While in Cheyenne at the Wyoming Press Association convention, members of the Sun staff were treated to a tour of the $8 million printing press used to print this paper
Jim Thompson, Production Director, at the Cheyenne Tribune Eagle describes what happens in the inserting area. The roller-coaster-like structure at the top of the room drops papers onto inserting stations where ads and the like are put into the Tribune Eagle and sister papers.
Pictured here are some of the four color process print rollers and their attending workstations.
The mammoth machine takes up four stories of its custom built building. Seen here are three stories of the actual press. Below is another story where the paper rolls are fed into the press.
Jim demonstrates how printing plates are folded to load onto the press' print rollers.
A view of the convoluted route paper takes on its way to the folding and cutting heads.
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