PKD 18.12.Z—Other printing

Where 18.12.Z sits

1. C Industrial Processing
2. 18 Printing and reproduction of recorded information media
3. 18.1 Printing and printing-related service activities
4. 18.12 Other printing
5. 18.12.Z Other printing

What 18.12.Z includes

• This subclass covers only activities involving printing services, not related to the production of products. Printed products are typically protected by copyright.
• Printing of magazines and other periodicals published less than four times a week,
• Printing of books, brochures, sheet music and manuscripts, maps, atlases, posters, advertising catalogs, prospectuses and other advertising, postage stamps, revenue stamps, processing papers, checks and other securities, smart cards, albums, calendars, notebooks, diaries, beer mats, forms, letterhead, headed paper and other similar printed articles using printing machines, offset, rotogravure, flexographic, screen printing and other printing machines, photocopiers, computer printers, embossers, photocopiers and thermocopiers, including high-speed printing directly onto textile products/materials, plastic, glass, metal, wood and ceramics,
• Digital printing,
• Screen printing on textiles and clothing,
• Photocopying of documents,
• Decorative printing, such as decorative gift wrapping paper, wallpaper, and portable products,
• Large-format printing, such as flags, banners, roll-up displays, and posters,
• Label and tag printing (e.g., lithography, gravure, flexography), sign printing,
• Laser engraving on textiles,
• Activities related to photographic printing.

What 18.12.Z excludes

• Printing on textiles as part of their production process, see 13.30.Z,
• Manufacture of stationery (for example, notebooks, binders, registers, account books, business forms), where the information printed therein is of negligible importance, see 17.23.Z,
• Publishing activities, see appropriate subclasses of group 58.1,
• Advertising design activities, see 73.11.Z,
• Photocopying services related to office administration, see 82.10.Z,
• Engraving on metal, glass, wood, and the like, see appropriate subclasses depending on the material used.

18.12.Z in other systems