Hauchler Studio

Wenn man in Indien ein Abschlusszeugnis des Hauchlerstudios vorlegt, erntet man dafür meist nur ein Achselzucken. Wichtiger ist da schon, dass man drucken kann. Und das lernt man an dieser Biberacher Privatschule. An ihr studieren neben den Deutschen auch von deutschen Druckmaschinenherstellern ("Print Promotion" heißt die Institution) subventionierte Jungmenschen aus aller Welt. Exportförderung nennt man das schnöde.

Die internationale Studentenschaft bringt Farbe in die Rißstadt und sorgt dafür, dass das Programm der VHS internationaler ist. Die Abende, an denen dort auf einen englischsprachigen Diaabend die Verkostung landestypischer Speisen folgt, sind selten und lohnend. Nach Erscheinen des VHS-Programms sollte man sich die entsprechenden Daten gleich im Terminkalender notieren.

Ein großer Teil der Drittweltstudenten wohnt jeweils über dem "Tweety" und teilt sich in einer Gemeinschaftsküche mehrere Kühlschränke von Linde, Bauknecht oder Liebherr, die mit Stickern der deutschen Fußballnatonalmannschat (von 1998), Aufklebern mit Daggi Dirndl, Harry Handy oder Lary Letzfetz oder auch mit dem Sticker "I I love India" beklebt sind, was beweist, dass sich der auswätige Mensch auch in kurzer Zeit an die deutsche Leitkultur anpassen kann und dennoch die Liebe zur Heimat nicht vergisst.

Und langsam sollen bei Weberberg.de auch Informationen speziell für die internationalen Hauchlerstudenten gesammelt werden, die hier den Kurs der Printpromotion besuchen. So könnte das aussehen:

Most of the foreign Hauchler 2001/2002 students
Inside and outside the Hauchler hostel

A fantastic bird's eye view of the town
Nothing to write home about: View from the kitchen
In the kitchen
Just below the kitchen window: The Tweety - a pub, mostly for teens Biberach

Being guests of honour at
the Schuetzenfest Biberach in 2002 -

after the parade with Mrs. Daniela Hauchler
   

 

So you are a Hauchler* student now...

You will certainly have to find your own way in the course you have enrolled in and have to decide what you want to get out of it. Here, however, are some pieces of advice from some former Hauchler students from India. Perhaps they can help you to make the most of the time you will be spending in Biberach

Not everything that is promised will necessarily be delivered. In fact, one student said 25% of things promised had not been dealt with at the end of the course. On some issues a lot of time is wasted, others are not addressed sems to be a general feeling. If you have the impression that you are not getting what was promised, talk to the tachers and organisers.

One drawback can be that the software (Illustrator, DTP software) you should be working with is not available at all or not available in English. Ask for an English version to be provided. There may also be a great difference in computer skills among your classmates which makes the teaching of the relevant skills more difficult. Perhaps, however, these are skills that you can learn without any great problems in your home country.

Spend as much time as possible on the machines rather than learn something that won't be useful to you.

Remember: you will get as much out of the course as you put in. Study, keep reading, find additional information on the Internet, especially the sites dealing with printing, e.g. www.technovaworld.com. (See also the list of printing and related glossaries at the bottom of this page.)

Make sure you are on time and show up regularly. Irresponsibility in this field will affect your final mark.

The "Hauchler Castle"You might want to get into contact with the other (German) Hauchler students. Be open to meeting new people.

Do not sit at home, just go out into town and/or travel. You will have 156 days (counting holiday, weekends and the occasional day off) during which there will be no teaching. Some advance planning will make it possible to make the most of that time. Travel as much as possible. you might not get this chance again for a long time if at all.

In the last course nobody had the chance to learn the numbering system of the GTO. Learn how to use the imprintion unit of the GTO!

Ask how to use the cutting machine.

Don't be scared of the teachers. They are very nice most of the time and will give you all the information you need.

Study your plan well: Who's going to work on which machines for how long? In the last course everybody missed out on one machine or other eg. the Roland, the GTO, or the GTODI).

The prepress training was not found relevant by the students.

In the first three months the real printing training is a mere 1.5 days per week!

You have  l o n g  weekends (2.5 days! Out of your 330 days in Germany 80 days are weekends!). Autumn and winter in Germany can be foggy, grey and cold. What are you going to do with that time? Sit at home and watch TV?

The Print Promotion course will provide you with good basic training, knowledge of the intelligent handling of printing technology which is not available at that quality in India for example.

The final mark you will be getting will be excellent, very good, good or average. It is not really possible to sell yourself on that qualification. The certificate you will be getting is, as far as India is concerned, to recognized.

When you come back to your own printing presses in India you will need managerial skills rather than machine operating skills. The managerial skills you won't learn in this course.

One way of gettiung to know other Germans (apart from meeting them in the pubs) is to join an English conversation course at the local adult education institute, the Volkshochschule. Enrol early and stick with it.

Your visit to Heidelberg and MAN Roland will show you what the factories look like where the machines are produced. You will not, therefore, see how a printing press works in Germany. And there won't be a Drupa fair in Germany before 2004. The next big trade fair is IPEX 2002 (April 9-17) in Birmingham (UK). There are several presses in the Biberach area. Talk to Hauchler Studio to organize visits. Perhaps Mr Andresen can also help you with arranging a visit.

If you should want to learn some (more) German - here are a few useful websites to start you off:

  1. The basic phrases and greetings
  2. Eating out
  3. The family
  4. Customs and religious festivals
  5. Dictionaries etc.
  6. A selection of further ressources.
  7. Information on German culture (in English)
  8. Information on Biberach (in English)
  9. The "Fifth Season": Fasnet (Fasching, Karneval)

Some useful glossaries for the printing industry

Glossary of printing terms
Druck Glossar
Typographie Glossar
Multilingual Typography Glossary
Druckereiglossa
Printing Terminology
Printroom Glossary
Druckereibegriffe (multilingual, click on "Sprachhilfen")
Printing and Typography
Direct Marketing, Graphic Design & Printing
Graphic symbols dictionary
Printing Terminology
Digital Printing
Proofreader's Symbols
Common Printing Terms
How offset printing works

If you should be interested in more information (in English!) about Biberach just go to this webpage.

And if you want to mail someone an aerial picture of Biberach - here's one that lets you identify the house where you are staying as well as the Hauchler studio quite clearly. (It takes quite while to load, though.) More links to picture can be found here.

*HAUCHLER STUDIO GMBH + CO Fachschule und Berufsfachschule Druck · Medien · Papierverarbeitung Staatlich anerkannt · Gegründet 1946
Karl-Müller-Straße 6 88400 Biberach an der Riß Fon: (07351)15 60-0 Fax (07351)15 60-29 hauchler@t-online.de   www.hauchler.de

May 26, 2002


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