Johns Hopkins will be closing its longtime Printing Services operation, and the work it currently produces will be handled by outside vendors as the university seeks to rationalize operations and costs. University officials said that the decision to shutter its internal printing operation was necessary to offset the rising cost of print materials and equipment.
Officials also pointed to the need to keep pace with the ever-changing technologies in the printing industry, which was difficult for Printing Services to do under its current model.
“Outside vendors can offer us options that we are just not equipped to offer,” Bieler said....
