labels
• Proof
• Pos
• Pre-Press
• Coatings