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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Policy Votes Affecting This Topic

• Ballot 447: Indicia Printer Addresses - 2021-07-02
• Ballot 436: Indicia Printer for countries - 2020-12-04
• Ballot 411: Printer for a Country - 2020-07-12
• Ballot 410: indicia Printer Field Location - 2020-07-05
• Ballot 409: Indicia printer: Simple name vs "division of..." etc. - 2020-07-05
• Ballot 405: Record printer per issue - 2020-06-10

Clarifying Discussions

• Indicia printers where the country is in the indicia but not part of the printer name - 2023-02-16

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