On behalf of the Print Education and Research Foundation (PERF) Board of Trustees, welcome to the premiere issue of the PERF Print Report, a new quarterly research newsletter. The PERF Print Report will focus on industry-specific research that will help guide your company through challenging times.

The PERF Print Report is aimed at DMIA members and the printing industry at large. The PERF-sponsored research is being conducted in conjunction with Clemson University, California Polytechnic State University, BFMA International and DMIA.

In this issue, we’ll examine print buyers’ needs and behaviors. We’ll define what print buyers want from the printer/buyer relationship, and provide some perspective on how to use the information.

The PERF Print Report’s mission is to help print providers evolve in a constantly changing marketplace. PERF recognizes that successful printers today must prepare for changes in the industry and adapt quickly. 

We welcome your feedback, contributions, ideas, and suggestions for improvement. Please send any comments to our editors.

Thanks for reading. We look forward to many more issues of the PERF Print Report!

PERF Chairman
Godfrey (Jeff) M. Long, Jr.

Jeff Long is the 2006 Print Education and Research Foundations Chairman. Jeff is the Director, Graphic Dimensions, a printer in Newport, Kentucky.



PERF BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Chairman
Godfrey M. Long, Jr.
Director
Graphic Dimensions
800 Brighton St.
Newport, KY 41071
Tel.: 859-581-3989
Fax: 859-581-4090
jlong@graphicdimensions.net  

Vice Chairman
Richard H. Hardesty, Jr.
President
Rowan Business Forms, Inc.
500 Vance Ave.
PO Box 1269
Salisbury, NC 28145
Tel.: 704-638-3500
Fax: 704-638-3528
rickh@rowanbf.com  

Treasurer
Ivars Sarkans
President
Sarkans & Associates
600 West Ave. 46
Los Angeles, CA 90065
Tel.: 323-221-7791
Fax: 323-221-7799
isarkans@sarkans.com

Secretary
Timothy J. Mehl, CDC
CEO
Team Dispatch
917 Bacon St.
Erie, PA 16511
Tel.: 814-870-9641
Fax: 814-454-4358
tmehl@teamdispatch.com   

Robert A. Boldig
President
TBF/Avant Garde
806 North Davidson St.
Tullahoma, TN 37388
Tel.: 931-455-8075
Fax: 931-454-0767
bob@tbfavantgarde.com 

Ronald B. Eisele
President
Bestforms, Inc.
1135 Avenida Acaso
Camarillo, CA 93012
Tel.: 805-388-0503
Fax: 805-987-5280
reisele@bestforms.com

Irv Michlin
Owner
IMCOM, Inc.
38632 Via Majorca
Murrieta, CA 92562
Tel: 951-445-4730
Fax: 951-445-4731
irv@imcominc.com

Richard Roever, CDC
President
MAR Graphics
523 S. Meyer Avenue
Valmeyer, IL 62295
Tel: 618-935-2111
Fax: 618-935-2989
rroever@margraphics.com

Executive Director
Peter L. Colaianni, CAE
DMIA
433 E. Monroe Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22301
Tel.: 703-836-6224, ext. 102
Fax: 703-836-2241
pcolaianni@dmia.org

The PERF Print Report is published by the Print Education & Research Foundation.