Brian Rhoades - Quality Manager

Brian attended Southern Illinois University and majored in Visual Communications. He has always seen prepress as an interesting blend of art and science. Brian started at M&D Printing in 1996 as an electronic prepress operator and designer. It has truly been a challenge to satisfy the technical demands of printing without losing the connection to the artistic elements that are just as much a part of the success or failure of a job.

In 1998, Brian was promoted to Prepress Department Manager. His goal in this capacity is to tread lightly on the line between art and science. He feels strongly that M&D's obligation is to reproduce as precisely as possible the concepts of the designer. The technical side, where we use our expertise and knowledge of an array of cutting-edge equipment and applications to ensure the exact reproduction of a designer’s files, is where we earn our stripes.

It is on the artistic side that Brian takes pride in M&D's ability to set themselves apart from other printers. The most satisfying aspect of prepress is when they can truly make a difference in the outcome of a customer’s project through their expertise in the craft of printing. To see a finished job that his department was able to affect in a positive way through typesetting, scanning or retouching is Brian's reward as a professional.