Sometimes when people ask me what I do, I say, “I order pens.” That’s a simplification, but an accurate one. I manage the “outside” items AB&C buys for our clients: printing, billboards, displays, giveaways — that sort of thing. I’m that annoying person who insists on facts: when, where, how much, what color, what size. […]

“If journalists are gloomy about the outlook of their industry, printers are despondent.” That was a 2013 keynote speaker’s headline for his topic, “The Future of Printers.” Subtitle? “Printers Sink.” In the U.S. in 2001 there were 50,000 traditional commercial printing companies (not including phone book and newspaper and magazine publishers). Today there are fewer […]