Article: The printing industry presses on: with the advent of the personal computer and expansion of the Internet, it has become popular to proclaim "the printed word is dead." But this death-knell is far from the truth.(United States)(Statistical Data Included)(Bibliography)

The printing and graphic arts industry has been transformed--not replaced--by new technologies. The coming decades hold exciting opportunities for those entering the field of graphic communications and great challenges for those educating this new workforce.

Think about how many times a day you use printed products such as books and magazines, newspapers, direct mail and advertising circulars, manuals, catalogs and calendars. Now add to the list: T-shirts, buttons, posters and banners, and software and CD packaging. A quick review reveals that--even in the computer age--we are still surrounded by printed products in our schools, offices and homes.

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