The term does not cover the act of printing itself, though many of the early printers were themselves typographers.

A printer's mark, device, emblem or insignia was a symbol used as a trademark by early printers starting in the 15th century.

Paradoxically, however, the earliest printers left no written descriptions of their monumental achievement.

The Chinese method of preparing block prints "was used in Manila by the early printers."

Like other very early printers, he concentrated on titles which had already proved popular in manuscript form.

In printed books, it has a V shape, possibly because that was easier for the early printers to make.

Other well known early printers in Poland are:

It was the work of the early printers.

Daniel Bomberg (d. 1549) was an early printer of Hebrew language books.

However, this changeover did not last long and in 2006 the printing was reverted to the earlier printer.