(DNP for short) is the largest printing Founded in 1876 and headquartered in Tokyo, DNP pioneered the printing of Japanese with lead plates and was the first to start official gravure photo printing in Japan. The company currently has 20 divisions and employs 35,000 people.

Dainippon Printing Co., Ltd.'s main business areas are electronic publishing, commercial printing, packaging services, decoration materials, solar cells, industrial supplies, display components, electronic devices, etc. Sales for 2009 were 15,834.4 billion yen and operating profit was 66.5 billion yen.