Editor's Note Tragedy Touches Print 01

The next day brought light traffic to the show, most of it from out-of-town printers trapped in Chicago, according to one vendor; few locals made the trip. Heidelberg and Xerox reps said demos went on as scheduled at their booths, and they reported modest attendance. Canon said it had only a skeleton crew working its booth. Across the show floor, people huddled around TV monitors, watching scenes of the devastation in New York. Though some equipment was running, the show's three halls were noticeably quieter than they had been just a few days before, when printing had still been everyone's chief concern.