COMMERCIAL PRINTING OUTLOOK -- Ambiguity is Certain

There's that dreaded word again.

Top 10 Critical Trends in Print

In a special session at Graph Expo, Frank Romano, industry pundit and professor at the Rochester (NY) Institute of Technology, identified what he says are the top 10 developments that will affect the printing industry over the next five years:

1 -- Digital links to customers

2 -- Wide-format digital imaging

3 -- Waterless printing

4 -- Practical e-commerce

5 -- Computer-to-plate adoption, on-and off-press

6 -- Workflow, from digits to dots and out the dock

7 -- Technology integration for hybrid printing solutions

8 -- Cross-media production

9 -- Variable-data printing/mass customization

10 -- Distributed printing