ABSTRACT
This chapter examines certain aspects of the newspaper and general printing industries, such as the size of firms, the structure of costs and the sources of revenue. It explores the main characteristics of the industry’s labour force, and considers the main features of the industrial relations system in printing. The 1958 Standard Industrial Classification divides the printing industry into two Minimum List Headings, as follows: MLH 486 Printing and Publishing of Newspapers and Periodicals. The general printing industry includes the production of most other forms of printed material, such as books, packaging, stationery and miscellaneous publications. Production figures for the printing industry are somewhat unsatisfactory being based on various input measures such as usage of paper or board, rather than on measures of output. The industrial relations system in printing has a much greater influence on the course of technological change in the industry than is the case in either steel or chemicals.
