Printer (publisher)

The word printer is used to describe a company that provides commercial printing services, involving typesetting, printing and book-binding.

Related Topics:
Company - Typesetting - Printing - Book-binding

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Formerly, it referred to persons who operated printing presses, or ran printing companies. Many of these people would today be referred to as publishers.

Related Topics:
Printing press - Publisher

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Someone who makes artistic prints, usually by hand in limited runs, is known as a printmaker.

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Famous printers:

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