School District In-plants Survey Results
Our survey of school district in-plants yielded 150 responses. Among the interesting facts we learned:
• 67.3% insource printing.
• 59.3% have expanded their in-plants in the past two years.
• 36% produce variable data printing.
• 28.7% have their own in-plant Web sites
The tables below will give you an even better picture of this industry.
Financially Speaking
Ten percent of school district in-plants have annual operating budgets of $1 million or more.
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$3 million to $4.999 million
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2%
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$1 million to $2.999 million
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8%
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$500,000 to $999,999
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19.3%
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$250,000 to $499,999
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20%
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Less than $249,999
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47.3%
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Color Growing
Almost 73 percent of school district in-plants say they are providing more color printing today than two years ago. Here's how they break down their printing:
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Four-color Process
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4.9%
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Multi-color
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14.4%
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Black-and-white
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80.7%
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Inside Jobs
Newsletters top the list of jobs produced by school in-plants.
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Newsletters
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94.7%
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Brochures
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90%
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Envelopes
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89.3%
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Stationery
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88.7%
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Business Cards
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86.7%
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Business Forms
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84.7%
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Pamphlets/Reports
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74.7%
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Directories
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73%
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Posters
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66.7%
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Calendars
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65.3%
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Tests
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64%
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Course Packs/Manuals
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58%
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Annual Reports
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56%
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Tags/Labels
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50%
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Direct Mail Pieces
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44.7%
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Catalogs
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38.7%
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Folders
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38%
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Proposals
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35.3%
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Newspapers
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20%
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Price Books
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10.7%
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Packaging
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10%
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CD-ROMs
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8.7%
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Magazines
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8.7%
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Point of Purchase
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2.7%
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A Range Of Services
Managers of school district in-plants oversee the following services:
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Percentage who oversee
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Bindery & Finishing
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98%
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Offset Printing/Duplicating
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90%
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Copying
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88%
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Digital B&W Printing
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79.3%
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Graphic Design
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66%
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Photography & Platemaking
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62.7%
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Digital Color Printing
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62%
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Electronic Prepress
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58%
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Mail: Outgoing
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38%
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Mail: Incoming
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30.7%
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Copyright Permissions
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28%
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Convenience Copiers
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22.7%
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Satellite Copy Centers
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14%
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Web Site Design
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8%
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Data Center Output
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4%
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Video/Multimedia
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2%
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On The Front End
PCs outnumber Macs in the school district sector, while CTP units have outpaced imagesetters.
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IBM-compatible PCs
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64.7%
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Document Scanners
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58.7%
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Macintosh Computers
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54%
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Plate Processors
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46.7%
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Cameras (film)
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38%
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Platesetters (CTP)
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29.3%
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Scanners For Color Seps
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27.3%
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Film Processors
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24%
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Cameras (Digital)
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22.7%
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Imagesetters
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19.3%
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Getting Bigger
Almost 60 percent say they have expanded their in-plants in the past two years.
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Moderate Expansion
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50%
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Huge Expansion
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9.3%
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No Expansion
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36%
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Reduced In Size
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4.7%
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Offset Offerings
Percentage of respondents who use the following types of presses:
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One-color Sheetfed
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72.7%
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Press with T-head Unit
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45.3%
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Two-color Sheetfed
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40%
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Envelope Press
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24%
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Four- to Six-color Sheetfed
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5.3%
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Web Offset Press
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5.3%
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Toner And Ink-jet
Percentage of respondents that use the following copiers/printers:
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Black-and-white Copiers
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86.7%
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High-speed B&W Printing Systems
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62.7%
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Color Copiers
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62%
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Laser Printers
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55.3%
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Digital Duplicators
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35.3%
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Wide-format Color Ink-jet Printers
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23%
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High-speed Digital Color Printers
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22%
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Large-format Copiers
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13%
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Back End Basics
Percentage of respondents who use the following bindery and finishing equipment:
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Folding Machines
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97.3%
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Paper Cutters
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95.3%
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Drills
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94%
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Stitchers/Staplers
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93%
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Collators
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76%
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Shrink Wrappers
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53%
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Perfect Binders
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32%
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Thermographic Equipment
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6.7%
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