Printer (publishing)
Appearance
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In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses.[1]
Printers can include:
- Newspaper printers, often owned by newspaper publishers
- Magazine printers, usually independent of magazine publishers
- Book printers, often not directly connected with book publishers
- Postcard printers
- Stationery printers
- Packaging printers
- Trade printers, who offer wholesale rates within the printing industry
- Wide-format printers, who specialize in wide format prints, such as signs and banners
- Printmakers, artists who create their artworks using printing
References
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