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FUNCTION: Produce NRL's corporate publications, documents, posters, CDs, technical reports, brochures, presentations, framed artwork, and other products using graphic design, image editing, text editing, and layout software in conjunction with various high-speed and large-format printers, copiers, CD duplicators, label makers, binders, laminators, and other equipment. DESCRIPTION: Staff from the Technical Information Services (TIS) Branch provide publication and graphics support to the Laboratory community. Visual information specialists, editors, photographers, and others produce written and visual products for technical reports, conferences, symposia, trade shows, displays, brochures, ceremonies, and more. High-speed, high-resolution printers and copiers are used to produce color and black-and-white output from digital files or hardcopy originals. Large-format printers are used to produce full-color posters and signs that can be laminated, mounted, or custom framed. Publications can be written, edited, illustrated, printed, and bound, or written to CD/DVD. The facility uses Adobe Creative Suite software and has access to extensive digital image libraries. INSTRUMENTATION: Equipment includes HP and Epson large-format color printers; Xerox and Canon high-speed printer/copiers; matting and framing supplies and equipment; large-format laminator; Rimage CD/DVD duplication system; binding equipment; use of DAPS commerical printers and binders. The main in-house printer/copier used for color publications is the DocuColor 6060, which uses a four-color process and the traditional cyan, magenta, yellow, and black colors found on offset color printing presses. It prints consistent, high-resolution, high-qualiity color at 600 × 600 dpi,