The National Printing Research Council (NPRC) is the printing industry’s premier organization in terms of industry research. NPRC has published more highly respected studies dealing with pricing, wages & benefits, mailing services, sign products, bindery practices, digital printing devices and profitability than all of the other trade associations combined.  Read More….

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NPRC Listserv Celebrates 1-Yr. Anniversary

Approximately one year ago this month, two printers, Armand Girard and John Stewart, printers with more than 50+ years of experience between them, decided that the industry needed a new, more open listserv that would be available free to all printers. They were looking for a legitimate listserv that was ...
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Download Free Page From Bindery Study

Curious about the just-released 2022-23 Bindery Services Pricing Study and trying to decide if you should purchase it? We want to put your mind at ease with the following three suggestions: First, as with all of our publications, it is sold on a 100% money-back basis if it turns out to ...
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NPRC Cancels Membership Levels

“Effective immediately, NPRC will no longer accept applications for individual or group memberships,” according to John Stewart, NPRC Executive Director. “All existing memberships will, of course, continue to be honored, but existing memberships will be cancelled as they come due based upon their annual renewal date,” adds Stewart. “Henceforth, we ...
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Download Bindery Study Table of Contents

NPRC has just released its 110+ page 2022-23 Bindery Services Pricing Study. This study is packed with the latest pricing for hundreds of bindery services and products. Basic cutting charges, drilling fees, regular and NCR padding charges, digital numbering, crash numbering, traditional and digital numbering fees, off-line and in-line booklet ...
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NPRC Releases Printing Industry Bindery Study

NPRC has officially release the 2022-23 Printing Industry Bindery Services Pricing Study. “After spending hours and hours of proof-reading, we finally finished the study and it is now available in our bookstore,”. notes John Stewart, Executive Director of NPRC. This brand new study is packed with more than 3,000 average ...
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NPRC Launches New “Classifieds”

NPRC is proud to announce the launching of a brand new feature – a free Classified Section where folks can list equipment for sale, equipment they are looking for as well as other services normally found in a classified department. The NPRC Classifieds can also be used to post job ...
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NPRC Report Details Newsletter Pricing

Popular NPRC report details pricing for 4-p, 8-p and 16-p newsletters. Based upon feedback from more than 165 printers from across the U.S. this new report features average and median pricing, as well as comparisons between independents and franchisees. Also included in this 11-page report is a breakdown of pricing between ...
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Pricing Digital Envelopes – NPRC’s Newest Report

Download NPRC’s newest survey results – NPRC’s Mini-Survey #4 is now available for immediate download. This new report tackles pricing for #10/24 envelopes. The survey was conducted Jan. 24-26 with the results released exclusively to participants via email on Jan. 28 & 31. The survey attracted 114 participants. NPRC’s latest ...
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