Frank in the Future

If one day you woke up back in 1959 you would find a world of printing using metal and glimmers of offset litho growth and new approaches to pre-press. The wired phone would be the main communication device and computers were just being applied to corporate data processing. What future might you envi

Thus it was unusual when one day I woke up in the future.

At first I thought it was a dream. In the kitchen I found all dinnerware made out of artificial plastic and there was no fridge because packaging kept each individual product hot or cold.

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About Frank Romano

Frank Romano has spent over 60 years in the printing and publishing industries. Many know him best as the editor of the International Paper Pocket Pal or from the hundreds of articles he has written for publications from North America and Europe to the Middle East to Asia and Australia. Romano lectures extensively, having addressed virtually every club, association, group, and professional organization at one time or another. He is one of the industry's foremost keynote speakers. He continues to teach courses at RIT and other universities and works with students on unique research projects.