Printer (publishing)

In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses.[1]

Printers 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
• Large format printers, who specialize in wide format prints, such as signs and banners.

An artist who operates a printing press to execute their own works of printing press such as, hand in limited runs. That is usually distinguished from other printers by the term printmaker.