NIGP 96695: Typesetting with Modem Capability

NIGP 96695 Typesetting With Modem Capability, an Item code, covers remote typesetting and composition services delivered over telecommunications infrastructure — a legacy category that reflects 1990s–2000s printing and publishing workflows when modem-based file transmission was a primary mechanism for remote composition work. The code captures services in which state and local governments contract with vendors to set type, format documents, or prepare copy for print production using remotely accessible systems, though the modem-capability descriptor has become obsolete as broadband and cloud-based composition tools have supplanted dial-up transmission. State and local purchasing offices, school districts, and transit authorities have historically used this code when procuring typesetting, layout, or prepress services for publications, annual reports, regulatory notices, or collateral materials that require professional composition work prior to printing.

No recent state and local contract opportunities appear in the available records under this code. The classification remains in the NIGP taxonomy but sees minimal solicitation activity in current procurement practice, likely because typesetting and composition functions are now embedded in graphic design services, print management contracts, or publishing-suite software licenses that state and local buyers procure under different codes or handled in-house using standard productivity software.