Standard Register: Where Innovation Has Led to a Century of Success

To say the world of printed communications has undergone dramatic and even violent changes in the past 20 years would be something of an understatement. Even the past 10 years have witnessed changes that would have seemed unimaginable back in 2004. And, just imagine what 2024 may have to offer.

One of the venerable members of the printing and related services set is Standard Register, the Dayton, OH-based firm founded 102 years ago on the strength of Theodore Schirmer's pinfeed autographic register. Schirmer garnered a patent for feeding continuous forms through the autographic register, sold soon-to-be company founder John Sherman on the idea, and it became the industry "standard," hence the company name.