The Print Council's Annual Meeting to be Held at GRAPH EXPO

WASHINGTON, DC—Sept. 20, 2010—The Print Council announced that its annual membership and general information meeting will be held on October 5th from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. in Room S 502A at McCormick Place in conjunction with Graph Expo. All supporters of The Print Council and interested parties are encouraged to attend.

Among the issues to be discussed and presented at this annual meeting are the current financial status of the Council as well as current and future programs.

Among the programs that will be featured are:

• The very successful Print Delivers seminar series which, in its first year, has been presented in six cities to more than 700 media and marketing specifiers. Plans are underway for two events in November 2010 and additional presentations next year.

• An update on the status of Print in the Mix, the print market research clearinghouse on the value of print managed by the Printing Industry Center at RIT, and entirely supported with a grant from The Print Council.

• The Unisource $100,000 Challenge Grant to The Print Council. To date, the following companies have participated in the grant: NewPage, Hewlett Packard, Neenah Paper, PrintingforLess.com, MSP Digital Marketing LLC, Think Patented, CRW Graphics, PennLitho, Dome Printing, HBP Inc, Suttle-Straus Inc, Appleton Coated, Canvas Magazine, and AIPPM.

In addition, The Print Council will release its newest collateral, Yes Print! Each edition will highlight specific print-related topics with applicable research and case studies. Twelve topics will be covered, including Integrated Marketing; SMS; Measurement, ROI, and Accountability; Chain of Custody. Three flyers will be released during Graph Expo with additional flyers each quarter thereafter.

About The Print Council
Through education, awareness, market development, advocacy and research, The Print Council serves the industry to develop, maintain and increase the market for printed materials. The Print Council can be contacted through Ben Cooper, Executive Director, at (202) 973-5977, by e-mail at bycooper@wms-jen.com on the web at www.theprintcouncil.org. Print in the Mix clearinghouse of print media effectiveness is freely available at www.printinthemix.com.

PLATINUM SPONSORS: Global Paper Solutions; Heidelberg USA; Japs-Olson; Kodak; Leo Burnett USA; NAK Marketing Communications; NewPage; Sappi Fine Paper; The Williamson Companies; Unisource; U.S. Postal Service; Xerox

GOLD SPONSORS: Broadford & Maloney Inc.; Hewlett Packard; International Paper; Mohawk Fine Papers

SILVER SPONSORS: Appleton Coated LLC; IWCO Direct; Mossberg & Co.; Neenah Paper; PrintingforLess.com; The John Roberts Company, Think Patented

BRONZE SPONSORS: Alcorn Printing Group; Classic Graphics Inc.; Colorado Printing Co.; CRW Graphics; Custom Data Imaging Corp.; Dome Printing; EFI; HBP Inc.; Hickory Printing Group Inc.; Jet Lithographic Inc.; Lawton Printing; Lecta North America; MSP Digital Marketing; New Direction Partners; Panaprint Inc.; PennLitho; PrintWest; Security Press; Stern’s Printing & Engraving; Suttle Straus Inc.; The P.A. Hutchison Company; Valassis; Westamerica Graphics; Whitmore Group; Wisco Envelope

ASSOCIATES: AIPPM; Arizona State University; Cal Poly; CUNY; Cygnus Business Media; DMA; EDSF; EMA; GAA; Graphic Communications World; Group M; HSPR; IAPHC; IdeaAlliance; InfoTrends; Kean University; Liberty or Death Communications; Media Ink; MFSA: NAPIM; NAPL; North American Publishing; NPES; NPTA; NYU; OutputLinks; PennWell; PIASC; PICA; PINE; Press+; Penton Media; Print Buyers Online; Printer’s NW Trader; Printing Industries of America; Printing Industries Alliance; Reed Business; RIT; Rogers Media; TAGA; WhatTheyThink.com; Xplor International