Variant of NAICS 1997 - Goods and services

Variant of NAICS 1997 - Goods and services

32311 - Printing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in printing.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • printing on textile fabrics (See 31331 Textile and Fabric Finishing)
    • publishing, or printing and publishing newspapers (See 51111 Newspaper Publishers)
    • publishing, or printing and publishing periodicals (See 51112 Periodical Publishers)
    • publishing, or printing and publishing books and pamphlets (See 51113 Book Publishers)
    • publishing, or printing and publishing directories, including telephone (See 51114 Database and Directory Publishers)
    • publishing, or printing and publishing maps, calendars, art and greeting cards (See 51119 Other Publishers)
    • printing using simple electrostatic printers, such as office-type photocopiers (See 56143 Business Service Centres)

  • Example Activities:

    • Print shops
    • Printing, job

323113 - Commercial Screen Printing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in commercial printing using silk-screen printing equipment. Establishments in this Canadian industry typically have a pre-press capability, for example, to cut stencils. Typically, these establishments print on clothing; or produce paper documents of a graphical nature, such as pictures and large-format sign-type lettering.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • silk-screen printing on textile fabrics (See 313310 Textile and Fabric Finishing)

  • Example Activities:

    • Art works, screen printing without publishing
    • Cards (e.g., business, greeting, playing, postcards, trading), screen printing without publishing
    • Clothing (e.g., caps, T-shirts), screen printing
    • Glass, screen printing, for the trade
    • Job printing, screen (except on textile fabrics)
    • Posters, screen printing without publishing
    • Print shops, screen (except on textile fabrics)
    • Printing on clothing (e.g., caps, T-shirts)
    • Printing on textile products (e.g., napkins, placemats, towels), own account
    • Printing, screen (except on textile fabrics)
    • Screen printing (except on textile fabrics)
    • Screen printing clothing (except men's and boy's), for the trade
    • Screen printing men's and boy's clothing, for the trade
    • Screen printing paper documents (e.g., pictures, large-format banners), without publishing
    • Screen printing T-shirts, for the trade

323114 - Quick Printing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in commercial printing using small offset printers and/or non-impact printers. Establishments in this Canadian industry typically have a pre-press capability.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • printing using simple electrostatic printers, such as office-type photocopiers (See 561430 Business Service Centres)

  • Example Activities:

    • Printing, quick (except photocopy service)
    • Quick printing (except photocopy service)

323115 - Digital Printing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in digital printing. These establishments use computer-controlled non-impact (electrostatic, ink jet, spray jet) printing equipment. The image to be printed is input to the printer as a computer file (not simply scanned in and digitized by the printer itself). Establishments in this Canadian industry typically have extensive pre-press operations, including specialized scanners and colour-separation equipment. Typically, these establishments print documents of a high-resolution, graphical nature.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • printing using simple electrostatic printers, such as office-type photocopiers (See 561430 Business Service Centres)

  • Example Activities:

    • Digital printing (e.g., billboards, other large format graphical materials)
    • Digital printing (e.g., graphics, high resolution)
    • Print shops, digital
    • Printing, digital (e.g., billboards, other large format graphical materials)
    • Printing, digital (e.g., graphics, high resolution)

323116 - Manifold Business Forms Printing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in printing manifold business forms.

  • Example Activities:

    • Books, sales, manifold, printing
    • Business forms, manifold, printing
    • Cheque books and refills, printing
    • Computer forms, manifold or continuous (except paper simply lined), printing
    • Forms, business, manifold, printing
    • Manifold business forms, printing
    • Printing manifold business forms
    • Sales books, manifold, printing
    • Unit set forms (e.g., manifold credit card slips), printing

323119 - Other Printing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in printing.

  • Example Activities:

    • Address lists, printing without publishing
    • Advertising material (e.g., coupons, flyers), printing without publishing
    • Albums (e.g., photo, scrap), manufacturing
    • Almanacs, printing without publishing
    • Appointment books and refills, manufacturing
    • Art works, printing (except screen) without publishing
    • Atlases, printing without publishing
    • Bank notes, printing
    • Binders, looseleaf, manufacturing
    • Blankbooks and refills, manufacturing
    • Books, printing without publishing
    • Business forms (except manifold), printing without publishing
    • Calendars, printing without publishing
    • Cards (e.g., business, greeting, playing, postcards, trading), printing without publishing
    • Catalogues of collections (e.g., museum), printing without publishing
    • Catalogues, printing without publishing
    • Certificates (e.g., bond, stock), printing without publishing
    • Comic books, printing without publishing
    • Credit and identification card imprinting, embossing and encoding
    • Dictionaries, printing without publishing
    • Directories, printing without publishing
    • Encyclopedias, printing without publishing
    • Fiction books, printing without publishing
    • Flexographic printing (except manifold business forms, textile fabrics), without publishing
    • Globe covers and maps, printing without publishing
    • Gravure printing (except manifold business forms, textile fabrics), without publishing
    • Greeting cards (e.g., birthday, holiday, sympathy), printing without publishing
    • Guides, street map, printing without publishing
    • Guides, travel books, printing without publishing
    • Intaglio printing
    • Job printing, lithographic (except quick)
    • Job printing, offset (except quick)
    • Journals and magazines, trade, printing without publishing
    • Journals, scholarly, printing without publishing
    • Labels, printing on a job-order basis
    • Letterpress printing
    • Lithographic printing (except manifold business forms, quick printing, textile fabrics), without publishing
    • Looseleaf binders and devices, manufacturing
    • Magazines and periodicals, printing without publishing
    • Maps, printing without publishing
    • Music books, printing without publishing
    • Music, sheet, printing without publishing
    • Newspapers, printing without publishing
    • Nonfiction books, printing without publishing
    • Offset printing (except manifold business forms, quick printing, textile fabrics), without publishing
    • Pamphlets, printing without publishing
    • Patterns and plans, printing without publishing
    • Periodicals, printing without publishing
    • Photo albums and refills, manufacturing
    • Playing cards, printing without publishing
    • Postage stamps, printing without publishing
    • Postcards, printing without publishing
    • Posters, printing (except quick, digital) without publishing
    • Printing, books, without publishing
    • Printing, commercial (except manifold business forms, screen, digital, quick, textile fabrics)
    • Printing, flexographic (except manifold business forms, textile fabrics)
    • Printing, gravure (except manifold business forms, textile fabrics)
    • Printing, letterpress (except manifold business forms, textile fabrics)
    • Printing, lithographic (except manifold business forms, quick, textile fabrics)
    • Printing, offset (except manifold business forms, quick, textile fabrics)
    • Programs, for sporting events, printing without publishing
    • Religious books, printing without publishing
    • Rotogravure printing
    • Schedules (e.g., radio, television, transportation), printing without publishing
    • School books, printing without publishing
    • Scrapbooks and refills, manufacturing
    • Sheet music, printing without publishing
    • Signs and notices, paper, printing (except quick, digital) without publishing
    • Stationery, printing (except quick) on a job-order basis
    • Stock and bond certificates, printing without publishing
    • Technical manuals and papers (books), printing without publishing
    • Telephone directories, printing without publishing
    • Textbooks, printing without publishing
    • Time planners/organizers and refills, manufacturing
    • Travel guide books, printing without publishing
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