What Do You Call Your In-plant?

Are you known as “Printing Services?” Or something more exotic, like “Reprographics, Logistics & Distribution Services?”

In-plants go by numerous names internally. Sometimes their monikers are inherited from decades past (e.g., the Print Shop); sometimes they’re modernized to fit their evolving service mix (e.g., Media Services or Communications).

We looked at a recent survey to see what names in-plants use and discovered 73 different variations – and that’s certainly not all of them. By far, the most common name is Printing Services, with Print Services a close second. Print and Mail Services is also very common. Older words like Duplicating and Reprographics are still alive and kicking too.

One thing is very clear, though. None of them uses the word “in-plant” in their name. (Is anyone surprised?)

Here, in alphabetical order, are 73 different names used by in-house printing operations. If you’re looking for a new name, maybe you’ll find it here:

1. Auxiliary Services
2. Business Center
3. Campus Graphics
4. Central Services Division
5. Communications
6. Copy Center
7. Corporate and Transactional Print
8. Creative and Print Services
9. Creative Services
10. Digital Print and Graphics
11. Digital Print Center
12. Document Solutions
13. Duplicating
14. Duplicating Facility
15. Duplication Services
16. ePRINT
17. Graphic & Production
18. Graphic Arts Department
19. Graphic Communications
20. Graphics
21. Graphics Production
22. Graphics Technology
23. Mail Copy Center
24. Media Services
25. Multigraph
26. Office Services
27. Press (Preceded by organization’s name)
28. Press and Postal Services
29. Print & Copy Services
30. Print & Mail Services
31. Print & Mail Management Division
32. Print and Document Services
33. Print and Imaging Lab
34. Print and Mail
35. Print and Mail Services
36. Print and Mailing Services
37. Print Center
38. Print Copy Mail
39. Print Operation
40. Print Production and Mailroom Services
41. Print Services
42. Print Shop
43. Print, Copy, and Mail Center
44. Print/Copy Center
45. Print/Document Processing Center
46. Print/Mail/Sign Services
47. Printing & Copying Services
48. Printing & Design
49. Printing & Graphic Services
50. Printing and Creative Services
51. Printing and Postal Services
52. Printing and Publishing
53. Printing and Publishing Services
54. Printing Department
55. Printing Section
56. Printing Services
57. Printing Solutions
58. Printing & Distribution Solutions
59. Printing, Publications & Mail services
60. Printing/Copying and Mail Services
61. Production Services
62. Publication Services
63. Publishing
64. Publishing Service
65. Purchasing/Mail/Print Services
66. Quick Copy Center
67. Reprographic Section
68. Reprographics
69. Reprographics Mail Center
70. Reprographics, Logistics & Distribution Services
71. The Print Shop
72. University Printing
73. Wolf Xpress