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  • The Future of Offset Printing

    By Bob Hall - Thursday July 20, 2006
    Bob Hall Executive Editor, Quick Printing magazine I just got back from the Sir Speedy/PIP Printing convention in St. Louis. Other than it being hotter than the hinges of Hades, it was a fun time. Once again I was confronted by a few folks wanting my opinion on the future of offset printing. They quoted such stalwart gurus as Frank Romano in predicting that offset was on the long downhill slide into irrelevance. I replied "Balderdash" or words to that effect. Sure, digital printing is where the growth is and digital printing will wind up with more and more of the "marks on paper" work we do. However, at the same time that digital is capturing a larger percentage of the information communications market, that market is getting is getting...
  • Where FedEx Stands With Kinko\'s

    By Bob Hall - Monday July 10, 2006
    FedEx still hasn’t quite figured out what to do with Kinko’s. They’re obviously not pleased at the financial performance of FedEx Kinko’s as evidenced by the rather unceremonious departure of former Kinko’s CEO Gary Kusin. When FedEx bought Kinko’s they were more interested in increasing retail locations to support their shipping business than they were in building print and copy volumes.The FedEx Kinko’s folks were insistent that I meet with them at On Demand, where they had a major presence. It didn’t take but a minute to figure out that the PR folks there had no clue that our magazine’s readers consider FedEx Kinko’s to be competition – although perhaps not very...
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