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Printers are squeezing really hard to hold the prices down, or to lower them to bring in more volume in the hope that that'll give them leverage w/ vendors to negotiate for lower prices (I work for the largest privately owned printer in the U.S.). One major competitor recently filed for bankruptcy protection, but is staying in business, so the perception is they have something of an edge in their pricing (not paying some bills, interest only payments on others...), so no one (we're talking _large_ commercial printers here printing things in volumes of tens of thousands and up) has been able to pass on any of their cost increases for fear of losing business, and the costs have been increasing --- power, ink, plate-making material, equipment, &c.
William
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