Job losses ease a bit within printing industry.(Market Watch)(Brief Article) From: Graphic Arts Monthly | Date: January 1, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Printing employment is declining 500 jobs a month so far this year, although only 200 jobs were cut in November.

In the last three months, employment fell by 6,000 within the printing sector, including 2,200 jobs cut in commercial lithographic printing, 1,600 in miscellaneous printing, 1,000 in business forms, 400 in commercial flexographic printing, and 200 in quick printing.

There is reason to be optimistic about the economic future, however: the general ris...