In-plants were polled to determine if print volumes increased or decreased from one year ago. While some saw a dip in black and white printing, several were enjoying a comparable or larger increase in digital color work. Here's what they said.

 

Offset volume has decreased 15%; digital black-only volume has decreased 5%; digital color volume has increased 25%.

 

Our print volume has decreased approximately 20% from a year ago - both press and copy center. We manage the electronic information that goes out to our distributors and dealers and have increased in that area, thus showing a cost savings for the company.

 

Color has had a slight increase; black volumes have decreased slightly. I believe we are about bottomed out where our quantity will stay.

 

Volumes have increased. This can be directly attributed the increase to an aggressive marketing campaign geared towards community partners. The creation of a killer portfolio with an emphasis on client services has worked out well.

 

B/W continues to see significant decreases. Color volume is about the same. Post production or bindery work has increased, as well as wide format printing 

 

They have increased slightly. We were expecting a higher volume, however, based on additional print and fulfillment work that was brought in-house. The additional work was offset by declining print volumes due to budget constraints in each department.

 

When school starts, our volumes dramatically increase during the first month. Our average increases by approximately half a million copies, and then slows back down to 2.5 million copies once school is in session. Each year we tend to grow as our staff feels more comfortable letting go of the jobs they need, and sending it to the print shop.

 

Our volume has increased and will continue to increase in spite of the fact that many things that would normally be mailed out now go to the web or are e-mailed.

 

Our volumes have decreased over the last year to the tune of $530,000 in lost revenue. It is worth noting that although we are still seeing a decline in production volumes, the pace of the decline seems to have slowed down; we saw this "slow down" beginning in the February/March 2010 timeframe.

 

Decreased, but the customer's demands are higher than ever with shorter lead times. As an in-plant in a K-12 school district, print volumes have gone down. The biggest reason is the cost of mailing and delivery practices.