Printer (publishing)

For the device, see printer (computing).

Print shops in the 15th century per establishment date and book output

In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses.

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

External links

• Printing and publishing – Law Insider