Indicia Printer

The immediate name of the corporation or other entity as printed in the issue, along with any location information if printed with the entity name.

The indicia printer flag is set at the series level.
The indicia printer is recorded at the issue level.
No indicia printer is checked if there is no indicia printer printed in the issue.
The indicia printer is entered by a selection from a drop down list of indicia printers.
The Printer location encompassing just city, province/state, and country is included in the indicia printer name if it is printed in the issue. For example:
- Printed in the United States by Fry Communications, Inc.
- R.R. Donnelley Asia Printing Solutions, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
In case the information about the printer given for an issue only consists of the country, for example 'Printed in Canada', or country-like information, for example 'Printed in the EU', we record this information by a printer record per country or country-like designation.
- Indicia printers for countries are recorded as printed in the issue. These are added from the Printer page

Printers are added using the 'add new' button from your editing page.
- Select the 'Add Printer' button.
- Enter Printer name and years of operation if known.
- Enter Printer country of operation from drop down list. Select (unknown) if not known.

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