NACE-BEL 18.120—Other printing

Where 18.120 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media
3. 18.1 Printing and service activities related to printing
4. 18.12 Other printing
5. 18.120 Other printing

What 18.120 includes

• The printing of magazines and other periodicals, appearing less than four times a week
• The printing of books and brochures, musical scores, maps, atlases, posters, catalogs, leaflets and other advertising materials, stamps, revenue stamps, payment instruments and other negotiable instruments, smart cards, albums, diaries, calendars, coasters and other commercial printed materials, personalized letterhead and other printed materials produced on letterpress, offset, gravure, flexographic, screen-printing and other graphic presses, reprographic equipment, electronic printers, embossing equipment, including speed printing
• Digital printing
• Screen printing on textiles and clothing
• Photocopying of documents
• Decorative printing, for example, printing gift wrap, wallpaper, transfer materials
• Large-format printing, for example, printing flags, banners, roll-up banners, posters. Printed designs are generally protected by copyright. This subclass covers exclusively printing services, not the goods themselves.
• Label printing (e.g., lithography, photogravure, flexography, sign printing)
• Laser engraving of textiles
• Photo printing activities

What 18.120 excludes

• Fabric printing as an intermediate process in textile manufacturing, see 13.30
• The manufacture of stationery (such as notebooks, binders, registers, accounting books, business forms), provided that printed information is not the primary purpose, see 17.23
• Publishing of printed materials, see 58.1
• Advertising design activities, see 73.11
• The operation of photocopiers for self-service copying, see 82.10
• Engraving on metal, glass, wood, etc., see the relevant subclass depending on the material used

18.120 in other systems