Catalog Printing--Presses Are Working Overtime

A variety of issues faced in 1998 will also need to be addressed by catalog print customers in the coming year, adds Sullivan.

"They're seeing paper and postal increases," he remarks. "They're moderate in comparison to past increases, but they're still increases in the overall cost of doing business. From a customer's perspective, it's tough to pass price increases through to customers. I'm not a pessimist, but there's a fair amount of caution in the air. I think we'll see restrained growth (in 1999)."