Friday, July 3, 2020

Printing Industry Trend article - Evolution of Workbook for Conference

(I may be off somewhat on the timeline, but this does reflect what has actually happened over the years.)

35 years ago – Workbook was printed and bound.  Lots of pages.  A number of tabs.  3-ring binder with insert for printed cover page.  Everything printed black & white.  400 originals x 200 sets.  Nice print job.  Printed workbooks distributed to conference participants.

25 years ago – Workbook was printed and bound.  Lots of pages.  A number of tabs.  3-ring binder with insert for printed cover page.  Most of the document printed in black & white, but a fair amount of pages printed in color.  400 originals x 200 sets.  Nice print job.  Printed workbooks distributed to conference participants.

15 years ago - Workbook was printed and bound.  Lots of pages.  A number of tabs.  3-ring binder with insert for printed cover page.  Most of the document printed in color.  400 originals x 200 sets.  Nice print job.  Printed workbooks distributed to conference participants.

10 years ago – Workbook not printed to hard copy.  Instead, workbook printed to CD’s.  200 CD’s replicated.  No print job, but a CD replication job.  CD’s distributed to conference participants.

Nowadays – Workbook printed to PDF file.  PDF file posted to web-site hosted in the cloud.  No print job.  Conference participants given “link” to access the PDF file.  PDF file downloaded to participants’ laptops.  No print job, no replication job.  

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