The Trust has compiled a range of resources about the history of the printing industry in Scotland which can be accessed through the menu above.

Some companies published histories to commemorate milestones in their development. The Trust has scanned or transcribed a number of these, which are available on the Local Printing page. Unions also produced rule books and periodicals for their members: some of these have been scanned and are available on the Trade Unions page.

Please let us know if there is anything you think should be added to these resourcess.

Copies of the Trust’s Annual Reports, and copies of the printed newsletter are available to download. All Trust publications can be purchased through the online shop.

• Glasgow print trail leaflet
• Edinburgh print trail leaflet
• Rules for Compositors poster: facsimile of printing chapel rules from the eighteenth century
• Mechanical to digital printing in Scotland: the print employers’ organisation by Professor John Gennard
• 500 years of printing in Scotland. 2009
• Reputation for excellence series
  •  Edinburgh, 1990
  • Glasgow, 1994
  • Dundee and Perth, 1996
  • Aberdeen and Northern Counties, 2000