The press originally belonged to Hayyim ben Zevi Hirsch. After Hayyim's death (September 11, 1772), the print-shop was managed for two years by his widow, who issued four titles. After she remarried in 1774, her husband, Isaac ben David Zirndorfer, directed the press with the assistance of Hayyim's son, issuing a variety of books. Subsequently Zirndorfer operated the press alone, and then was joined by his son, David, in 1778, who succeeded his father in 1818. The press remained in the family’s hands until 1868.