"[1] It is primarily a group of museum curators, but also includes university professors, conservators of works on paper, and independent scholars involved in the study of prints.

Early members of the group—including Adelyn Breeskin,[2] Harold Joachim,[3] Una Johnson,[4] A. Hyatt Mayor, Elizabeth Mongan,[5] Jakob Rosenberg,[6] Paul J. Sachs, Carl Schniewind[7] and Carl Zigrosser[8] are now known for their leadership in establishing collections, mounting ground-breaking exhibitions of prints, and publishing critical studies of prints and printmakers.

Early in its history, the Print Council of America was focused on advocacy and raising the visibility of printmaking as a fine art medium.

: Principles Recommended by the Print Council of America offered guidelines to the complex topic of originality and printmaking during that era.

This search index has been called "a very useful source for identifying print catalogues raisonnés.