1st Quarter Paper Outlook

Janis points to a continued strong economy as the primary reason for the increase. "Advertising and pages were up nicely again this past quarter," he states.

Tristan Vogel, president of Metro Web, a financial printer in Hoboken, NJ, is also anticipating a first-quarter increase. "I've already been sent a minor increase from one of our mills," he relates. "The mills have been trying to lay the groundwork for the increase for the last several months—my feeling is that it will not be sustained.