NACE 18.13—Pre-press and pre-media services

Where 18.13 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media
3. 18.1 Printing and service activities related to printing
4. 18.13 Pre-press and pre-media services

What 18.13 includes

• Composing, typesetting and phototypesetting, pre-press data input into a form suitable for use in various printing processes and representation in other visual media, including scanning and optical character recognition, electronic make-up
• Preparation of data files for multimedia (printing on paper, cd-rom, the internet) applications
• Plate-making services, including image setting and plate setting (for letterpress and offset printing processes)
• Cylinder preparation: engraving or etching of cylinders for gravure printing
• Plate processing: computer-to-plate (ctp), also photopolymer plates
• Preparation of plates and dies for relief stamping or printing
• Preparation of: • artistic works of technical character (e.g. preparation of lithographic stones and wood blocks) • presentation media • sketches, layouts, dummies, etc. • production of proofs

What 18.13 excludes

• Graphic designing of visual content for the communication of information not intended to be printed, see 74.1

18.13 in other systems