2017 NAICS Definition

T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.

323120 Support Activities for Printing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing prepress and postpress services in support of printing activities. Prepress services may include such things as platemaking, typesetting, trade binding, and sample mounting. Postpress services include such things as book or paper bronzing, die cutting, edging, embossing, folding, gilding, gluing, and indexing.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Engraving on metal--are classified in U.S. Industry 332812, Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers;
  • Manufacturing photosensitive plates for printing--are classified in U.S. Industry 325992, Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing blank plates (except photosensitive plates) for printing--are classified in U.S. Industry 333244, Printing Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing; and
  • Printing books or printing and binding books--are classified in U.S. Industry 323117, Books Printing.
2007
NAICS		   2012
NAICS		   2017
NAICS		   Corresponding Index
Entries
323121   323120   323120   Almanac binding without printing
323121   323120   323120   Bookbinding shops
323121   323120   323120   Bookbinding without printing
323122   323120   323120   Color separation services, for the printing trade
323121   323120   323120   Dictionary binding without printing
323122   323120   323120   Electronic prepress services for the printing trade
323122   323120   323120   Electrotype plate preparation services
323122   323120   323120   Embossing plate preparation services
323121   323120   323120   Encyclopedia binding without printing
323122   323120   323120   Engraving printing plate, for the printing trade
323121   323120   323120   Fiction bookbinding without printing
323122   323120   323120   Flexographic plate preparation services
323121   323120   323120   Gold stamping books for the trade
323122   323120   323120   Gravure plate and cylinder preparation services
323122   323120   323120   Imagesetting services, prepress
323122   323120   323120   Letterpress plate preparation services
323122   323120   323120   Lithographic plate preparation services
323121   323120   323120   Nonfiction bookbinding without printing
323122   323120   323120   Offset plate preparation services
323121   323120   323120   Pamphlet binding without printing
323122   323120   323120   Photocomposition services, for the printing trade
323122   323120   323120   Photoengraving plate preparation services
323122   323120   323120   Phototypesetting services
323121   323120   323120   Postpress services (e.g., beveling, bronzing, folding, gluing, edging, foil stamping, gilding) on printed materials
323122   323120   323120   Prepress printing services (e.g., color separation, imagesetting, photocomposition, typesetting)
323122   323120   323120   Printing plate preparation services
323121   323120   323120   Printing postpress services (e.g., beveling, bronzing, folding, gluing, edging, foil stamping) to printed products (e.g., books, cards, paper)
323122   323120   323120   Printing prepress services (e.g., color separation, imagesetting, photocomposition, typesetting)
323121   323120   323120   Professional bookbinding without printing
323121   323120   323120   Rebinding books, magazines, or pamphlets
323121   323120   323120   Religious bookbinding without printing
323121   323120   323120   Repairing books
323122   323120   323120   Rotogravure printing plates and cylinders preparation services
323121   323120   323120   Samples mounting
323121   323120   323120   School textbooks binding without printing
323122   323120   323120   Screen for printing, preparation services
323121   323120   323120   Swatches and samples, mounting for the trade
323121   323120   323120   Technical manual paper (books) binding without printing
323121   323120   323120   Trade binding services
323122   323120   323120   Typesetting (i.e., computer controlled, hand, machine)