The Dichotomies of the Global Printing Industry

9. All printers are small, except when they are very large

We are seeing the rise of the mega printer. Technology is killing the cottage print industry. In the U.S., there are currently 38,000 companies in the graphic arts sector (pre-media, printing, repro, and finishing), of which less than 10 percent account for over 60 percent of all print revenue. 80 percent of these companies account for less than 20 percent of print revenue.