(Quoted from Wide Format Impressions. Full article here.)

As a segment of the printing industry, functional/industrial printing is vast in scope and volume, but remains largely hidden from view. This reality comes from the fact that many serving this segment use printing as a single step within a broader manufacturing process, but do not generally classify themselves as printers.

In some cases, what differentiates industrial printing from graphics printing is really a matter of scale. In many cases, the difference here is in volume, end product type, and business model.

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