Robby Boyer wrote a letter to the judges of his senior project at Creekview High School. He chose to do his project on offset printing because his grandfather and father made careers in that field. However, he realized through completing the project that offset printing is a dying trade due to technology replacing printed materials. While he learned about the history and importance of printing, he acknowledges it is no longer a suitable long-term career path given the declining nature of the industry.

1. 1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA 30115
April 13, 2012
Judges, Senior Project
Creekview High School
1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA 30115
Dear Judges,
My name is Robby Boyer, I am nine-teen years old. I was born in Detroit, Michigan lived
there for about three years and lived here in Canton, Georgia since then. I love hanging out with
my family and friends, dirt-bike riding or going on the lake with the jet-skies! After High-school
I would like to join the Coast Guard and serve twenty or more years. I had chosen Offset Printing
for my Senior Project because, my Grandfather also my Father made this a career.
My Product was describing how the Process of Offset Printing and designing a brochure
on how to build an Offset printing press. Johannes Gutenberg was the first to design a press in
1439, the first product he ever printed was a bible. Offset printing has been popular since the late
1800s, in todays world printing is a dying trade due to technology, such as computers, kindles
and other internet devices. Offset printing press are found all over the world in Heidelberg, Ger-
many is the worlds largest printing factory. The obstacles I overcame was finding time with a
press operator and designing my own product to complete my task.
There are many career opportunities in this field such as, press operator, sales man, press
designer, press engineer, and press mechanic. My grandfather was the top sales men for Heidel-
berg USA then became the Senior Vice President of sales. My father started as an apprentice
press operator with hard work and ten years later he then became one of top engineers of the
company. I would like to reach the goals my father has accomplished but it would be better to
achieve the accomplishment my grandfather has done if I do chose this route. I would love to fol-
low in there foot steps but this career is not suitable since its a dying trade and printing is becom-
ing extinct and many people are losing jobs everyday.
I feel that this project has made me realize this path would be great to take if it was not a
dying trade. I learned a lot about myself and how printing has been important in the past such as
pervading information, printing the first bible, books, magazines, newspapers, and brochures.
Thank you for you time.
Sincerely,

2. Robby Boyer