Personal cards

[Alaor Santos]

Hi
What do you call the shop where, for example, personal cards, wedding invitations are printed?
Thanks

 

[la reine victoria]

Hi
What do you call the shop where, for example, personal cards, wedding invitations are printed?
Thanks

A stationery printer.

LRV

 

[Alaor Santos]

Is there a difference between a Stationary Printer and a Printing House?

 

[la reine victoria]

Is there a difference between a Stationery Printer and a Printing House?

Yes, Alaor. A stationery printer is run on a small scale and will take personal orders for cards, etc.

A printing house is huge by comparison and produces thousands of cards and paper goods for distribution to retailers.

PS: Note the difference in spelling -
stationery - paper goods
stationary - standing still.

LRV

 

[Orange Blossom]

A printing house will print many kinds of things besides stationery, e.g. books, magazines, and journals.

Note: Just so that you are aware, stationery is frequently misspelled as stationary even in business names.

Orange Blossom

 

[river]

Around here, we call it a print shop.

"Sisters Amy and Beth Salvini's fairly new print shop with old-world appeal focuses on handmade items and high-end stationery. . . A set of 100 custom printed invitations start at $300."

 

[Orange Blossom]

A print shop is generally a small business with a local focus. A printing house is generally a very large establishment that will print, for example, materials for publishing houses.

Orange Blossom

 

[la reine victoria]

In the UK we have printing houses which produce nothing but books - hardback and paperback.

LRV