18.1 Printing and service activities related to printing

This class excludes: - publishing of printed matter, see 58.1 - photocopying of documents, see 82.19

This class includes: - printing of magazines and other periodicals, appearing less than four times a week - printing of books and brochures, music and music manuscripts, maps, atlases, posters, advertising catalogues, prospectuses and other printed advertising, postage stamps, taxation stamps, documents of title, cheques and other security papers, smart cards, albums, diaries, calendars and other commercial printed matter, personal stationery and other printed matter by letterpress, offset, photogravure, flexographic, screen printing and other printing presses, duplication machines, computer printers, embossers etc., including quick printing - printing directly onto textiles, plastic, glass, metal, wood and ceramics The material printed is typically copyrighted. This class excludes: - manufacture of stationery (notebooks, binders, registers, accounting books, business forms etc.), when the printed information is not the main characteristic, see 17.23 - publishing of printed matter, see 58.1

This class includes: - composing, typesetting, phototypesetting, pre-press data input including scanning and optical character recognition, electronic make-up - preparation of data files for multi-media (printing on paper, CD-ROM, Internet) applications - plate-making services including image setting and plate setting (for the printing processes letterpress and offset) - cylinder preparation: engraving or etching of cylinders for gravure printing - plate processing: "computer to plate" CTP (also photopolymer plates) - preparation of plates and dies for relief stamping or printing - preparation of: • artistic works of technical character, such as preparation of lithographic stones and wood blocks • presentation media, e.g. overhead foils and other forms of presentation • sketches, layouts, dummies, etc. • production of proofs This class excludes: - specialised design activities, see 74.10

This class includes: - trade binding, sample mounting and post press services in support of printing activities, e.g. trade binding and finishing of books, brochures, magazines, catalogues, etc., by folding, cutting and trimming, assembling, stitching, thread sewing, adhesive binding, cutting and cover laying, gluing, collating, basting, gold stamping; spiral binding and plastic wire binding - binding and finishing of printed paper or printed cardboard, by folding, stamping, drilling, punching, perforating, embossing, sticking, gluing, laminating - finishing services for CD-ROMs - mailing finishing services such as customisation, envelope preparation - other finishing activities such as die, sinking or stamping, Braille copying