COMMERCIAL PRINTING -- Running Lean and Mean

* Books—2.5 to 3 percent;

* Magazines and Periodicals—2 to 3 percent; and

* Directories—1 to 2 percent.

Barring a setback in the war on terror, the economy—and the printing industry by extension—will continue to accelerate through 2004, agrees Andrew Paparozzi, vice president and chief economist of the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL). "We expect industry sales to grow between 3.2 and 4.1 percent next year." It will mark the first year of industry sales growth since 2002, he points out.