Will the digital printer instead of offset printer on world market within 20 years?

[printseries]

Romano forecasted printing status in 2006 USA Printing Lecture, mentioned that offset printing market will decrease to 60% till 2012. Others will be instead by changeable digital printing. Offset printing create income will decrease to 45% among entire printing industry till 2015. Digital glass printing will increase 30%, the rest will be shared by other kinds of auxiliaries printing service. As statistic indicated that U.S will have 33% digital printing job realize diversification and individuation in 2006, customized printing growth rate already reached 14% in printing market. The printing quantities shows that 78% 4 color offset printing liveware has reduced below 5000pcs.

How about the next 20 years?

 

[ilovemedia]

We can't even be sure if the very definition of printing is still the same within the next decade, let alone in 20 years. We can make a lot of projections now, but no one can really be certain.