In-plants Furious About Adobe/Kinko’s Link

In-plants everywhere have felt shocked (and a little betrayed) to learn that the new Adobe Reader 8.1 and Acrobat 8.1 will feature a connection to FedEx Kinko’s Print Online application, giving in-plant customers an easy way to overlook the in-plant and send work outside the organization.

The Association of College and University Printers is circulating a petition of protest to send to Adobe. It states, in part, “Your adding a commercial link complicates the process of serving our client base who may unintentionally send work outside the corporation or school believing that the link is authorized by our parent organizations. Please revisit your decision to include this link as an unnecessary and invasive interference in our organization’s business.”