Frank Romano

Controlling and cutting costs is a major key to survival in our continually challenged economy, as every print firm manager knows. Printing processes put ink or toner on paper, and therein lay two huge ongoing costs. For digital press owners, consumables are a cost of doing business and a necessary evil at the same time. They hear the ca-ching of the supplies cash register resonate every shift, every day, every week. Monthly click charges can be bad enough, but “that Indigo [press] is like electronic heroin,” jests one industry scrutinizer, who wishes to remain anonymous. “HP gets you hooked

Printing industry thought leader and online columnist Frank Romano gives Kodak Dimensional Clear Dry Ink rave reviews.

RESTON, Va.—In keeping with its “myPRINT” theme that promises attendees a fully customized trade-show experience, PRINT 09 has announced two mini-conferences tailored specifically for print buyers.

CHICAGO—Industry experts Andrew Paparozzi of NAPL and Frank Romano of the Rochester Institute of Technology have been added to the program agenda at Dscoop4, taking place Feb. 19-21 in Orlando, Fla.

SEWICKLEY, Pa.—PIA/GATF’s Digital Printing Council (DPC) today announces that since becoming a core service offfering in January, its memebership has tripled to over 1,000, making DPC the world’s largest digital printing association, according to a press release from PIA/GATF. “Digital printing is surpasing conservative estimates we all accepted over the last few years,” said Joanne Vinyard, director, DPC. “The growth we’re experiencing directly reflects what’s happening in the industry.” “Printers know, and trust, PIA/GATF,” said Frank Romano, a DPC advisory board member and educator. “PIA/GATF has perfected a system for supporting members in their current operations while doing marvelous, precise, advance work that allows them to

Package printers' 2001 prospects look brighter than the cloudy overall economic picture. by Regis J. Delmontagne, President, NPES As 2001 began, our industry was concerned, for the first time in several years, with the prospect of an economic slowdown. The printing industry in general, and package printing in particular, have been doing very well recently, but some authorities fear even a modest economic setback could have disproportionate impacts. At last December's PRINT OUTLOOK® 2001 conference in Washington, for example, National Association of Printers and Lithographers Economist Andrew Paparozzi noted if the national economy grows in 2001 and 2002 at only about a 3.5 percent