''The Inland Printer'' was an American
trade magazine
A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for this ...
about
printing
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ea ...
and
graphic design
Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...
. It was founded in 1883 and, after several name changes, stopped publishing in 2011.
''The Inland Printer'' was first published in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, Illinois, in 1883.
Described as a trade journal, it initially focused on graphic design and
book design and later changed to emphasize printing. An 1898 series by William E. Loy profiled 15
typographers.
In 1894, encouraged by the graphic artist
Will H. Bradley
William Henry Bradley (July 10, 1868 – January 25, 1962) was an American Art Nouveau illustrator and artist. Nicknamed the "Dean of American Designers" by ''The Saturday Evening Post'', he was the highest-paid American artist of the early 2 ...
, whose illustrations appeared in the magazine, ''Inland Printer'' began to change its cover with each issue—the first American magazine to do so.
''Inland Printer'' also published
J. C. Leyendecker
Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was a German-American illustrator, considered one of the preeminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrati ...
's work.
''Inland Printer'' editors were H. H. Hill (died 1916), from 1883 to 1884;
Andrew Carr Cameron (1836–1892),
from 1884 to 1892; Albert H. McQuilkin, from 1893 to 1917; Harry Hillman, from 1917 to 1928; and J. L. Frazier, from 1928 to about 1938.
When ''Inland Printer'' bought ''The American Printer'' in November 1958, the combined magazine became ''The American Printer and Lithographer'', among other variants.
In January 1982, the title became ''American Printer''.
''American Printer'' ceased publication in August 2011.
Its last reported circulation was roughly 47,000 subscribers.
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