Get Out Your Checkbook

Roper adds, "It all depends on their book of business. If companies are looking to buy equipment, it's important that they have the revenue to support it, especially if they are going to finance it."

Printers are, in fact, starting to look at capital equipment purchases, according to Dugan, and package printers are in a good spot. "Packaging is probably the best part of the industry right now in printing," he says. "Package printing is better than commercial printing at the moment." He adds that orders are up as well. "We're seeing more orders now. We're seeing more optimism. We're having more conversations with people who are planning to do the things to be ready for the new beginning."