PART ONE:  PRINTING INDUSTRY PROFILE [183 KB pdf file]
I.  OVERVIEW
II.  COMPANIES AND PLANTS
      A.  Number of Companies and Plants
      B.  Geographic Distribution
      C.  Companies and Plants by Printing Process
      D.  Size of Companies and Plants
III.  VALUE OF SHIPMENTS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, AND 
	INDUSTRY OUTLOOK
      A.  Value of Shipments
      B.  International Trade
      C.  Outlook for Major Printing Markets
           1.  Magazine and Periodical Publishing
           2.  Catalogs and Directories
           3.  Direct Mail
           4.  Labels and Wraps
           5.  Advertising Inserts and Coupons
           6.  Other Advertising and Free Circulation 
		Papers
           7.  Annual Reports
           8.  Business Forms
           9.  Business Communication
          10.  Manuals and Technical Documentation
          11.  Convenience or "Quick" Printing
          12.  Books
PART TWO:  PRINTING PROCESS PROFILE [426 KB pdf file]
I.  PRINTING PROCESSES OVERVIEW
II.  PREPRESS OPERATIONS
      A.  Introduction
      B.  Typesetting and Composition
      C.  Copy Assembly and Process Photography
      D.  Image Carrier Preparation
          1.  Photomechanical Image Carrier Preparation
          2.  Light-sensitive Coatings
              a.  Photopolymeric Coatings
              b.  Diazo Coatings
              c.  Bichromated Colloid Coatings
III.  IMAGE CARRIER PREPARATION AND PRESS OPERATIONS
      A.  Lithography
          1.  Lithographic Platemaking
              a.  Surface Plates
              b.  Deep-etch Plates
              c.  Bi-Metal Plates
          2.  Lithographic Presses and Printing
              a.  Sheetfed Offset
              b.  Heatset Web Offset
              c.  Non-heatset Web Offset
          3.  Volume of Output and Percentage of Total 
		Market
          4.  Number and Relative Size of Printing 
		Companies
      B.  Gravure
          1.  Gravure Cylinder Making
              a.  Conventional Gravure
              b.  Direct-Transfer Gravure
              c.  Variable-area/Variable-depth Gravure
              d.  Laser Imaging
              e.  Electromechanical Engraving
          2.  Gravure Cylinder Plating
          3.  Gravure Presses and Printing
              a.  Publication Gravure
              b.  Packaging Gravure
              c.  Product Gravure
          4.  Volume of Output and Percentage of Total 
		Market
          5.  Number and Relative Size of Printing 
		Companies
      C.  Flexography
          1.  Flexographic Platemaking
          2.  Flexographic Presses and Printing
          3.  Volume of Output and Percentage of Total 
		Market
          4.  Number and Relative Size of Printing 
		Companies
      D.  Letterpress
          1.  Letterpress Platemaking
              a.  Original Plates
              b.  Duplicate Plates
          2.  Letterpress Presses and Printing
          3.  Volume of Output and Percentage of Total 
		Market
          4.  Number and Relative Size of Printing 
		Companies
      E.  Screen Printing
          1.  Screen Preparation
              a.  Screen Fabrics
              b.  Stencils
          2.  Screen Presses and Printing
          3.  Volume of Output and Percentage of Total 
		Market
          4.  Number and Relative Size of Printing 
		Companies
      F.  Plateless Processes
          1.  Description
          2.  Specific Plateless Processes
              a.  Electronic Printing
              b.  Ink-jet Printing
              c.  Magnetography
              d.  Thermal Printing
              e.  Ion Deposition Printing
              f.  Direct Charge Deposition Printing
              g.  Mead Cycolor Photocapsule Process
          3.  Volume of Output and Percentage of Total 
		Market
          4.  Number and Relative Size of Printing 
		Companies
 IV.  POSTPRESS OPERATIONS
      A.  Introduction
      B.  Cutting
      C.  Folding
      D.  Assembly
      E.  Binding
          1.  Binding Methods
          2.  Covers
      F.  In-Line Finishing
 V.   TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS
      A.  Trends in Prepress Technology
          1.  Front-End Platforms (Desktop Publishing)
          2.  Telecommunications
          3.  Proofing
          4.  Direct-to-Plate and Direct-to-Press 
		Technologies
      B.  Trends in Press Technology
          1.  General Press Trends
              a.  Inks
              b.  Dampening Systems
              c.  Press Cleaners
              d.  Process Color
          2.  Offset Printing
              a.  Waterless Plates
          3.  Rotogravure Printing
          4.  Flexographic Printing
          5.  Plateless Printing
              a.  Electronic Printing
              b.  Ink-jet Printing
              c.  Thermal Printing
              d.  Ion Deposition Printing
              e.  Magnetography
      C.  Postpress Technology
REFERENCES
APPENDICES [55 KB pdf file]
A.  SIC Major Group 27 Printing, Publishing, and Allied
      Industries
B.  Top 101 North American Commercial and Publication
      Printers
C.  Top 100 U.S. Screen Printers
D.  Top 100 North American Quick Printing Operations