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Support Activities for Printing
NAICS 323120 · United States · 2022 edition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing prepress and postpress services in support of printing activities. Prepress services may include such things as platemaking, typesetting, trade binding, and sample mounting. Postpress services include such things as book or paper bronzing, die cutting, edging, embossing, folding, gilding, gluing, and indexing.
Start the review with bailee liability.
For Support Activities for Printing, the saved research highlights bailee liability, equipment breakdown, employee injuries. Confirm how these arise in the actual operation, what controls are used and whether additional services change the proposed coverage.
Questions to ask
- What specific services are performed — prepress, postpress, or both — and what equipment is involved?
- What is the typical value of customer-owned materials on premises at any given time?
- Are any solvents, adhesives, or chemical processes used in platemaking or specialty finishing work?
- What is the replacement cost of the primary production equipment?
- Does the operation own or lease the building, and what is the construction type?
- For Support Activities for Printing, what should the underwriter know about on-site use of chemical solvents or photosensitive platemaking chemicals without adequate ventilation or containment?
- For Support Activities for Printing, what should the underwriter know about high value of customer-owned materials routinely on premises with no bailee coverage in place?
- For Support Activities for Printing, what should the underwriter know about prior losses involving equipment breakdown or fire in paper-heavy production environments?
Activities described by this code
Other activities to examine
- Engraving on metal: 332812 — Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers
- Manufacturing photosensitive plates for printing: 325992 — Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing
- Manufacturing blank plates (except photosensitive plates) for printing: 333248 — All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing;
- Printing books or printing and binding books: 323117 — Books Printing
Census classification reference
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Compare another operationInsurance operations research — draft
Establishments in this class provide prepress and postpress support services to the printing industry rather than performing printing themselves. Prepress work may include platemaking, typesetting, and sample mounting; postpress finishing may include die cutting, embossing, folding, gluing, bronzing, and book binding. Operations are typically shop-based with industrial finishing equipment and frequent handling of customer-owned materials such as printed sheets, bound materials, and specialty substrates.
Questions to investigate
- What specific services are performed — prepress, postpress, or both — and what equipment is involved?
- What is the typical value of customer-owned materials on premises at any given time?
- Are any solvents, adhesives, or chemical processes used in platemaking or specialty finishing work?
- What is the replacement cost of the primary production equipment?
This insurance research was generated in April 2026. It has not received a complete human review. The October 12, 2026 audit checked codes and titles only, not descriptions or coverage assertions.