Copyright and trademarks

Last updated October 3, 2026

In short: Our writing, diagrams, calculator and design are ours. You're welcome to quote a little with a link back, but please ask before copying more. Brand names belong to their owners and don't mean they endorse us.

Copyright

All content on Print Systems Lab, including text, articles, checklists, diagrams, illustrations, the calculator and its cost model, code, layout and design, is owned by us or used under licence. It is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws in the UK, the US and internationally.

What you can do

Read, print and save pages for your own personal or internal business use.
Share links to any page.
Quote short extracts, up to around 100 words, with clear credit to Print Systems Lab and a link to the original page.

What needs our permission

Republishing whole articles, substantial parts of them, or our diagrams.
Copying or reproducing the calculator, its model or its design.
Using our content in a product, course, training data set or AI model, or anything you sell.
Removing or obscuring copyright notices.

To ask for permission, email hello@printsystemslab.com.

Trademarks and product names

“Print Systems Lab” and our logo are our trading name and branding. Product names, brand names and company names mentioned on the site are trademarks of their respective owners. We use them only to identify and describe products. Their use does not mean those owners endorse, sponsor or are affiliated with us, unless we say so.

Images

Diagrams on this site are created by us. If we use third-party images, they are used with permission or under licence, and we credit them where the licence requires.

Reporting infringement

We respect other people’s intellectual property. If you believe something on this site infringes your copyright or trademark, email hello@printsystemslab.com with:

your name and contact details;
a description of the work you believe is being infringed;
the address of the page and the material on it you are concerned about;
a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent or the law;
a statement that the information you have given is accurate and that you are the owner, or authorized to act for the owner.

We will review it promptly and remove or correct material where appropriate.