EDITOR'S notebook

Long-time contributor Roger Dickeson refers to it as a "productivity paradox" in his column on page 65. Printers strive earnestly to install new equipment and software to make their firms more productive. As a result, he says, those operations should need fewer hours of labor to produce that same amount of work. But printing company owners are hesitant to reduce their head counts, knowing that doing so disrupts careers and families, and lowers morale among those who survive the layoffs.