How’s your wide-format plan-print volume trending?

Had lunch today with a friend, who’s been in the reprographics business for nearly 20 years, and one of the topics we discussed was wide-format plan-print volumes.  (We were speaking of CAD print/copy work.)

My friend said:

-       - in 2008/9, his business’ plan-print volume averaged 1,000,000 sq ft per month

-       - during the Great Recession, his business’ plan-print volume bottomed-out at 250,000 sq ft

-       - at the current time, his business’ plan-print volume is averaging around 400,000 sq ft per month