State printing: demonstration project: process free printing.

Existing law establishes the Office of State Printing within the Department of General Services. Existing law requires that all state printing be done in the Office of State Printing. This bill would authorize the department to engage in a demonstration project to show the economic and environmental advantages of sustainable printing practices, including the use of process free printing plates, as defined, and associated technology for specified types of printing jobs. The bill would permit a vendor that participates in the demonstration project to pay any costs associated with the demonstration. The bill would make legislative findings in support of the project.