Checking Back in on the Paper Supply Shortage Impacting Printers (piworld.com)

Back in February, Dan Marx had the pleasure of speaking with three commercial printing providers to see how they were experiencing, and what the were doing to mitigate the effect of, the ongoing paper shortage. That piece, “Printing Companies Share Their Experiences with Paper Shortages and What They’re Doing in Response”, was featured in Printing Impressions.

As the paper crisis is much more a moving target than a moment in time, he reached back out to one of the printers, Christina Esparza, VP of operations for InfoIMAGE, a transactional printer (locations in Coppell, Texas, and Brisbane, California), to see how that company’s experience and approach has changed over the last three months.
more at: https://www.piworld.com/article/checking-back-printing-paper-supply-shortage/

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