printing industry
Press and production
The printing industry encompasses businesses that produce printed materials—books, newspapers, magazines, packaging, labels, and commercial printing of all kinds.
It includes traditional offset printing, digital printing, and specialized processes like screen printing and flexography.
The industry has contracted significantly as digital media displaced print: The printing industry has shed jobs for two decades.
Related sectors include prepress services, binding, and print finishing.
- inkWriting fluid
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- paper stockPrinting substrate grades
- booksBound written works
- typesettingArranging text for print
magazines · compositor · CMYK · packaging · Gutenberg · movable type · brochures · newspapers · substrate · graphic designer · toner · cardboard · rollers · bleed · posters · newsprint · signatures · fonts
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printing industrydigital media
Electronically stored information
digital publishing · e-publishing · streaming media · broadcast media · television industry
printing industrycalligraphy
Ornamental handwriting art
hand copying · handicraft · hand lettering · cottage industry · illumination
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Culture passed by speech
oral culture · spoken word · live performance · broadcasting · storytelling tradition
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