Expecting large orders from bishop Eduard von der Ropp, Nowicki employed 40–50 workers. It became a branch of the main Zawadzki Press. The company diminished during World War I and found it difficult to compete with larger printers in the Second Polish Republic. It stopped printing Lithuanian texts in 1920. The press was purchased in 1939 by Kaunas-based publishing house . The company was nationalized in July 1940 by the newly established Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was renamed to Švyturys (beacon) and transferred to the communist daily "Tiesa" in 1945. In 1989, during the rise of the independence movement, it restored its original name, Spindulys. In the first three years, the press printed 27 books. In 1805–1838, under Józef Zawadzki, the press printed 851 books. Most of these books were in Latin and Polish, and only three in Lithuanian (including "Lietuwiszkas ewangelias" by financed by bishop ). In 1854–1864, the press published 596 books – 348 works in Polish, 107 in Latin, 105 in Lithuanian, 25 in Russian, and 11 in French and German. Among the Polish works, there were works by Adam Mickiewicz (including his first poetry book in 1822), Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Jan Śniadecki, Joachim Lelewel. Among the Lithuanian books, there were works by bishop Motiejus Valančius, Laurynas Ivinskis, Simonas Daukantas, Konstantinas Sirvydas. In 1852–1862, the press published approximately 65% of all Lithuanian books. During the Lithuanian press ban, the press managed to get three Lithuanian publications approved by Russian censors: 26,000 copies of two Catholic prayer books in 1879 and a petition by Donatas Malinauskas to allow Lithuanian-language services at the Church of St. Nicholas in Vilnius. In total, the press published about 700 Lithuanian books. Periodicals printed by the Zawadski Press included: