They worked in various parts of the book trade, including the production of paper and woodcuts, in Kraków, Wrocław, Nysa, Lusatia and Zgorzelec.
Marek Szarffenberg, who started the family's printing business, was a cousin of Hieronymus Vietor[1] and worked for a time for Jan Haller, both famous early Kraków printers.
Sigismund II Augustus awarded him the privilege of being the official printer of royal statutes and named him the typographer of his chancery.
Stefan Batory continued Mikołaj's business relations with the Crown, granting him a privilege to print and sell statutes and chronicles and naming him the court printer.
Benefiting from the patronage of Bona Sforza, Maciej was granted a privilege to print Kraków calendars, a very lucrative product.
The company continued for another four years until 1590, when Jan's widow, Magdalena, remarried and the business was transferred to the family of her second husband, Jerzy Baumann.