INTERQUEST Releases Study of Digital Printing in the Government Market

The study finds that the number of government in-house facilities using conventional printing equipment has declined steadily in recent years. Although the offset equipment which remains is mostly used for high-volume work, lithography accounts for less than 30% of the printing produced in house. Although most categories of output at government in-plants are flat or declining, full-color digital printing is increasing as the cost to produce it progressively declines. This category of work now represents about 12% of the digital volume at the typical agency in-plant.