Adobe/Kinko’s Link Has Industry Fuming
Adobe’s decision to add a connection to FedEx Kinko’s Print Online application to its new Adobe Reader 8.1 and Acrobat 8.1 has printers up in arms.
Several hundred in-plants signed a petition of protest that calls the link “an unnecessary and invasive interference in our organization’s business.” NAPL, a trade association for printers, wrote Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen to stress the disappointment of its members. And PIA/GATF issued a statement saying the printing industry “felt terribly betrayed” by Adobe.
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- Adobe Systems
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 170 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
