The development of the printing industry was closely connected to the establishment of the headquarters of the China Times on Dali Street. In that era of hand-set printing, there was enormous demand for outsourced typesetting and printing work, and numerous small-scale print shops appeared in the area.
印刷業發展的脈絡緊扣著戰後落腳於大理街的中國時報總社，在手工排版年代，有大量外發揀字排版、印製版面的需求，周邊小型印刷廠得以應運而生。