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Reply to "Transform Global 2012"

Wow. OK, I've never seen a study that didn't CLEARLY show total US print declining every single year since the 1990's. An account can still grow, of course, and you could be fortunate and have a mix of accounts that grow. But just looking at office paper shipments shows a constant decline every year.

I think we're right at the stage where 50%+ of workers will never print until they have to "take something to the old man for approval". They'll just never have developed the habit of printing, so they won't have to break the habit.

But as I always say... if you are the last polka band in North America, who cares if the polka market is down? You're playing every night and twice on Saturday night, life is good! Which is why print dealers have to acquire smaller print dealers or move out of print as their main line of business.

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Originally posted by Art Post:
Cash Gap:

I don't have any scientific clarification of this "so called" declining page volumes", however when I looked at my existing maintenance agreements, I have not seen a drop in page volume, where as one company may drop in volume thus another will increase in volume.

I know there are a lot of soothsayers stating print volume is declining, but I'm not seeing it in my neck of the woods. Matter of fact I'm slowing working an account that is producing more than 7 million pages per year in color.

I'm more convinced that print volume is migrating up to production and to niche type print systems. But, I am alarmed that the next gen of workings really may not have the need for paper.
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