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Color Digital Printing & Personalized Communications in Higher Education: Market Analysis

A new INTERQUEST study, based on an in-depth survey of Communications/Marketing departments and In-plant/CRD operations at college and universities. This study complements “Digital Printing in Government: Market Analysis” published in January 2007. (June 2007, over 120 pages of text with 80 tables and charts.)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Executive Overview


Part 1 Higher Education Market Analysis

  • Higher education trends
  • Printing & mailing trends
    - Conventional printing
    - Digital printing
    - Mailing
  • Color digital printing
    - Key trends
    - Applications/user stories
    - Key issues
  • Personalized communications & color variable data printing
    - Key trends
    - The needs and wants of the Millennial generation
    - Effective communications with the Millennial generation
    - Color variable data printing adoption
    - Applications/user stories
    - Key issues
  • Market size & forecast
  • Leading players


Part 2 Survey Results

Background/Methodology

IN-PLANT/CRD SURVEY
Organization Profiles

  • Type of department
  • Number of employees
  • Number of years in existence
Digital Printing
  • Involvement/adoption level
  • Volume breakdown
  • Projected growth
Color Digital Printing
  • Digital and offset volume (size & growth)
  • Equipment
    - Type (copier/printer versus digital press)
    - Vendors’ market share
    - Level of satisfaction with current system(s)
    - Improvements requested
    - Purchasing plans
  • Applications
    - Origin of digital color pages
    - Type of documents printed
    - Run lengths
    - Color versus monochrome pages
    - Page content
    - Simplex and duplex
  • Paper & finishing
    - Type of substrates being used
    - Paper weights being used
    - Collated versus uncollated output
    - Type of finishing used
    - Off-line versus in-line finishing
    - Overcoating
Color Variable Data Printing (CVDP)
  • Background
    - Current use/projections
    - Reasons for offering/not offering
    - Length of involvement
  • Applications
    - Type of documents
    - Print volume & projected growth
    - Level of personalization (now & future)
    - Web fulfillment use
  • Issues
    - Top barriers
    - Production cycle
    - Cost components breakdown of CVDP jobs
    - Pricing & ROI
    - Who tracks ROI?
  • Level of success with CVDP projects
Outsourcing & Insourcing
  • Current use/projections (volume)
    - Conventional printing
    - Digital printing
MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENTS SURVEY Organization Profiles
  • Type of department
  • Student enrollment
  • In-house production printing capabilities
Personalized Communications
  • Electronic documents
    - Use of personalization
    - Reasons for using/not using
    - Plan for using in the future
    - Applications
  • Printed Documents
    - Generic information
    - Color Variable Data Printing (CVDP)


Conclusions


Appendices