Semper Survey Finds Uptick in Printing Sales, but Negative Outlook Continues

• The greatest competitive threat to printers remains the current economic climate. Respondents reporting threats from lower cost competitors jumped 53 percent.

• Ink to substrate is the respondents’ primary profit center. Digital print was the primary profit center in the Q2 and Q3 surveys.

• Referrals (43 percent) from internal staff and online searches (35 percent) continue to be the most popular ways to find employees.