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Re-emerging on the digital scene (a Xerox iGen3 or HP Indigo 5000 press are being pondered) is another outlet for growth, particularly in variable data digital work. Barta is also keeping his mind, and options, wide open on other fronts, including a possible acquisition of a complementary printer.

“Our industry is still ripe for consolidation,” he contends. “There’s still too much equipment capacity and too many printers out there. And, it doesn’t make sense for a lot of smaller printers to stay in business, because they can’t afford ongoing technology investment. They don’t have the tools to grow.