18 – Printing and reproduction of recorded media

This class also includes: - printing of other periodicals, appearing at least four times a week · This class excludes: - photocopying activities, see 18.12 - publishing of printed matter, see 58.1 - operation of photocopying machines for photocopying as a self-service, see 82.10

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, beer mats, personalised 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 directly onto textiles, plastic, glass, metal, wood and ceramics - digital printing - silk-screen printing on textiles and wearing apparel - photocopying of documents - decorative printing, e.g. printing of gift wraps, wallpapers, materials for transfer - large format printing, e.g. printing of flags, banners, roll-ups, posters · The material printed is typically copyrighted. · This class covers exclusively printing service activities, not goods. · This class also includes: - printing on labels or tags (for example, lithographic, gravure printing, flexographic printing, printing signs) - laser engraving on textiles - activities of printing photographs · This class excludes: - printing of textile fabrics as an intermediate process within the manufacture of textiles, see 13.30 - manufacture of stationery (e.g. notebooks, binders, registers, accounting books, business forms), when the printed information is not the main characteristic, see 17.23 - publishing of printed matter, see 58.1 - advertising design activities, see 73.11 - operation of photocopying machines for photocopying as a self-service, see 82.10 - engraving onto metal, glass, wood, etc., see corresponding class according to the material used

This class includes: - composing, typesetting and phototypesetting, pre-press data input into a form suitable for use in various printing processes and representation in other visual media, including scanning and optical character recognition, electronic make-up - preparation of data files for multimedia (printing on paper, CD-ROM, the internet) applications - plate-making services, including image setting and plate setting (for letterpress and offset printing processes) - 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 (e.g. preparation of lithographic stones and wood blocks) • presentation media • sketches, layouts, dummies, etc. • production of proofs · This class excludes: - graphic designing of visual content for the communication of information not intended to be printed, see 74.1

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), by e.g. 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 (e.g. customisation, envelope preparation) - other finishing activities (e.g. die, sinking or stamping, Braille copying)