Breaking the Adobe/Kinko’s Link

As in-plants await the promised forum Adobe is holding next Tuesday in San Francisco—which will allow printers to speak their minds about the link to FedEx Kinko’s on new versions of its software—those who want to take action sooner can now do so. Adobe has published instructions on how to disable the link.

A page on its Web site tells administrators how to disable the FedEx Kinko’s Print Service for Windows and Macintosh:

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401726&sliceId=2#gpo

As for whether or not you should break the Kinko’s link in your own version of the software, here’s something to consider: Richard L. Griffin, director of Campus Printing at Central Piedmont Community College, pointed out that it can sure come in handy when doing price comparisons.

“Have I ever ordered printing from them? Of course not, but I can find Kinko’s price on about any job I want in a few minutes,” he says.