U.S. & International Standards

  B65 Home

  News and Published Articles

  Membership Application


 Membership is open to  anyone having an interest.

  B65 Member Roster

  B65 Roster Update Form

  B65 Operating Procedures








Download the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader from http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html.

NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies serves as Administrative Secreteriat to B65. For more information contact standards@npes.org.

Subcommittee 1 - Printing Press System Safety Development of safety standards for printing presses, especially drive controls, safety signaling systems, and guarding.

Order the 2005 version of B65.1

Subcommittee 2 - Binding/Finishing System Safety Development of safety standards for binding and finishing systems, addressing drive controls and safety signaling systems.

Order the 2005 version of B65.2

Subcommittee 3 - Bindery Cutting Machine Safety Development of safety standards for machines with cutting knives. Also, this subcommittee has written standards for guillotine cutters and stand-alone bindery trimmers.

Order the 2001 version of B65.3, reaffirmed in 2006

Subcommittee 4 - Platen Press Safety Development of safety standards for the design and use of stand-alone platen press systems intended for die-cutting, embossing, foil stamping and/or printing.

Order the 2002 version of B65.4, reafirmed in 2007

Subcommittee 6 - Safety of Ink-Making Equipment Revision of B65/NAPIM 177.1-200x Safety standard - Three-roller printing ink mills and B65/NAPIM 177.2-200x Safety standard - Printing ink vertical post mixers.

Order the 2007 version of B65/NAPIM 177.1

Order the 2006 version of B65/NAPIM 177.2


Go To Home