Digital Production Printing Market Perspective

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1 Digital Production Printing Market Perspective Gilles Biscos INTERQUEST Copyright 2006 INTERQUEST Ltd.

2 Digital Production Printing Market Perspective Outline of the presentation Key market trends Product/solution developments Vendor assessment Conclusions

3 Key Market Trends Graphic Arts Print doing better Consolidation Convergence Shrinking turnaround time Shorter run lengths

4 Key Market Trends Graphic Arts Price pressure Competition from Asia How to compete Productivity gains New technologies New services New expertise

5 Key Market Trends Digital Print Growth Graphic Arts Print Providers 36.0% 9.0% 11.0% B&W Highlight Color Full Color Source: INTERQUEST 2006

6 Key Market Trends Transactional Printing Flat market Cost-cutting Consolidation 1:1 communication Competition from electronic media MICR printing still alive

7 Key Market Trends Transactional Printing Market Highlight Full Color B&W Source: INTERQUEST (March 2006)

8 Key Market Trends Transactional Printing EBPP Growing, but still relatively small Banks are catching up From cost savings to marketing and customer service benefits Limited impact on paper volume so far Impact will be felt in the next decade

9 Key Market Trends U.S. Bills/Statement Presentment Forecast Source: INTERQUEST/Federal Reserve System/NACHA Total bills/statements e-bills/statements

10 Key Market Trends Transactional Printing Check/MICR market trends Still major payment method Volume decline Hot issues Check 21 Security Growth sectors: insurance claim checks, promotional checks, substitute checks Move towards CF, color, and more operational efficiencies

11 Key Market Trends Direct Mail Household Mail Volume Sent & Received by Market Served Market Correspondence Transactions Advertising Periodicals Packages Unclassified TOTAL Source: 2005 Household Diary Study

12 Key Market Trends Direct Mail Healthy growth but also challenges Multimedia campaigns & integrated services Move in two directions: High volume/low cost per unit Lower volume/high-value personalized Shorter print runs & on demand printing Overprinting (offset shells) still widely used Promotional transactional coming strong

13 Key Market Trends Print-on-Demand Growth market Driving factors Technology advances Web-to-print Color and CVDP Key growth sector On-demand book & manuals

14 Key Market Trends Print-on-demand Books Market picking up One off versus short run Demand for longer runs Price pressure Focus on higher productivity Impact of the Internet More color

15 Key Market Trends Print-on-demand Manuals Variety of providers Electronic replacement From manuals to books Growth of outsourcing Distributed POD Color opportunities More personalization

16 On-demand Book & Manual Printing Digital Book & Manual Volume (billions of letter-size impres Books Manuals

17 Product Developments Hardware Higher print speed/throughput New generation of highspeed cut-sheet devices Higher print quality Increased productivity Enhanced paper handling

18 Product Developments Software/Workflow Vendor consolidation IBM opens up AFP Workflow offering/solutions IBM ProcessDirector Kodak Unified Workflow Solution Xerox FreeFlow enhancements Canon ImagePRESS workflow JDF developments

19 Product Developments Finishing In-line, off-line, near-line Higher-speed/more robust devices Automatic set-up/change over New perfect binders/ booklet makers Inspection/integrity control systems Gateway solutions Color Ink jet pre/post-processing devices JDF/UP3i support

20 Leading Printing System Vendors Canon Offering Mid-volume systems Production cut-sheet machines Graph Expo: IR Pro 7138VP POD in-plant & print-for-pay market Strengths Presence in the office market Cut-sheet production offering Challenges High-end color? Limited presence in graphic arts

21 Leading Printing System Vendors IBM Offering Mid-volume systems High-speed continuous-feed systems Graph Expo: Color technology/ Monochrome enhancements Transactional, direct mail, & book printing Strengths IBM IT background/resources RIP/Workflow technology Challenges No production cut-sheet Limited presence in graphic arts

22 Leading Printing System Vendors Kodak NexPress Offering Cut-sheet production systems Graph Expo: Enhanced Digimaster family POD in-plant & print-for-pay Strengths Combination color & mono offering Kodak portfolio/resources Challenges No long term plan for mono electrophotography Limited offering

23 Leading Printing System Vendors Kodak Versamark Offering High-speed CIJ systems 250 ipm to 2,000 ipm+ Transactional printing & direct mail Strengths Speed/Modularity Color at low TCO Challenges Limitations for graphic arts applications Synergy with NexPress?

24 Leading Printing System Vendors Océ Offering Full range of CS systems Complete line of CF machines Transactional & POD market Strengths Success of CF systems New CS & CF technology Challenges Limited presence of CS units Color?

25 Leading Printing System Vendors Xerox Offering Full range of CS & CF systems Full range of color machines Graph Expo: Dual-engine Nuvera Transactional, POD market Strengths Broad offering including workflow Presence in color market Challenges Continuous-feed market Market share

26 Other Printing System Vendors Delphax Hewlett-Packard Konica Minolta Nipson Ricoh

27 Key Market Trends Conclusions Graphic arts: new services are key Transactional: flat, moving to color Direct mail: opportunities POD: books & manuals Technology High-end cut-sheet Workflow developments Enhanced finishing

28 Digital Production Printing Market Perspective Gilles Biscos INTERQUEST Copyright 2006 INTERQUEST Ltd.