OKVED 2 18.13—Production of printing plates and preparatory activities

Where 18.13 sits

1. C Manufacturing industries
2. 18 Printing and copying of information media
3. 18.1 Printing activities and provision of services in this area
4. 18.13 Production of printing plates and preparatory activities

What 18.13 includes

• Text composition, typesetting, phototypesetting, data preparation, including scanning and optical character/text recognition, electronic typesetting;
• Preparation of data for various storage media (paper, CD-ROM, Internet, other digital and electronic media);
• Production of printing plates, including image processing (for letterpress and offset printing machines);
• Preparation of cylinders, including engraving of cylinders for intaglio printing;
• Copy processing on a printing plate: "from computer to plate" (including photopolymer plates);
• Preparation of plates and clichés for relief stamping or printing;
• Preparation for printing: of technical artwork, such as lithographic stands and wood blocks; presentation media, such as transparent slides and other forms of image display; sketches, markings, drafts, etc.;
• Production of proofs

What 18.13 excludes

• Specialized design activities, see 74.10

18.13 in other systems