An Industry Analyst Specializing in Digital Color Printing

David R. Spencer
President/CEO of Spencer &
Associates Publishing, LTD.

As president/CEO of Spencer & Associates Publishing, Ltd., David Spencer consults with organizations for which computer printing is mission–critical. Mr. Spencer is an internationally recognized authority on Color Print Quality and Ink & Toner Yield analyses, with more than 40 years experience in product development, marketing, and general management. He and his staff provide research, test and analysis to the industry.

Spencer & Associates Publishing, Ltd. consults with organizations for which printing is mission-critical, and provides strategic product development support to printer developers, improving quality and performance. Its SpencerLab Digital Color Laboratory division provides comparative benchmarking and evaluation services, and licenses its printer test software.

Before starting Spencer & Associates in 1989, Mr. Spencer was founder & CEO of Data Recording Systems, developer of LaserScribe™, the first 10002 dpi laser printer. Previously, as group executive of North American operations of Muirhead and president of a Litton Industries division, he led product developments in printers and facsimile including the laser Tactical Digital Facsimile (deployed in Desert Storm). In his technical capacity he developed image compression technology presaging CCITT Group III, and products such as United Press International's NewsPicture recorder.

Mr. Spencer has been making industry presentations throughout his career, and is called upon to be a guest panelist on issues ranging from print to entrepreneurship; he serves or has served on executive and advisory boards of corporations including LiquidPixels, PixelCraft (a Xerox company), PetAssure, Portalis, and PowerSystems; of associations including the Long Island Venture Group, the Long Island Forum for Technology, and the MIT Club of Long Island; and co–chaired ISO standards development committees. Mr. Spencer earned both MS and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has been awarded eight patents in image processing, facsimile data compression, and printing technologies.