Some prepress occupations will experience less of a decline than others. In fact, employment of electronic pagination system operators is expected to grow much faster than average. These workers will operate all the new computers. In contrast, employment of typesetters is expected to decline sharply. Pasteup workers, photoengravers, platemakers, and camera operators will experience moderate declines.
Many companies have their own typesetting or desktop publishing department.
Often it is less expensive for a company to print their own materials. Thus jobs are moving away from printing plants and toward small print shops. Some press shops will send employees to the customers office. In these cases, the prepress worker helps design the materials. For compositors and typesetters, competition for jobs will be keen.