Frank Romano's column today at WhatTheyThink.com offers some serious takes in his review of Graph Expo - North America's largest tradeshow in the printing industry. He also adds humor with some predictions for 2007 and beyond: Here are a few...

- October, 2006: Xerox introduces image enhancement software. People start to look better.

- September, 2007: New MustSeeUms category: Whogivesacrap.

- June, 2008: The Print Council goes out of business. No one notices.

- December, 2009: Last piece of film made by combined Kodak-Fuji-Agfa division—KoFuFa.

- June, 2010: Just what the world needs: New screening technology—AM, FM, XM, and Sirius Satellite Screening.

- April, 2011: Heidelberg and MAN Roland merge. New name is He-Man. Heidelberg-Xerox connection nixed—Heidrox sounds like cookie.

- March, 2012: New KBA XXXXXXL press prints sheet one acre square. Muller-Martini pondering folder.

- May, 2013: Ghent Work Group not sure what they do. Asks, “Why the heck are we in Ghent?”

- September, 2017: All industry consultants exiled to Mars. Industry revenues increase immediately.

- October, 2018: Paper from Asia contains word flu.

- April, 2019: Kinkos sold to Quiznos. Print on cold cut sheet paper.

- July, 2019: Secret to true color management discovered and then lost again.

- August, 2019: Lost in translation: New one-color press from Komori has 28 units.

- September, 2019: InfoTrends enters weather forecasting market. Buffalo to have 18 percent CAGR growth in snow.

- April, 2021: New Global RIP is so fast it sends data back in time. Jobs delivered yesterday.

- October, 2022: Print industry still waiting for rising tide.

- December, 2031: Title bout: Connection discovered between e-books and e-coli.

- March, 2034: Lights-out printing. Darkrooms return.