Business segment information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Business segment information [Abstract]

The following is our segment information as of and for the years ended December 31:

		Reportable business segments
		Small Business Services		Financial Services		Direct Checks		Corporate		Consolidated
Revenue from external customers:	2011	$	846,449	$	342,382	$	228,765	$	-	$	1,417,596
	2010		796,254		390,331		215,652		-		1,402,237
	2009		785,109		396,353		162,733		-		1,344,195
Operating income:	2011		145,219		59,804		66,035		-		271,058
	2010		137,534		84,158		59,852		-		281,544
	2009		60,804		75,091		54,694		-		190,589
Depreciation and amortization expense:	2011		44,706		13,009		15,628		-		73,343
	2010		45,163		11,788		16,964		-		73,915
	2009		52,507		10,946		4,312		-		67,765
Asset impairment charges:	2011		1,196		-		-		-		1,196
	2010		-		-		-		-		-
	2009		24,900		-		-		-		24,900
Total assets:	2011		836,918		99,803		173,435		278,653		1,388,809
	2010		772,799		66,065		178,880		290,947		1,308,691
	2009		778,191		57,716		96,288		279,015		1,211,210
Capital asset purchases:	2011		-		-		-		35,506		35,506
	2010		-		-		-		43,932		43,932
	2009		-		-		-		44,266		44,266

Revenue by product and service category

Revenue by product and service category for each year was as follows:

	2011		2010		2009
Checks, including contract settlements	$	871,731	$	896,563	$	853,729
Forms		195,905		194,724		198,855
Accessories and other products		126,949		123,264		129,323
Marketing solutions, including services		150,973		126,211		112,848
Other services		72,038		61,475		49,440
Total revenue	$	1,417,596	$	1,402,237	$	1,344,195

Geographical information

The following information is based on the geographic locations of our subsidiaries:

	2011		2010		2009
Revenue from external customers:
United States	$	1,334,540	$	1,325,163	$	1,275,885
Foreign, primarily Canada		83,056		77,074		68,310
Total revenue	$	1,417,596	$	1,402,237	$	1,344,195

Long-lived assets:
United States	$	1,139,678	$	1,086,685	$	996,505
Foreign, primarily Canada		11,409		13,359		16,006
Total long-lived assets	$	1,151,087	$	1,100,044	$	1,012,511

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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