Service activities related to printing

Description

This includes: • binding of printed sheets, e.g. into books, brochures, magazines, catalogues etc., by folding, assembling, stitching, glueing, collating, basting, adhesive binding, trimming, gold stamping • composition, typesetting, phototypesetting, pre-press data input including scanning and optical character recognition, electronic make-up • plate-making services including imagesetting and plate-setting (for the printing proc- esses letterpress and offset) • engraving or etching of cylinders for gravure • plate processes direct to plate (also photopolymer plates) • preparation of plates and dies for relief stamping or printing • production of proofs • artistic work including preparation of litho stones and prepared woodblocks • production of reprographic products • design of printing products e.g. sketches, layouts, dummies etc. • other graphic activities such as die-sinking or die-stamping, Braille copying, punching and drilling, embossing, varnishing and laminating, collating and insetting, creasing