The Directorate of Printing, Stationery and Publication, Orissa established at Cuttack in the year 1936 is a vast organization of the State of Orissa which aims to meet the printing, office stationeries and machinery needs of all Government Offices. To get the jobs in a more streamlined way and to cope up with the heavy workload it has nine (9) branch presses established at Bhubaneswar, Khandapada, Chhatrapur, Deogarh, Balangir, Keonjhar, Bhawanipatna and Berhampur. Besides, a School of Printing and Allied Trades, established in the year 1955 in the Directorate premises imparts basic training to the apprentices in different trades of printing technology.