The word printer is used to describe a company that provides commercial printing services, involving typesetting, printing and book-binding. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Movable metal type Typesetting involves the presentation of textual material in an aesthetic form on paper or some other media. ... The folder of newspaper web offset printing press Printing is an industrial process for production of texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. ... Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of separate sheets of paper or other material. ...

Formerly, it referred to persons who operated printing presses, or ran printing companies. Many of these people would today be referred to as publishers. The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ...

Someone who makes artistic prints, usually by hand in limited runs, is known as a printmaker. Printmaking is a process for producing a work of art in ink; the work (called a print) is created indirectly, through the transfer of ink from the surface upon which the work was originally drawn or otherwise composed. ...

Famous printers:

• Johann Gutenberg
• John Baskerville
• Jodocus Badius
• Henry Estienne
• William Caxton
• Benjamin Franklin
• Aldus Manutius
• Francysk Skaryna

This topic is considered to be an essential subject on Wikipedia. ... John Baskerville (January 28, 1706 - January 8, 1775) was a printer in Birmingham, a member of the Royal Society of Arts, and an associate of some of the members of the Lunar Society. ... Jodocus Badius (or Josse Badius) (1462-1535) was a pioneer of the printing industry. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... William Caxton (c. ... Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze 1777 For the former mayor of Nepean, see Ben Franklin (politician) Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706–April 17, 1790) was one of the most prominent of Founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States. ... Aldus Manutius (1449/50 - February 6, 1515), the Latin form of Aldo Manuzio (born Teobaldo Mannucci) was the founder of the Aldine Press. ... Francišak Skaryna (or Skoryna; the first name also spelled as Francis, Franciszak, Frantsiszak, Francisk, Frantzisk, Francysk; Belarusian: Францыск Скарына (Франці́шак Скары́на)) was a Belarusian famous for being the printer of the first book in an Eastern Slavic language. ...

Related Links

• The Odee Company website Example of Commercial Printer.