TSIC 18121—Pre-press services

Where 18121 sits

1. C Production
2. 18 Printing and reproduction of data storage media.
3. 181 Printing and related service activities.
4. 1812 Printing-related service activities.
5. 18121 Pre-press services

What 18121 includes

• Image composition, typesetting, optical typesetting, prepress data input, including scanning, optical character recognition, and electronic finishing.
• Plate making services, including film firing and plate mounting (for letterpress and offset printing processes).
• Engraving or roller forming for gravure printing.
• Filmless plate making services. (Including printing plates for photopolymer printing)
• Preparation of printing plates for embossing or relief printing
• Proofreading
• Artwork, including preparation of lithographs and woodblock printing plates
• Product design for printing, such as sketches, plans, models, etc.
• Other graphic activities such as die cutting or embossing, Braille copying, hole punching and drilling, embossing, varnishing and layering, document layout and insertion, creasing.

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