4101-00 Printing, lithography, engraving, map printing and silk screening, N.O.C.
Applies to:
Businesses providing a variety of printing services not covered by another classification (N.O.C.) to others.
Products produced by establishments subject to this classification include, but are not limited to:
• Booklets;
• Books;
• Brochures;
• Business cards;
• Catalogs;
• Letterhead;
• Pamphlets;
• Paper signs;
• Specialty invitations.
Printing service operations include, but are not limited to:
• Pressrooms;
• Assembly and staging;
• Shipping departments;
• Delivery departments.
Printing terms and processes:
• Printing: This category covers many types of printing including offset cold press and letterpress printing.
• Lithography: This category of printing is similar to letterpress printing with the process used to transfer images to paper (stock) being the distinction. In letterpress printing the image is transferred directly from plate to stock. In lithography an additional cylinder containing a rubber blanket is used. The process is plate to blanket to stock.
• Engraving: This applies to a process wherein designs or images are incised into the surface of a material from which printing impressions can be made.
• Map printing: This applies to an end product produced by a printer rather than a specialty form of printing.
• Silk screening (or screen printing): This applies to a specialty type of printing wherein a silk, nylon or metal screen contains the desired image and ink is forced through the screen to form the design on paper or other medium.
Exclusions:
• Photographic composition or prepress work such as photographic or computerized typesetting, layout, paste up, editing and proofreading, camera work and automated plate making may be classified in 4904 if the work meets the conditions of the exception rule (WAC 296-17-31018) and classification 4904 (WAC 296-17A-4904).
Employees of an employer subject to this classification who have both photographic composition or prepress duties and duties which are subject to this classification (4101) are reported in classification 4101 without a division of work hours.
• Newspaper publishers are classified in 4103.
• Businesses printing on cloth are classified in 3802.
4101-02 Rubber stamp: Manufacturing or assembly
Applies to:
Businesses manufacturing or assembling all types of rubber or synthetic rubber stamps or marking devices for others.
Products produced include, but are not limited to, date, character, name, or address stamps.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Producing stamps by hand or machine from a variety of natural or synthetic materials.
• Attaching finished stamps to handles or coverings purchased from others.
4101-03 Bookbinding
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in bookbinding or the restoration of old or damaged books using methods similar to those used by bookbinders described by this classification.
Types and processes of bookbinding:
There are two general types of binding:
• Pamphlet binding - Used for such material as folders, booklets, catalogs and magazines. An automatic feeder carries the sheets to a folding machine. After folding, the sheets can be collated either by hand or by machine and either saddle-wire or side-wire stitched, depending on the thickness of the material being bound.
• Bookbinding - There are a number of ways to bind a book, the most common being "edition" binding, also known as hard cover or cases binding, where the papers are sewn together by specialized sewing machines. This process is used when permanence is desired. "Perfect" binding is a less expensive type of binding as it requires no sewing or stitching and uses a pliable adhesive for binding.
Work activities may include:
• Cutting;
• Folding;
• Trimming;
• Gathering;
• Stitching;
• Gluing;
• Casing.
Exclusion:
• Photographic composition or prepress work such as photographic or computerized typesetting, layout, paste up, editing and proofreading, camera work and automated plate making may be classified in 4904 if the work meets the conditions of the exception rule (WAC 296-17-31018) and classification 4904 (WAC 296-17A-4904).
Employees of an employer subject to this classification who have both photographic composition or prepress duties and duties which are subject to this classification (4101) are reported in classification 4101 without a division of work hours.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 25-23-070, s 296-17A-4101, filed 11/18/25, effective 1/1/26. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-4101, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-620, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 96-12-039, § 296-17-620, filed 5/31/96, effective 7/1/96; WSR 87-12-032 (Order 87-12), § 296-17-620, filed 5/29/87, effective 7/1/87; WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-620, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-620, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; WSR 82-24-047 (Order 82-38), § 296-17-620, filed 11/29/82, effective 1/1/83; WSR 81-24-042 (Order 81-30), § 296-17-620, filed 11/30/81, effective 1/1/82. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.030 and 51.16.035. WSR 79-12-086 (Order 79-18), § 296-17-620, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80; Order 75-38, § 296-17-620, filed 11/24/75, effective 1/1/76; Order 73-22, § 296-17-620, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.]