NACE 18.12: Other printing

NACE Rev. 2.1 class. Replaces NACE Rev. 2 18.12, 74.20, 82.19. Closest ISIC Rev. 4: 1811, 7420, 8219.

NACE Rev. 2.1 class 18.12 is "Other printing". It sits in section C (MANUFACTURING), then division 18 (Printing and reproduction of recorded media), then group 18.1 (Printing and service activities related to printing). In the previous classification, NACE Rev. 2, the activity was covered by 18.12 (Other printing), 74.20 (Photographic activities), 82.19 (Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities).

What the class includes

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.

What it excludes

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

Correspondence with NACE Rev. 2

NACE Rev. 2	Label (Rev. 2)	Also maps to
18.12	Other printing	1
74.20	Photographic activities	1
82.19	Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities	1

The label in 24 languages

bgПечатане на други издания и печатни продукти
csOstatní tisk
daAnden trykning
deSonstiges Drucken
elΆλλες εκτυπωτικές δραστηριότητες
enOther printing
esOtras actividades de impresión y artes gráficas
etMuu trükkimine
fiMuu painaminen
frAutres activités d’imprimerie
gaPriontáil eile
hrOstalo tiskanje
huNyomás (kivéve: napilap)
itAltra stampa
ltKitas spausdinimas
lvCitu izdevumu iespiešana
mtStampar ieħor
nlOverige activiteiten op het gebied van drukwerk
plPozostałe drukowanie
ptOutra impressão
roAlte activități de tipărire
skIná tlač
slDrugo tiskanje
svAnnan tryckning

Neighbouring classes

18.11 Printing of newspapers · 18.13 Pre-press and pre-media services · 18.14 Binding and related services

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Official classification texts from EU Vocabularies (Publications Office of the European Union, CC BY 4.0), read on 2026-10-05. Correspondence tables link classes that cover the same activities; one old class can be split across several new ones, so check the notes before you convert a dataset. Information only.