Adobe to drop FedEx Kinko's link
After a wave of criticism from printing companies and others, Adobe Systems Inc. said Wednesday it will remove a link on new software to FedEx Kinko’s.
San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe said its Reader and Acrobat software scheduled to be released in October won’t have the link.
The prominent button was introduced in June, enabling electronic transfer of documents directly for printing at FedEx Kinko’s stores. It was criticized by Kinko’s competitors who feared it would hurt them.
Adobe said it didn’t expect material revenue from the link, so it “will have little to no impact on Adobe’s financial results.”
A version of Adobe Reader will still be available from the FedEx Kinko’s Web site that contains the link.
