Where have all the printers gone?

Johnson's World The single fact most often cited by economists regarding printing might be that the total number of printing plants peaked in 1993. As far as I can tell, this statistic is based on Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) data reporting 54,462 shops in 1993, which decreased to 39,387 in 2005. That’s an overall decline of 28 percent. Taken at face value, that is a shocking statistic—proof, say the Chicken Littles, that printing is in its death throes. If you need your own analysis, there are many economists lurking on the periphery of print, ...

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