What happened when San Diego County's last locally owned printing press closed?
On a recent Wednesday, Zach Dinsmore, a staff writer at The Point Weekly, unloaded two boxes carrying the Point Loma Nazarene University student newspaper from a truck that traveled 100 miles to a drop-off spot in Kearny Mesa.
As a result, many local publications, from high school papers to community weeklies, were put in a precarious position on short notice. Some clients, like The Point Weekly, had their contracts dropped and were left scrambling for a new printer. Zach Dinsmore, a staff writer at The Point Weekly, picks up a box of his school newspaper at Price Self Storage in Kearny Mesa.In recent years, more printing presses — much like the newspapers that they manufacture — have closed and only echoed the shouts that “print is dead.” In November, the Los Angeles Times announced that it, which currently prints The San Diego Union-Tribune as well as other local and national newspapers.
Ling said his company has acquired printing presses — like in the case of Advanced Web Offset — as a way to grow his business and help other business owners who want to exit the printing industry. Ling’s company has a strong presence in California and he said the owners of Advanced Web Offset approached him about buying the business last summer. In addition to periodicals, his company prints everything from promotional pamphlets to packaging and books.
Ultimately, keeping printing ventures sustainable relies on navigating these factors and making business decisions that pencil out. Ling said that when Advantage Color Graphics acquired Advanced Web Offset in San Diego, they had to temporarily stop printing some papers and some smaller accounts.“It’s never personal,” he said, but it’s “the financial pressures, the business pressures .... that leads us to that conclusion of not printing.
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