GRAPH EXPO & CONVERTING EXPO 2002 -- Showing Signs of Recovery

Moreover, Paparozzi emphasizes, "for all the ups and downs of the business cycle, industry volume is still going up. The industry is still growing."

One potential sales growth area for commercial printers is large-

format ink-jet printing, which IT Strategies predicts may become an $11 billion industry by 2005. The consulting firm found that commercial print shops are only getting about 15 percent of this business and, as a result, are in danger of allowing the market to slip away to other channels. In response, new on the show floor this year will be a Wide-format Opportunities Pavilion. Vendors will include ENCAD, Epson America, Hewlett-Packard, MacDermid Printing Solutions (ColorSpan) and Océ, among others.