The Inland Printer

The Inland Printer
Cover of Inland Printer's February 1896 issue by Will H. Bradley
Cover of the February 1896 issue by Will H. Bradley
Founded1883
Final issueAugust 2011
CountryUnited States
ISSN0073-8042
OCLC956742269

The Inland Printer was an American trade magazine about printing and graphic design. It was founded in 1883 and, after several name changes, stopped publishing in 2011.

The Inland Printer was first published in Chicago, Illinois, in 1883.[1] Described as a trade journal,[2] it initially focused on graphic design and book design and later changed to emphasize printing.[3] An 1898 series by William E. Loy profiled 15 typographers.[4]

In 1894, encouraged by the graphic artist Will H. Bradley, whose illustrations appeared in the magazine,[5] Inland Printer began to change its cover with each issue—the first American magazine to do so.[6] Inland Printer also published J. C. Leyendecker's work.[6]

Inland Printer's editors were H. H. Hill (died 1916),[7] from 1883 to 1884; Andrew Carr Cameron (1836–1892),[8][9] 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.[1]

When Inland Printer bought The American Printer in November 1958, the combined magazine became The American Printer and Lithographer, among other variants.[6][10] In January 1982, the title became American Printer.[10] American Printer ceased publication in August 2011.[11] Its last reported circulation was roughly 47,000 subscribers.[11]

  1. ^ a b Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines. Vol. 3. Harvard University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-674-39552-7.
  2. ^ Laird 2001, p. 66.
  3. ^ Thomson 1997, p. 42.
  4. ^ Thomson 1997, p. 64.
  5. ^ Trewby 1989, p. 17.
  6. ^ a b c Kery, Patricia Frantz (1983). "The Inland Printer". American Heritage. 34 (3). Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "H. H. Hill Dies on Coast". Chicago Tribune. November 21, 1916. p. 13. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Greenberg, Brian (2000). "Cameron, Andrew Carr (1836-1892), labor leader and editor". American National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500109.
  9. ^ Chalmers, William Ellison (1929). "Cameron, Andrew Carr". In Johnson, Allen (ed.). Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. 3. American Council of Learned Societies; Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 433–434. OCLC 1043029968.
  10. ^ a b Roth, Jill (November 1992). "The past is prologue". American Printer. 212 (2): 28. ProQuest 212713477.
  11. ^ a b Raphael, TJ (August 22, 2011). "American Printer Magazine Folds After 128 Years; American Press Closes Shop". Folio. Retrieved December 27, 2021.