This co has been well managed and I understand uses a franchise-model for the outlying shops.
If that's so, then the issue has to be the lack of decent-orders. In a recession the volume of print dries up and all general-printers are under pressure. Many of their offerings are widely available on the internet, so PDC is likely to be having to compete on price - but even so, the volume is down and techy printing equipment is expensive, so I expect the debt is hanging about somewhere....
Fred1new - do you recall what you paid(in 2005, 1st Post), - and have you taken a profit...? - (er, I hope so.)...